Prof. Michael Arad M.D., Msc
Senior Cardiologist, Heart Failure Service, Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Specialty
Prof. Arad specializes in clinical cardiology, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, pericardial diseases, amyloidosis, inherited heart diseases
Languages
Hebrew, English, Russian
Education & Fellowships
- Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
- Resident in Cardiology, Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Fellow and Research Associate in Cardiovascular Genetics, Seidman Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Board Certifications – Cardiology, Heart Failure
Career Accomplishments
- Senior Cardiologist, Heart Failure Service, Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Member of the Israel Heart Society
- Member of the European Society of Cardiology
- Member of the Working group on Myocardial and Pericardial diseases, Heart Failure Society
- Member of the Council member of the Israeli Society for Heart Research
- Member of the Council member of the Israeli Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases
- Coordinator - Clinic and Research Lab. on Cardiomyopathies and Inherited Heart Diseases, Leviev Heart Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Associate Professor in Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- Senior Lecturer in Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Research Interests and Advanced Training
- Diagnosis and therapy of heart diseases: cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, amyloidosis, pericarditis, cardiac injury by chemotherapy and in multisystem disorders
- Consultation and genetic testing in families with inherited heart disease or family history of sudden death
- In charge of the Cardiomyopathy and Inherited Heart Diseases clinic and the Cardiac Genetics research lab, Leviev Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel