Dr. Amnon Merdler

Dr. Amnon Merdler

Cardiologist
Head of the cardiology department

Departments: Cardiology

Overview:

Dr. Merdler is one of the leadings cardiologist in Israel. Currently Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology at Carmel Medical Center and an Associate Director in the clinical Cardiovascular research unit.

Appointments:

1997: Director, Non-invasive Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
1998: Associate Director, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Unit, Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical  Center, Haifa, Israel

Academic Record and Postgraduate Experience:

1973-1980: Aba-Hushi School of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel. M.D. degree, Technion, 1982.
1980-1981: Rotating Internship, Bnai Zion Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
1981-1983: Resident, Internal Medicine,Bnai zion Hospital, Haifa, Israel
1984-1988: Resident, Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis - Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
1989-present: Staff Cardiologist, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
1990-1996: Action physician in charge, Non-invasive Cardiology Services
1997-present: Director, Non-invasive Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa,Israel
1998-present: Associate Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Trails Unit, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

Board Certification:

1981: Medical section, ECFMG
1988: Cardiology Board Certification Israel Medical Scientific Council

Memberships:

1981: Israel Medical Association
1998: Israel Heart Society

Teaching Experience:

1982-1984: Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine AA@, Beni zion Hospital, faculty of Medicine, Technion
1994-1999: Cardiology teaching to medical students, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center
1995-1999: Lectures to 4th year students, Integrative Course, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
1996-1998: Physician in charge, Cardiology Clerkship (5th and 6th yearmidical students) Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center 
1988: Specialty in Cardiology  10009
1988: Cardiology Specialist Staff Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis - Carmel Medical Center, Israel
2001: Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Technion, 2001
2001-2007: Deputy Director Carmel Medical Center
2007: Master of Health Administration (MHA), Beer Sheva

Current Research Interests and Projects:

Perception and reaction of patients participating in clinical trials
  • acute myocardial infarction
  • acute coronary syndromes
  • heart failure trials

Conferences/Member of Conference Committee:

2010:  The 57th Annual Congress of the Israel Heart Society in association with the Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery Thursday, April 15, 2010 A New Angiographic Tool for Assessing the Hemodynamic Significance of Intermediate Coronary Lesions:Correlation with Fractional Flow Reserve, Jaffe, Ronen; Khader, Nader; Rubinshtein, Ronen; Danon, Asaf; Merdler, Amnon; Flugelman, Moshe; Shahla, Johnny; Asmir, Ehab; Halon, David; Lewis, Basil

 

Research & Publications:

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