Departments
Cardiac Surgery
Education
2008 – 2014 MD, B.Med. Sc., Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,, Israel
Residencies and Further Training:
01/2016 - Present Residency in Cardiac Surgery, Leviev Heart Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
Director from 01/2016 - 01/2018 Prof. Ehud Raanani.
Director from 01/2018 - present Dr. Leonid Sternik.
04/2020 - Present The Talpiot Medical Leadership Program.
2014 – 2015 Internship, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson, Petah Tikva, Israel.
2015 Passed USMLE step 1.
2015 – 2016 Advance Research methods, School of Continuing Medical Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
02/2016 Cannula training course Medtronic, Kerkade, Netherlands.
09/2016 ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) course,
Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel.
05/2016 GCP (Good Clinical Practice) course.
02/2017 Tutor course
MSR, Israel Center for Medical Simulation, Tel Hashomer, Israel
06/2017 Minimally Invasive Techniques in Adult Cardiac Surgery course
EACTS education and training event, Warsaw, Poland.
2019 USMLE step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK).
06/2019 Graduated 1 stage Israeli Board Cardiac Surgery Examination with excellence.
Awards:
2018 Ami Cohen award for the best abstract presented by a resident in cardiac surgery: “Real World Referral Pattern and Outcomes of Diabetic Patients who Undergo Revascularization”.
2018 Best publication award for the Cardiothoracic resident best annual publication: “Comparison of Patients with Multi-Vessel Disease Treated at Centers With and Without On-Site Cardiac Surgery”.
2019 Ami Cohen award for the best abstract presented by a resident in cardiac surgery: “Secondary Chordal Resection with Septal Myectomy for Treatment of Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”.
2019 Best publication award for the Cardiothoracic resident best annual publication: “Pericardial Patch Augmentation is Associated with a Higher Risk of Recurrent Aortic Insufficiency”.
2019 Ian Kellerman Young Investigator Award – 1st place. “Epicardia fat of patients with atrial fibrillation release exosomes with distinct molecular and biological properties”.
2019 Outstanding Investigator Award of Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center.
2019 Outstanding Clinical Research Award of Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center: “Ring-Only Mitral Valve Repair of Severe Mitral Regurgitation in Myxomatous Degeneration with Balanced Multi-Segment Bileaflet Prolapse”.
2020 Sapphire Foundation Award for outstanding physician for 2020 – 6000 NIS.
2020 Outstanding Investigator Award of Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center for 2020.
2020 Outstanding Poster Award of Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center: “Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Following Acute Coronary Syndrome: Impact of Gender”.
2020 Outstanding Clinical Research Award of Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center: “Outcomes of Isolated Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Low-Risk Patients in the Era of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation”.
Publications
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