Prof. Ehud Raanani – Senior mentor for medical fields
Prof. Raanani is the Director of the Leviev Cardiovascular & Thoracic Center in the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel since 2016. In 2010 he was appointed Associated Professor of Surgery in the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University. He served as Chairman of the Board of the Israel Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (2005-2008) and is an active board member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery as well as the Society of Heart Valve Disease.
Prof Raanani has mentored several doctoral and MSc students, has published over 150 papers in prestigious peer-reviewed international journals for cardiac surgery and cardiology, as well as chapters in books, and is the PI for numerous clinical and basic-science studies.
Prof Raanani is also an active member on several Scientific Advisory Boards of start-up companies in the field of cardiothoracic medical devices.