Professor Ehud Raanani is one of the luminaries of international clinical, academic and research cardiology. In his competence he brilliantly performs almost all existing types of operations on the heart, aorta and heart valves. He was extremely successful in treating aortic aneurysms, which allowed him to earn a steady and unwavering reputation among patients and the specialized medical community.
The professor received his basic medical education in Tel Aviv, where he subsequently trained as a cardiac surgeon and thoracic surgeon. Then, he went for an internship to a medical center in Canada, where he mastered new areas of cardiac surgery to perfection. Upon his return to Israel, he was immediately appointed head of the Cardiac Surgery Unit at Sheba Hospital.
His clinical experience totals more than 20 years, during which he has had great success in performing surgical interventions. The success rate of surgeries performed by the professor is much higher than the statistical average, which is why he is visited by patients not only from Israel but also from other countries of the world.
He also provides expert advice on: surgical repair of aortic ruptures and aneurysmal dilations; echocardiographic diagnosis; surgical treatment of complicated heart defects, atrial fibrillation and aortic stenosis; endoprosthesis of heart valves and mitral valve replacement; coronary artery bypass grafting and other issues. In diagnosing and treating patients, the professor uses only the latest developments and modern techniques of the latest generation to achieve the most accurate results.
At the same time as his clinical work, the professor spends a great deal of time on research and the training of a new generation of specialist physicians. He holds leading positions in international associations for cardiovascular surgery and is also a professor in the Department of Surgery at Israel University. Active social activities allow the professor to move modern medicine forward together with a group of other leading specialists and experts in the world.
His scientific contributions are appreciated by the higher representatives of the candidates of medical sciences. His work is regularly published in popular scientific publications, which are in considerable demand among physicians around the world.