CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: PROF. YEHUDA ADLER, M.D, M.H.A.

I.D. No.: 57962011

Place of work: * Director, Developmebt of Medical Resources, Chaim .

* Chairman, Internship Committee, Chaim Sheba Medical Center.

* Director, The Talpiot Medical Leadership Program, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, A Revolutionary Program to Build Medical Leadership in .

* Head of Programe, Health Systems Administration, The College for Academic Studies, Or-Yehuda, Israel.

* Director of the Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation, Israel Heart Society.

* Member of the National Council for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ministry of Health, Israel..

* Nucleus Member of the ESC’s Committee for pericardial Diseases.

* Member of the National Stirring Committee for The Fifth Medical School in the Galil. Israel.

* Member of the National Forum for the Prevention of Diabetes and Overweight in Children's, Gertner with Ministry of Health, Israel.

Past work:

* General Director, Misgav-Ladach Hospital, , Israel.

* Medical Director, Center Region, Leumit Health Fund.

* Assitant to the Director General. Chaim Sheba Medical Center.

* Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute (Physician-in-charge-field of cardiac rehabilitation), Chaim Sheba Medical Center.

* General Secretary of the Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation, Israel Heart Society.

* Member of Board, , Israel.

* Member of Executive Committee, Magen David Adom, Israel. Yehuda ADLER, M.D. Page 2 of 20

* Chairman of International and Public Relations Committee,Magen David Adom, Israel.

* Member of Medical Committee, Magen David Adom, Israel.

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Past work (Cont.):

* Member of the ESC’s Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences Task Force to develop an Expert Consensus Document on the Management of pericardial Diseases.

Faculty: * Sackler School of Medicine

Department: * Director, The Talpiot Medical Leadership Program, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, A Revolutionary Program to Build Medical Leadership in Israel and Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute. Chaim Sheba Medical Center.

Home Address: Haschafim 17 Rannana 43724 Phone: 09-7719428, 0506617808

Date and place of birth: 21.11.62, Israel

Zahal military service: 1980-1983, Sergeant in Israel Air Force, At present, Lieutenant in Israel Defence Force

Family status: Married + 3

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A. EDUCATION:

1983-1989 - Hadassah Ein-Kerem Medical School, Jerusalem

1985 - Mount Sinai, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY. USA - Fellowship

1986 - Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical School, Jerusalem - B. Med. Sci. awarded with distinction.

1990 - MD thesis. Heart Institute Research, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, University. Awarded with distinction. Faculty prize for best achievement.

1990 - Internship - Tel Hashomer Hospital - finished with excellence.

1991-1995 - Specialized in Internal Medicine B. Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

1993 - Brest, France, Immunology Laboratory, supervised by Professor PierreYouinou Master's Thesis: Does a glycosylation defect of IgE1 and IgE3 reduce their binding to the respective Fc gamma receptors.

1995-1999 - Specialized in Cardiology. Cardiology Department, , Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, Israel.

1999 - Senior in Cardiology. Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, Israel.

08/2001 - Visiting physician scientist Prof. Melvyn Rubenfire, Preventive Cardiology, University of Michigan, USA.

1999-2007 - Senior in Cardiology. Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Israel.

2004-2006 - Master of Health Administration Progeam (M.H.A.) - Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Faculty of Management, .

2004-2007 - Physician-in-charge-field of cardiac rehabilitation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

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A. EDUCATION (Cont.):

2006-2007 - Assitant to the Director General. Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

2004-2008 - Medical Director Shfela Region, Leumit Health Fund. Israel.

2008-2011 - General Director, Misgav-Ladach Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Date of receiving Specialization Certificate: 10.12.95, Internal Medicine 6.1.99 Cardiology

Title of Master's Thesis: Does a glycosylation defect of IgE1 and IgE3 reduce their binding to the respective Fc gamma receptors.

Supervisor: Professor Pierre Youinou, (Brest, France)

Title of Doctoral Dissertation: The effect of changes in blood volume on the microcirculatory blood flow using photoplethysmography and ultrasonic plethysmography.

Supervisors: P. Alex Battler, Dr. B. Gavish, Dr. M. Shaynovich (Tel Hashomer)

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B. FURTHER STUDIES:

1992-1993 - Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University. The presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in acute myocardial infarction.

1993 - Laboratory of Immunology, Brest, France. A new technique for purification of fc-gamma receptor II and III. Laboratory of Immunology, Brest, France. Impaired binding capacity of asialyl and agalartosyl IgG to Fc gamma receptors.

1990-2005 - Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University. Usefulness of colchicine in preventing recurrences of pericarditis.

1996–1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. The association between Mitral annulus calcification and atherosclerotic processes.

1997-1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. Relationship between initial ECG patterns and the occurence and time of appearance of Q waves in patient with acute myocardial infartction.

1997-1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. Colchicine for prevention of postpericardiotomy syndrome.

1998-1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. The impact of atrial fibrillation on atrial size in patients who underwent mitral valve replacement.

1998-1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. Prediction of final infarct size and left ventricular EF by the predischarge ECG among patients with first anterior wall myocardial infarction.

1998-1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. aitral annulus calcification and anti-2 glycoprotein I.

1998-1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. The association between aortic valve calcification and atherosclerotic processes.

1998-1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. The effects of streptokinase and hydroxyethyl starch on in vitro clot disruption by ultrasound.

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B. FURTHER STUDIES (Cont.):

1998-1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University. Augmentation of low-frequency clot disruption by ultrasound by hydroxyethyl starch is dependent on the duration and intensity of ultrasound exposure-an in-vitro study.

1999-2007 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital. Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University. The association between cardiac valve calcification and aorta and coronary calcifications as documented by Spiral Computed Tomography in hypertensive patients.

1999-2007 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital. Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University. The hemodynamics status and response to cardiac rehabilitation in patients with severe heart failure.

2000-2007 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital. Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University. Effects of cardiac rehabilitation on breathing disorders during sleep in patients with moderate to severe heart failure.

2002-2007 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital. Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University. The association between cardiac valve calcification and aorta and coronary calcifications as documented by Spiral Computed Tomography in patients with stable angina pectoris.

2002-2008 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital. Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University. Calcification of the thoracic aorta as detected by spiral computed tomography among stable angina pectoris patients: association with cardiovascular events and death.

2008-2011 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital. Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University. Colchicine and pricarditis: Frequency and prognostic significance of pericarditis following acute myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

2008-2011 - Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital. Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University. COlchicine for the Prevention of the Post-percardiotomy Syndrome (COPPS): a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

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C. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

1992-1993 - Research Unit of Sheba Medical Center. Tutor, student's MD thesis.

1991-1995 - Teaching fourth- and sixth-year students within the framework of Internal Medicine Clerkship.

1993-1994 - Teaching doctors from Russia within the framework of Internal Medicine Clerkship.

1994 - Tutor of American students at Tel Aviv University.

1996-1998 - Teaching American students an ECG course at Tel Aviv University.

1997-1998 - Teaching doctors from Russia within the framework of cardiology medicine.

1999 - Teaching cardiology, sixth-year students, Tel Aviv University.

1993-2007 - Teaching Israel medical students for MD thesis. Tel Aviv University.

2002-2005 - ESC educational programme-Recent advances in pericardial diseases and cardiac inflammation. 07-09 november, Marburg, Germany. Invited speaker- Medical treatment of pericardial diseases, and Chairperson of diagnostic tools for pericardial diseases.

2005-2011 - Lecturer of cardiology, Medical students 4th and 6th years faculty medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2005-2011 - Clerkship of medical students 4th and 6th years.

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D. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:

1990-1991 - Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Internship.

1991-1995 - Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Internal Med. B. Resident.

1995-1999 - Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Resident.

1999-2000 - Rabin Medical Center, Cardiology, Senior.

2001 - Visiting physician scientist, Preventive Cardiology, University of Michigan, USA

1999-2007 - Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Senior.

2004-2007 - Physician-in-charge-field of cardiac rehabilitation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

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E. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS, etc.

1986 - B. Med. Sci., Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical School, Jerusalem. Awarded with distinction.

1990 - M.D. Thesis, Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical School, Jerusalem. Awarded with distinction. Faculty Prize for Best Achievement.

1990-1991 - Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Internship.

1990-1991 - Internship, Tel Hashomer Hospital. Finished with Excellence.

1993 - Tutor, MD student's thesis, Tel Hashomer. Awarded with distinction.

1998 - A. Mager, S. Lalezari, Y. Birmbaum, Y. Adler, N. Magal, M. Shohat. MTHFR gene and early-onset coronary artery disease in Israel. J.J. Kellerman Young Investigators, 3rd prize. Israel Heart Society.

1998 - Awarded Lecturer degree in Cardiology. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2002 - Awarded Senior Lecturer degree in Cardiology. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2003 - Adler Y, Motro M, Tanne D, Schwammenthal E, Elmaleh E, Freimark D. Improved physical performance and cardiac function in severe heart failure patients undergoing exercise training. J.J. Kellerman Young Investigators, 3rd prize. Israel Heart Society.

2006 - Tenenbaum A, Motro M, Fisman EZ, Adler Y, Schwammenthal E, Shemesh J, Tanne D, Boyko V, Behar S. Effect of bezafibrate on incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in obese patients, European Heart Journal, 2005; 26: 2032-2038. Diploma of honour for the excellent research publication in 2005. On behalf of the Israel Heart Society. (Co-author).

2006 - Awarded Professor degree in Cardiology. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2010 - Jerusalem Award-Signal of esteem "Jerusalem is Mine" for building the new Misgav-Ladach Hospital in Jerusalem.

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GRANTS

2002 - Adler Y, Glikson M, Motro M. Dr Citranic and Chaia Citranic, on behalf of Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Subject: Improved physical performance and cardiac function in severe heart failure patients undergoing exercise training.

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F. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

1996-1997 - Member of Board, Magen David Adom, Israel.

1997-1999 - Chairman of International and Public Relations Committee, Magen David Adom, Israel.

1999 - Member of Board, Magen David Adom, Israel.

1996–2005 - Member of Executive Committee, Magen David Adom, Israel.

1999-2005 - Member of Medical Committee, Magen David Adom, Israel.

2002-2011 - Member of the ESC’s Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences Task Force to develop an Expert Consensus Document on the Management of pericardial Diseases.

2003-2011 - Member of the National Council for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ministry of Health, Israel.

2005-2009 - General Secretary of the Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation, Israel Heart Society.

2009-2011 - Diector of the Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation, Israel Heart Society

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G. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS: 1993 - Israel Heart Society. Tel Aviv, Israel.

1994 - Fourth Breton Workshop on Autoimmunity. Brest, France.

1995 - Fourth International Conference on SLE. Jerusalem, Israel.

1997 - American College of Cardiology. 46th Annual Scientific Session. Anaheim, CA, USA. (16-19 March).

1997 - Israel Heart Society. Jerusalem, Israel.

1997 - 2nd International Meeting on Interventional Cardiology. Jerusalem, Israel. (30 June - 3 July).

1997 - XIXth Congress of the European Society of Cardiology. Stockholm, Sweden. (24-28 August).

1997 - 1st International Conference on Familial Mediterranean Fever. Jerusalem, Israel. (7-11 September).

1998 - Israel Heart Society. Jerusalem, Israel.

1998 - XXth Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Vienna, Austria.

1998 - The Second Annual and Plenary Meeting of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the ESC. Trieste, Italy.

1998 - The 6th International Conference on Non-invasive Cardiology, Jerusalem, Israel.

1999 - American College of Cardiology, 48th Annual Scientific Session, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (7-12 March).

2000 - Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2001 - Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2001 - American College of Cardiology, 50th Annual Scientific Session, Orlando, Florida, USA (18-21 March).

2001 - Marburg, Germany, Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences Task Force to develop an Expert Consensus Document on the Management of pericardial Diseases.

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G. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (Cont.):

2002 - Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem, Israel.

2002 - Congress of the European Society of Cardiology. Berlin, Germany. (31-04 August-September). Invited speaker-colchicine treatment for recurrent pericarditis and pericardial effusion, and invited for an recorded interview for the ACCEL regarding the subject of colchicine and pericardial diseases.

2002 - ESC educational programme-Recent advances in pericardial diseases and cardiac inflammation. 07-09 november, Marburg, Germany. Invited speaker- Medical treatment of pericardial diseases, and Chairperson of diagnostic tools for pericardial diseases.

2003 - Working group on cardiac rehabilitation and exercise physiology of the European Society of Cardiology, Spring meeting, Estoril 11-12 april 2003, Portugal. Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem, Israel.

2004 - International Society for Heart Research, European Section, Israeli Subsection. Annual meeting of the Israel group for heart research, February 26, 2004, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel. Symposium on Weight management and the genetic and metabolic aspects of obesity and type 2 diabetes. March 26-28, 2004, Berlin, Germany.

2004 - Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem, Israel.

2004 - Israel Society for Quality in Health Care, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2005 - The 5th Atherothrombosis Summit, April 2005, Athens, Greece.

2005 - The 52nd Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, Israel. Chair session S22 - Basic Cardiology - Cardiovascular Injury.

2006 - The 53nd Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, Israel. Chair session – Cardiac Rehabilitation.

2006 - Italian Group on Pericardial Disease, Milano, Italy. Invited speaker- Medical treatment of pericardial diseases, and Chairperson of diagnostic tools for pericardial diseases.

2007 - 54nd Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, Israel Chair session – Cardiac Rehabilitation.

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G. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (Cont.):

2007 - Congresso Mazionale FADOI, Roma, Italy (16-19/5/2007). Invited speaker- Colchicine in pericardial deseases.

2007 - European Conference on Myocardial and Pericardial disease with additional focus on Heart Disease in Women. Marburg, Germany, October 11-14, 2007. Invited speaker-Old drug with new uses: Colchicine for treatment of pericardial diseasese.

2007 - The Mosaic of Autoimmunity, An International Satellite of the Congress on Autoimmunity. Kfar Maccabiah, Israel, February 10-11, 2008–02–13. Invited speaker-Recurrent Pericarditis: old disease with a new treatment.

2008 - 55nd Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, Israel. Chair session – Cardiac Rehabilitation.

2009 - 56nd Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, Israel. Chair session – Cardiac Rehabilitation.

2009 - European Conferences: Management Strategies In Heart Failure, European Conference on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease: The first 50 years of cardiomyopathies. October 9-11, 2009, Belgrade, Serbia. Invited speaker- Colchicine in pericardial deseases. and Chairperson for pericardial diseases.

2009 - Congress of the European Society of Cardiology. Pericarditis following ST segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by primary coronary angioplasty.

2010 - 57nd Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, Israel. Chair session – Cardiac Rehabilitation.

2010 - The Frontiers on Myocardial, Pericardial Disease AND Ventricular Dysfunction.30 September-2 October, Corunia, Spain. Invited speaker- Medical treatment of pericardial diseases, and Chairperson for pericardial diseases.

2010 - American Heart Association, 2010. Oral Presentation. Colchicine for the prevention of post-pericardiotomy syndrome and post- operative effusions following cardiac surgery. Results of a multicenter, double-blind, Placebo-cotroled randomized trial.

2010 - Congress of the European Society of Cardiology C-reacyive protein as a guide for the diagnosis and therapy of pericarditis.

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G. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (Cont.):

2011 - Conference Organizer and Chairperson of the conference: A Joint Scientific Meeting of 4 Cardiology Working Groups of the Israel Heart Society: Heart Failure, Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases, Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation. March 10-12, 2011. Dead Sea, Israel. Invited speaker- The Changing Outlook of Pericardial Diseases, and Chairperson for the Openning Session.

2011 - 58nd Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, Israel. Chair session – Cardiac Rehabilitation.

MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD:

Cardivascular Diabetology (IF=3.04)

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:

2001-2011 - Out-of-office consultant-Israel Medical Association Journal

2001-2011 - Out-of-office consultant-Harefua

2002-2011 - Out-of-office consultant- European Heart Journal

2002-2011 - Out-of-office consultant-Circulation

2005-2011 - Out-of-office Thrombosis Research

2005-2011 - Out-of-office Cardivascular Diabetology

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STUDENTS SUPERVISED BY CANDIDATE:

G.1. M.D. STUDENTS:

1992-1993 - Yaron Finkelstein. Presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in acute myocardial infarction. Research Unit of Autoimmune Disease, Sheba Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

1997-1998 - Noam Fink. Association between mitral annulus calcification and aortic atheroma. A prospective transesophageal echocardiographic study. Echocardiography Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler Faculty of Medicine , Tel Aviv University.

1998–1999 - Keren Machlab. Colchicine for prevention of postpericardiotomy syndrome. Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

1998-1999 - Anat Feldman. The Impact of atrial fibrillation on atrial size in patients who underwent mitral valve replacement. Echocardiography Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

1998-1999 - Oren Ben-Lull. Prediction of final infarct size and left ventricular function by the pre- discharge ECG among patients with anterior wall acute myocardial infarction that received reperfusion therapy. The relationship between the 32 point QRS scoring system and the pattern of the ST-segment and T-wave direction in the precorded lead. Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

1999-2000 - Jakob Toaf Is aortic valve calcification detected by echocardiography a marker for high prevalence and severity of coronary artery disease. Echocardiography Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

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G.1. M.D. STUDENTS (Cont.):

1999-2000 - Itay Wiser The association between aortic valve calcification and atherosclerosis disease of the aorta: a transesophageal echocardiography study. Echocardiography Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler aculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

1999-2001 - Dana Attar The effect of streptokinase, heparin and hydroxyethyl-stach and their combination on in vitro clot disruption by ultrasound. Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2000-2002 - Boaz Chovav Association between coronary calcifications and calcifications of the mitral valve annulus and the aortic valve detected by double helix fast CT Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2000-2002 - Keren Amichai Utility of myocardial performance index (MPI), a new Doppler measure of global left ventricular function, for predicting one-year mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2000-2002 - Amit Yanay Is there a relation between calcium deposits in the heart (coronary arteries and valves) and left ventricular hypertrophy? Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2000-2002 - Ofer Sharon Mitral annulus calcification in patients with stable angina pectoris: severity of mitral annulus calcification as compared with the severity of coronary artery calcification as detected by Double Helical CT. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. Tal Regev

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G.1. M.D. STUDENTS (Cont.):

2001-2002 - Tal Regev Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on left ventricular diastolic function in patients with congestive heart failure. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2001-2002 - Meirav Ingbir Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on central breathing disorders during sleep in patients with moderate to severe heart failure. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. Israel bat Avraham

2001-2002 - Adi Dagan The optimal combination of intensity and duration of ultrasound irradiation and hydroxyyethyl starch concentration for in vitro blood clot disruption. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2001-2004 - Shay Natanzon Is there as association between serum tumor necrosis factor-α levels and the response of moderate to severe congestive heart failure patients to cardiac rehabilitation program Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2001-2005 - Eva Elmalich The influence of cardiac rehabilitation on the functional capacity and hemodynamic parameters in patients with moderate to severe heart failure-a prospective study. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2002-2005 - Igor volodresky Association betweem incidence and severity of mitral annulus calcification and calcification of thoracic aorta in patients with stable angina pectoris as detected by double helix fast CT. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

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G.1. M.D. STUDENTS (Cont.):

2002-2005 - Alon Eisen Association betweem incidence and severity of coronary arteries calcification and incidence and severity of calcification of thoracic aorta in patients with stable angina pectoris as detected by double helix fast CT. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2002-2005 - Galit Artom Colchicine for the prevention of recurrent pericarditis: A multi-center all case analysis. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. 2002-2006 - Ela Oren The long term influence of cardiac rehabilitation on the functional capacity and hemodynamic parameters in patients with severe heart failure-a prospective study. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

2004-2007 - Ofir Zezic Hemodynamic status and response to cardiovascular rehabilitation in patients with ischemic stroke. Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Cheim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.

EXAMS NOMINATIONS

May 1995 1st stage examination, Internal Medicine

Nov. 1995 2nd stage examination, Internal Medicine

Nov. 1998 1nd stage examination, Cardiology

Dec. 1998 2nd stage examination, Cardiology