Professor Alex Sagie
Cardiologist. Professor Alex Sagie is an outstanding Israeli professor of cardiology, a respected authority among international cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, and director of the Echocardiography and Heart Valve Defects Unit in the cardiology division of Beilinson Hospital. Throughout his career he has distinguished himself by treating such complex and dangerous pathologies as coronary heart disease, heart attacks and long-term post-infarction complications, and mitral valve prolapse.
Professor Alex Sagie diagnoses and effectively treats cardiovascular diseases in patients of different age groups. He favors advanced and progressive approaches, using differential diagnostic methods such as transthoracic and 3D echocardiography. Alex Sagie's goal is to find not the consequences but the causes and mechanisms of the pathology, in order to develop the most effective treatment strategy with protection against relapses.
Alex Sagie graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, then completed a cardiology residency at Hadassah Hospital. After finishing his residency with distinction, he went to the USA to improve his qualifications, training at Harvard University and studying the specifics of heart valve disease in depth. He took part in the American Framingham Heart Study project in Massachusetts. Today Alex Sagie, who has been awarded the title of professor of medicine, teaches at Tel Aviv University, sharing invaluable experience with young doctors.
Alex Sagie has published more than 180 articles and monographs reviewed by the international medical press. He was included in the list of the best doctors in Israel by the prestigious magazine Forbes. He is a permanent honorary member of a number of professional organizations: the Israeli Society of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology and the European Association of Echocardiography. He introduces and develops innovative approaches to treating complex congenital and acquired heart defects.
Professor Alex Sagie pays great attention to modern methods of diagnosing heart disease, which allows him to recognize in detail the origin, specifics and risks of a particular disorder.
The doctor specializes in treating the following pathologies:
- Cardiomyopathies;
- Congenital and acquired heart defects;
- Coronary heart disease;
- Chronic heart failure;
- Heart attacks and post-infarction complications;
- Angina pectoris;
- Atrial fibrillation.
With rich practical experience, in-depth knowledge of his specialty and a conscientious approach to his work, Alex Sagie has become a popular cardiologist whom thousands of Israelis and foreigners seek to see.