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Dr. Arik Finkelshtein is a specialized Interventional Cardiologist in Israel. And one of the most sought after medical specialists in Tel Aviv, Israel. The doctor has over 20 Years of experience and is associated with Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center -Ichilov Hospital.

Association and Memberships Dr. Arik Finkelshtein is part of:

• The Israel Medical Association
• The Israel Heart Society
• European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)

Qualifications :

• M.D. - The Ben Gurion University School of Medicine, Israel (1978 ?1984)
• Elective Studies in Cardiology - The Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA (1983)
• Rotating Internship - TelAviv Medical Center, Israel (1984 ?1985)
• Residency - Department of Internal Medicine, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel (1991)

Hospital Address :

Tel Aviv Medical Center, Retsif Herbert Samuel Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

What is the medical expertise of Dr. Arik Finkelshtein?

• Dr Arik Finkelshtein is a renowned interventional cardiologist with more than 20 years of experience in his field. His expertise includes cardiac catheterization, angiographies, angioplasties, and providing treatments for conditions such as heart valve disease.
• He completed a Fellowship in Cardiology at the Department of Cardiology, Tel Aviv Medical Center in Israel(1995) and a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, UCLA, in USA(2001).
• He is registered with the Ministry of Health, Israel and was issued an Internal Medicine Board Certification (Stage 1) by the Israel Medical Association in 1991.
• Dr Arik holds a Cardiology board certification by The Israel Medical Scientific Council, The Israel Medical Association. He also completed the American Society of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Course in 2001.
• Owing to his incredible expertise in the field of interventional cardiology, Dr Arik is a part of numerous professional associations such as the the Israel Heart Society, the Israel Medical Association, and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI).
• Dr Finkelshtein is a recipient of several prestigious awards. In 1997, he won the Tel Aviv Medical Center for Excellence in Fellowship grant and the Tel Aviv Medical Center Young Investigator award for his work"The influence of US waves on the contractility of myocytes, in the isolated rat heart model" in 1998.
• Dr Arik has published his research in many leading journals. Some of his works include:
  1. Schwartz D, Kornowski R, Lehrman H, Averbuch M, Pines A, Greenland M, Finkelstein A, Levo Y. Combined effect of captopril and aspirin in renal hemodynamics in elderly patients with congestive heart failure. Cardiology. 1992;81(6):334‐9. PubMed PMID: 1304414.
  2. S.A.Berger, M.Kramer, H.Nagar, A.Finkelstein, A.Frimmerman, H.Miller:Effect of Surgical Mask Position on Bacterial Contamination of the Operative Field.Journal of Hospital Infection. 23;51‐54, 1993.
  3. R.Kornowski, D.Zeeli , M.Averbuch, A.Finkelstein , D.Schwartz, M.Moshkowitz ,B.Weinreb , R.Hershkovitz , D.Eyal , M.Miller , Y.Levo , A.Pines:Intensive Home Care Surveillance Prevents Hospitalization and Improves Morbidity Rates Among Elderly Patients with Severe Congestive Heart Failure.American Heart Journal, 129; 762‐766, 1995.

Dr. Shmuel Banai is a specialized Interventional Cardiologist in Israel. And one of the most sought after medical specialists in Tel Aviv, Israel. The doctor has over 25 Years of experience and is associated with Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center -Ichilov Hospital.

Qualifications :

• Medical School: The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
• 1986 - 1988 Cardiology Fellowship, Department of Cardiology, Bikur-Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
• 1988 - 1991 National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Cardiology Branch, Section of Experimental Physiology and Pharmacology, Bethesda, Maryland, USA - post doctoral basic research in Cardiology

Hospital Address :

Tel Aviv Medical Center, Retsif Herbert Samuel Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel