Dr. Rafael Hirsch
Head of the Department of Congenital Heart Defects in Adults, Beilinson hospital (Rabin Medical Center), Israel
Specialty:
♦ Congenital heart defects in adults
♦ Echocardiography
♦ Diagnostic coronarography (catheterization)
♦ Therapeutic coronary angiography of the heart vessels
♦ Pulmonary hypertension
♦ Heart valve disease and hemodynamics
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
• Hebrew University (1982)
• Practice in the field of cardiology, Chaim Sheba Mrdical Center, Tel Hashomer (1986-1991)
• Specialty – Congenital Heart Diseases – Royal Brompton Hospital, London (1991-1993)
RESEARCH ACTIVITY:
• Eisenmenger syndrome, pregnancy and congenital heart defects, studies in the field of cardiac catheterization
• Member of the Israeli Heart Study Society
• European Community for the Study of the Heart, Working Group on Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults.