Prof. Elad Asher

Director of the cardiac intensive care unit

Professional Experience

Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Established and managed the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Assuta Ashdod Hospital
Former senior physician at Sheba Hospital, Tel Hashomer, in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the Invasive Cardiology Unit

Graduated from the School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University (with honors)
Graduated with a master's degree in health systems management, Ben Gurion University
Residency in internal medicine at the Ichilov Medical Center
Residency in cardiology at Sheba Medical Center (Tel Hashomer)
Fellowship in invasive cardiology at University Hospitals Cleveland Ohio

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Platelet activity during an acute coronary event (ACS; PLATELET AGGREGATION)
Atherosclerosis
Optical imaging in cardiac catheterization (OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY)
Dr. Asher has published many articles in the international medical literature and is also engaged in research in the field of heart events (heart attacks) in general and particularly the relationship between coagulation disorders and the development of heart events
He won several awards and scholarships in research related to the field of coagulation and platelets

Apr–May 2002 Elective award at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, USA
February 2016 Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) Young Leadership Award
March 2017 American College of Cardiology (USA) - Second highest-ranking abstract submitted from participating Middle East countries
March 2017 Best case of Cardiac Catheterization 2017 contest – Israel Tel-Aviv (Green house)
May 2017 Grant winner of the 4th EAPCI Fellows Course Paris (EuroPCR 2017)