Professor Michael Arad
Cardiologist. Professor Michael Arad is a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure, cardiomyopathies and inherited heart diseases. A particular focus of his work is the genetics of cardiovascular disease and the management of patients with complex pathologies of the heart muscle.
Professor Michael Arad is included in Forbes' ranking of Israel's best cardiologists and specializes in complex forms of heart failure, cardiomyopathies and inherited heart diseases. He completed advanced training at Harvard Medical School and is the author of studies published in leading international medical journals.
- Medical education: Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Specialization in internal medicine: Rabin Medical Center
- Specialization in cardiology: Sheba Medical Center
- Advanced training in the genetics of cardiovascular disease and heart failure: Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
- Professional training in laboratory models of inherited heart diseases
Professor Michael Arad is actively engaged in research and teaching. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiology at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine. His main research interests are heart failure, cardiomyopathies and the genetic mechanisms of cardiovascular disease.
Professor Arad diagnoses and treats patients with various diseases of the heart muscle and with heart failure.
His main areas of work:
- heart failure;
- cardiomyopathies of various types;
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy;
- dilated cardiomyopathy;
- diseases of the myocardium;
- inherited heart diseases;
- genetically determined cardiovascular diseases;
- familial forms of cardiomyopathy.