Professor Shmuel Banai
One of Israel's best specialists in treating cardiovascular diseases. Interventional cardiologist with more than 40 years of experience. Heads the interventional cardiology department. Included in the ranking of Israel's best doctors compiled by Forbes Israel.
In his work Professor Banai uses the newest means of cardiac diagnostics, such as diagnostic catheterization, which allows diseases to be detected at the earliest stages.
The professor uses the most innovative treatment methods. In particular, through therapeutic catheterization he masterfully performs aortic valve replacement and places the newest stents, including self-dissolving ones, and balloons that prevent blockage and narrowing of the coronary vessels.
- Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel
- Professional experience as a military doctor in a tank brigade of the Israel Defense Forces
- Specialization in cardiovascular research at the laboratory of experimental physiology and pharmacology, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, USA
- Specialization in cardiology and internal medicine at Bikur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel
Memberships in international associations:
- Israeli Association of Cardiovascular Diseases
- European Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Professor Banai is seriously engaged in research. He is the author of 150 scientific papers. Under his leadership and with his direct personal participation an international group of scientists developed the unique hourglass-shaped "Reducer" stent, which is implanted into a vein by catheter. This is a safe method of treating chronic angina by increasing pressure in the coronary sinus (the vein that drains blood from the heart muscle). The invention of Professor Banai and his colleagues is officially used in Israel and several European countries.
In addition, Israel has begun to introduce the newest technology in invasive cardiology, Watchman, a safe and highly effective means of treating and preventing ischemic stroke.
- Heart failure
- Atherosclerosis
- Arrhythmias
- Coronary heart disease
- Congenital heart defects in children
- Aortic stenosis
- Myocardial hypertrophy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Coronary artery bypass grafting
- Heart valve replacement
- Coronary angioplasty, stenting
- Coronary angiography