Prof. Sternik graduated from a Cardiac Surgery Residency at Sheba Medical Center, Israel 1992-1999. He then completed a Clinical Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota between 1999 and 2001. Since 2001 Prof. Sternik has been a consultant cardiac surgeon in the Sheba Medical Center. From 2008 he has held the position of Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery. In January 2018 Prof. Sternik was appointed Director of Cardiac Surgery Department in Sheba. In 2020 he was elected as a Chairman of Israeli Society of Cardiac Surgery.
Prof. Sternik has authored over 110 peer reviewed articles in leading medical journals and is an editorial reviewer of JTCVS - a leading scientific journal in Cardiac Surgery as well as other journals. His special areas of interest include advanced valvular surgery and atrial fibrillation surgery. Prof. Sternik is an Associated Professor of Surgery in Tel-Aviv University. He established Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Unit at Sheba Medical Center. This Unit is the forerunner in atrial fibrillation surgery in Israel as well as a learning center for European surgeons in the field of atrial fibrillation.
Education
2009, Master Course of Mitral Valve repair, Paris, France
2008, Master Course of Mitral Valve repair, Paris, France
2007, Master Course of Mitral Valve repair, London, England
2005, Advanced Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Training Inova Medical Center,
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
2005, Master Course of Mitral Valve repair, Leiden, Belgium
2004, Advanced Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Training San Antonio Medical
Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
2004, Master Course of Mitral Valve repair, Paris, France
1999-2001, Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
Minnesota, USA
1992-1999, Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chain Sheba Medical Center, Tel
Hashomer, Israel
1991-1992, Intern, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
1989-1990, Intern, Moscow Center for Pediatric Surgery, Moscow, Russia
1983-1989, Student, Moscow State Medical School, Moscow, Russia
Employment History Experience
2020, President of the Israeli Cardiothoracic Surgery Society
2018-present, Leviev Heart Center, Director of Cardiac Surgery Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
2015-2018, Cardiac Surgery Department, Deputy Director, Leviev Heart Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
2004-present, Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Center, Founder and Head, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
2002-2008, Israeli Homograft Bank, Director, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
2001-present, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Staff surgeon, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Academic Appointments
2014-present, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010, Honorary Professor, Bakoulev Heart Center, Perm, Russia
2009-present, Visiting Professor and Consultant, Odessa Cardiac Surgery Center, Odessa, Ukraine
2008-2012, Faculty and Chairman of International Meetings of Atrial Fibrillation Surgery, Russia, Ukraine
2007-present, Director, International Courses of Advanced Cardiac Surgery Training and Atrial Fibrillation Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
2007, Visiting Professor, Atrial Fibrillation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
2002-present, Visiting Professor, Bakoulev Heart Center, Perm, Russia
Membership in Professional/ Scientific Societies
2019-present, American Association of Thoracic Surgery
2012-present, International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
2008-present, Israeli Society of Arrhythmology
2001-present, Israeli Society of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Citations, Honors, Competitive Fellowships
1987, 1988, 1989, First Place, USSR Surgical Conference of Students
Publications
Here is a link to the list of publications for Prof. Sternik in PubMed. PubMed is a database of scientific articles in the fields of medicine and life sciences
