Prof. Chaim Lotan

Prof. Chaim Lotan
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Experience: 43 years of experience
Hospital: Hadassah University Medical Center

About

About Prof. Chaim Lotan Prof. Chaim Lotan is one of the top Cardiologists in Israel and specializes in diagnosing and treating several cardiological and heart disorders. He holds 43 years of experience in performing cardiological surgeries. He has been associated with various hospitals in Israel. He achieved ECFMG certification in 1980 and cleared Pediatrics and Cardiology, Board examinations (part 1) conducted by Israel Medical Scientific Council, Jerusalem, Israel in 1986. In 1987, he passed Cardiology, Board examinations (part 2) conducted by the Israel Medical Scientific Council, Jerusalem, Israel. He served as the President of the Israel Heart Society from 2011 to 2013. His specialties are Cardiology and Internal Medicine. He is proficient in various dialects mainly English and Hebrew. He is actively involved in various science and clinical research projects.

List of Treatments

  • Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers
  • Coronary Artery Surgery
  • Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment
  • Cardiac OPD Procedures
  • ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
  • 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
  • Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
  • Echocardiography with Color Doppler
  • Stress Echocardiographyn
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
  • Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
  • 64 Slice CT Angiography
  • PET Scan
  • Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
  • surgery
  • Valve Repair Replacement
  • Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
  • Ross Procedure
  • Cardiac Tumour Treatment
  • Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
  • Minimal access surgeries for valves
  • ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
  • Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
  • Complex congenital heart surgeriesg
  • TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
  • Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
  • ECMO Support
  • heart disease
  • Device Closure- ASD VSD
  • Balloon Septostomy
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic
  • Pulmonary and Mitral
  • Fetal Echocardiogram
  • Coronary Angiogram
  • Peripheral Angiogram
  • PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
  • Coronary Angioplasty
  • Aortic Stent Grafting
  • EPS-Electrophysiological
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
  • Biventricular Pacing
  • AICD
  • PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
  • Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
  • Angiography
  • Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Mitral Valve Replacement
  • VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
  • Heart Double Valve Replacement
  • PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber
  • CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
  • PDA Device Closure
  • Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
  • Valve Replacement
  • Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
  • Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
  • Heart Implants
  • Heart Surgery
  • Rotational Atherectomy
  • Redo CABG
  • Angioplasty – 1 Stent
  • Angioplasty – 2 Stent
  • Aortic Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
  • Aortic Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
  • Mitral Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
  • Mitral Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
  • Aortic Valve Repair
  • Mitral Valve Repair
  • VP Shunting – Programmable Device
  • AV Canal repair
  • Bentall procedure
  • PDA Ligation
  • CRT – D (MRI Compatible)
  • CRT – D (MRI Non-Compatible)
  • CRT – P
  • Transarterial Radioembolization – TARE
  • ICD Implantation
  • Cardiac catheterization
  • Balloon mitral valvotomy
  • Truncus Arterious Repair
  • Cardiac ablation
  • TAVI
  • LVAD

Work Experience

, Residency program, Department of Pediatrics. Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

, Fellow in Cardiology, Hadassah University Medical Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

, Clinical and Research fellow in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Cardiovascular Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

, Senior Physician, Cardiology Department, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

, Secretary General of the Israeli Working Group for Interventional Cardiology

Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Special Interest

Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Heart Failure, Arrhythmia Treatment, Cardiomyopathy