Dr. Dmitry Pevny
Senior physician in the Ichilov cardiac surgery department, an expert in treating heart defects with progressive methods of restorative and reconstructive cardiac surgery.
Dr. Dmitry Pevny is a cardiac surgeon of the highest qualification category, a physician with long experience and rich cardiac surgical practice. Thanks to deep academic knowledge and clinical talent, Dr. Pevny is one of the most sought-after cardiac surgeons both in Israel and abroad.
Dmitry Pevny received his higher medical education in Leningrad, graduating with honors from the First State Medical Institute. After receiving his diploma he entered a clinical residency at the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, where he specialized in cardiac surgery. After completing the residency, he joined the staff of the Second Leningrad Pediatric Clinical Hospital named after St. Mary Magdalene as a cardiac surgeon.
After moving to Israel, Dr. Pevny brilliantly passed the mandatory diploma validation procedure and obtained a license for clinical practice in Israel. He trained in thoracic surgery, taking part in operations on the chest organs, lungs and heart, at Israel's largest medical center, Ichilov. He improved his qualifications in Austria, where he studied advanced areas of cardiac surgery. In Portugal and Germany he specialized in chest organ operations. At a university clinic in Belgium he trained in performing cardiac surgical operations, and in Switzerland mastered the latest minimally invasive heart surgery methods.
Today Dr. Dmitry Pevny is a senior physician in the cardiac surgery department at the multidisciplinary Ichilov clinical center, where he performs highly complex surgical interventions on the heart and coronary vessels. He lectures on cardiac surgery to medical students at Israeli universities, is active in research, and conducts clinical studies in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. He also writes scientific articles of considerable practical interest published in many medical journals worldwide, and belongs to several of the largest professional associations in Israel, Europe and the USA.
Cardiac surgeon Dmitry Pevny is competent in surgical treatment of:
- heart defects, including congenital developmental anomalies and acquired defects of the aortic and mitral valves (stenosis, insufficiency);
- ventricular septal defects;
- coronary vessels (coronary artery bypass grafting);
- aneurysms of the heart and aorta.
Dr. Pevny is one of the developers of a unique technique of heart valve replacement performed on the beating heart.