Prof. Jacob (Jay) Lavee is Over 40 years experience as a cardiac surgeon with special expertisevin heart transplantation and artificial hearts.
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Types of Surgery:
CABG
Heart Transplantation
Implantation of Cardiac Assistive Devices
Education:
1989-1990, Transplantation and Assist Device Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1982-1988, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
1977, Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Employment History Experience:
1991-2020, Founder and Director of the Heart Transplantation Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
1991-2020, Deputy Director, Department of Crdiac Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Academic Appointments:
Full Professor of Surgery Emeritus,Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Membership in Professional/ Scientific Societies:
The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (Member of the Ethics Committee)
Awards, Citations, Honors, Competitive Fellowships:
2010-2020, Israel representative at international committees combating organ trade
Publications:
Prof. Lavee has published more than 250 articles in medical literature, book chapters on heart surgery and heart transplants and a book on blood clotting problems in heart surgery.
Here is a link to the publications of Prof. Lavee in PubMed: a database of scientific articles in the fields of medicine and life sciences
