Friends of the Israel Heart Society

September 25, 2022 - 29 Elul 5782

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• A message from our President
• Articles from Israeli cardiology pioneer, Dr. Mervyn Gotsman
• Great moments in Israeli Cardiology article in honor of the 60th anniversary of the IHS
• Jerusalem Post article on the Technion's work using pig tissue to replace dead myocardium
• Letter from Izhak Kehat, MD, PhD who participated in the ACC Emerging Faculty Workshop

September 2019

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• A message from Friends President Dr. Jeffrey Goldberger
• Celebrating ten years of the FIHS Newsletter under the leadership of editor Dr. Jack Stroh
• Reports and photos from recent meetings including the FIHS 2019 Reception at ACC.19
• Honoring Batia Ziv, long time Administrative Manager of Israel Heart Society
• Innovations from Israel
• Upcoming Conferences
• Invitation for submissions to the 2019 ICI Innovation Award Competition with $100,000 First Prize

September 2018

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• Information on upcoming conferences in Israel including the 14th International Dead Sea Symposium next month and the 66th Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society in Association with the Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, under the Auspices of the Israel Cardiology Association in April. 
• Life saving Israeli technological innovations, including ECGs on the move and devices to mend the hearts of patients whose left-side heart chambers aren't functioning well.
• Successful efforts of a special IDF unit treating Israelis and non-Israeli Palestinians. 
• Israeli doctors Save a Child's Heart . . . actually, many hearts, from all over the world. 
• A report from former FIHS President Dr. Douglas Zipes on Cybersecurity of Medical Devices. 
• FIHS efforts - and how you can help - to do more to help Israeli cardiologists. The Israel Health System currently does not have sufficient resources to provide advanced, subspecialty training in cardiology.  Help Israeli Fellows train in North America and bring their training back to Israel to share with other medical professionals and save lives. 
• Medical positions open at Israeli hospitals.
• Photos from the 2018 FIHS Reception and more.  

February 2018

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• A message from our President
• Update on successful efforts regarding The Lancet
• Information on upcoming conferences in Israel including the 65th Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society in association with the Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, under the auspices of the Israel Cardiology Association
• Excerpt from the new memoir by FIHS Board Member and Founding President, Dr. Douglas Zipes, Damn the Naysayers
• Research news: The Prognostic Effects of Coronary Disease Severity and Completeness of Revascularization on Mortality in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; and Anemia and the Risk of Life-threatening Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias from the Israeli Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Registry.
• FIHS efforts - and how you can help - to do more to help Israeli cardiologists. The Israel Health System currently does not have sufficient resources to provide advanced, subspecialty training in cardiology.  Learn about the successful efforts of FIHS Board Member Dr. Charles Antzelevitch, Executive Director of Cardiovascular Research at Lankenau Institute for Medical Research to help Israeli Fellows train in North America and bring their training back to Israel to share with other medical professionals and save lives; also see the inspiring new video from the Israel Heart Society explaining their needs.
  
• Grateful acknowledgement of our 2017 Sponsors for their vital support; and more. 

September 2017

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• A profile of and interview with the new President of the Israel Heart Society, Dr. Ran Kornowski
• Information on many upcoming conferences in Israel including the International Dead Sea Symposium of Sport and Arrhythmia, the International Conference for Innovations in Cardiovascular Systems, and the 65th Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society in association with the Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, under the auspices of the Israel Cardiology Association
• London's Legatum Institute ranks Israel's health care system as one of the ten best in the world
• Research news: Scientists at the Weizmann Institute find the molecule that regenerates heart cells; Scientists at Ben-Gurion and Sheba Medical Center may have a new way to comabt heart disease and stroke with a nano-polymer that may be better than statins; The Prognostic Effects of Coronary Disease Severity and Completeness of Revascularization on Mortality in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; and more 

May 2017

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• A message from our President
• 2017 Meltzer Award
• Information of conferences including the 64th Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society in association with the Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery under the auspices of the Israel Cardiology Association and the 2nd International meeting on CardiOncology - Advancing Cardiac Care for Cancer Patients, June 15 - 16, 2017 in Tel Aviv
• News of the Clalit Research Institute, winners of the New England Journal of Medicine Challenge
• Harvard study showing how Israeli tech cuts drug errors
• The latest work of the Save a Child's Heart Foundation
• 2016 Platinum, Gold and Silver Sponsors
• Pictures from ACC 2017

December 2016

October 2016

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• Medical Mission 2017!
• A message from our President
• Upcoming conferences
• Israeli Research: Heart Failure after Myocardial Infarction is Associated with Increased Risk of Cancer
• Save a Child's Heart

April 2016

Highlights from this newsletter include:

January 2016

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• A message from our President
• Upcoming cardiology meetings
• Information on FIHS Medical Mission 2016 to Israel
• List of our 2015 Sponsors so far

September 2015

• A message from FIHS President, Jeff Goldberger, MD
• Interview with IHS President, Professor Michael Glikson
• Pictures from IHS 2015 in Tel Aviv
• Upcoming meetings in Israel
• Innovative research in Israel
  

April 2015

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• A message from our President
• Pictures from recent cardiology conferences

January 2015

Highlights include:

• A message from our President
• Recently published research from Israel
• Upcoming cardiology meetings
• Follow-up to The Lancet controversy
• Highlight of articles from Israeli heart centers
• American cardiology fellows go to Israel

September 2014

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• A message from our President
• Recently published research from Israel
• The Lancet Letter Controversy and the FIHS response
• Interview with Dr. Giora Weisz, Director of Cardiology, Jesselson Heart Center, Shaare Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem
• FIHS is sending American Fellows to Israel

April 2014

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• President’s Message
• Announcement of cardiology meetings
• Articles on Rambam Hospital's underground facility
• An article on the novel Israeli approach to preventing progression of aortic aneurysm
• Highlight of Poria Medical Center in the Galilee
• Heart Beats

December 2013
Highlights from this newsletter include:

• President’s Message
• Announcement of new research from Israel
• An article on Israeli efforts to help in the Philippines in the aftermath of the Storm.
  
• An introduction to Professor Yoseph Rozenman, the new President of the Israel Heart Society.
  
• An interview with Dan  Tzivoni, long time head of cardiology at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital.
  
• Heart Beats - A book review of a book written about a member of the society, the dean of American cardiology-­‐ our Board Member Eugene Braunwald.

August 2013

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• 60th Annual Meeting of the Israel Heart Society
• A Message from the President
• Announcements of upcoming meetings
• New research from Israel

April 2013

Highlights from this newsletter include:

• A Message from the President
• Listing of the Richard, Hilda and Ezra Meltzer Memorial Award Winners from 2006-2013
• FIHS ACC Dinner Banquet
  
• Cardiac entrepreneurial reference articles
• Preview of the 60th Annual Meetin gof the Israel Heart Society

October 9, 2012

Highlights of this edition include:

• President's Message
• Announcements of upcoming meetings
• Risk of high degree heart block associated with TAVR
• Program update - Shaare Tzedek Hospital Department of Cardiology, Jules Gardin, MD