Zaher Azzam
Director of the Department of Internal Medicine B at Rambam Hospital
Specialization
Internal Medicine: cellular mechanisms of pulmonary edema clearance
Cardiology: heart failure
Experience 35 years
Education
1987 — Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel).
Career history
- Specialization in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Rambam Hospital (Haifa, Israel).
- 1998-2000 — Specialization and research fellowship at the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Research Laboratory at Northwestern University (Chicago, USA).
- Since 2000 — Leading specialist of the Internal Medicine Department at Rambam Hospital.
- 2010-2013 — Deputy Director of Internal Medicine “B”at Rambam Hospital.
- Since 2013 — Director of the Internal Medicine Department B at Rambam Hospital.
Awards and prizes
- 2002 — Professor was recognized as “An Outstanding Employee of Rambam Hospital, The Ministry of Health and The National Civil Service”.
Participation in associations:
- The Israel Society of Internal Medicine
- The Israel Heart Society
- The European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- The International Society of Cardiology
Language proficiency
Arabic, English, Hebrew.