PROF. Eldad Erez
PROFESSOR, HEAD OF THE CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL CORRECTION OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN, HADASSAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Specialization
Pediatric cardiosurgery:
- all congenital heart defects;
- intrauterine correction of the heart valve defects in the fetus at week 28 of gestation.
Experience 27 years
Education
1993 — Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Technion University (Haifa, Israel)
Career history
- 1993–1999 — Specialization in cardiothoracic surgery at the Rabin Medical Center (Petah Tikva, Israel)
- 1999–2001 — Specialization in cardiothoracic surgery of children and adults (including heart transplant operations) at the Emory School of Medicine Clinic (Atlanta, USA)
- 2001–2003 — Senior expert in cardiothoracic surgery at the Schneider Hospital (Petah Tikva, Israel)
- 2004–2010 — Senior expert in cardiothoracic surgery at the Cook Children’s Medical Center (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
- Since 2011 — Senior expert of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at the Hadassah University Hospital
Awards and prizes
2018–2020 — was included in the list “Best Doctors in Israel” published annually by FORBES magazine
Participation in associations:
- The Israeli Society of Pediatric Cardiology
- The International Society of Pediatric Cardiology
Language proficiency
English, Hebrew
