Overview:
Dr. Merdler is one of the leadings cardiologist in Israel. Currently Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology at Carmel Medical Center and an Associate Director in the clinical Cardiovascular research unit.
Appointments:
1997: | Director, Non-invasive Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel |
1998: | Associate Director, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Unit, Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel |
Academic Record and Postgraduate Experience:
1973-1980: | Aba-Hushi School of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel. M.D. degree, Technion, 1982. |
1980-1981: | Rotating Internship, Bnai Zion Hospital, Haifa, Israel. |
1981-1983: | Resident, Internal Medicine,Bnai zion Hospital, Haifa, Israel |
1984-1988: | Resident, Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis - Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. |
1989-present: | Staff Cardiologist, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel |
1990-1996: | Action physician in charge, Non-invasive Cardiology Services |
1997-present: | Director, Non-invasive Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa,Israel |
1998-present: | Associate Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Trails Unit, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel |
Board Certification:
1981: | Medical section, ECFMG |
1988: | Cardiology Board Certification Israel Medical Scientific Council |
Memberships:
1981: | Israel Medical Association |
1998: | Israel Heart Society |
Teaching Experience:
1982-1984: | Clinical Instructor, Internal Medicine AA@, Beni zion Hospital, faculty of Medicine, Technion |
1994-1999: | Cardiology teaching to medical students, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center |
1995-1999: | Lectures to 4th year students, Integrative Course, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine |
1996-1998: | Physician in charge, Cardiology Clerkship (5th and 6th yearmidical students) Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center |
1988: | Specialty in Cardiology 10009 |
1988: | Cardiology Specialist Staff Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis - Carmel Medical Center, Israel |
2001: | Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Technion, 2001 |
2001-2007: | Deputy Director Carmel Medical Center |
2007: | Master of Health Administration (MHA), Beer Sheva |
Current Research Interests and Projects:
Perception and reaction of patients participating in clinical trials
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Conferences/Member of Conference Committee:
2010: | The 57th Annual Congress of the Israel Heart Society in association with the Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery Thursday, April 15, 2010 A New Angiographic Tool for Assessing the Hemodynamic Significance of Intermediate Coronary Lesions:Correlation with Fractional Flow Reserve, Jaffe, Ronen; Khader, Nader; Rubinshtein, Ronen; Danon, Asaf; Merdler, Amnon; Flugelman, Moshe; Shahla, Johnny; Asmir, Ehab; Halon, David; Lewis, Basil |
Research & Publications:
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Echocardiographic Brockenbrough-Braunwald-Morrow sign.
07 2011, European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology
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Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography using a quantitative dynamic loading test for the evaluation of ischemic mitral regurgitation.
06 2007, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
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Initial experience with a cardiologist-based chest pain unit in an emergency department in Israel.
07 2006, The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ