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
