Prof. Oz Shapira

Prof. Oz Shapira
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Experience: 38 years of experience
Hospital: Hadassah University Medical Center

About

About Prof. Oz Shapira Prof. Oz Shapira is a highly-experienced Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Israel. He has a total experience of 38 years and has developed a special interest in Cardiovascular Surgery. He completed his basic medical education at Hebrew University and a rotating internship at Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel followed by M.D. in 1984. He has served as an Instructor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Professor at Boston University School of Medicine.  He is associated with various professional organizations including the American Heart Association, Thoracic Surgery Directors Association, American College of Surgeons, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, Israel Medical Association, etc. He was honored with six separate awards for excellence in medical studies for the years 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979 at Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School. He was honored with the Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding contributions as a Mentor of Medical Students at Boston Univesity School of Medicine in 2001. He was a recipient of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Award in honor of outstanding effort and tremendous commitment to the Citizens of the Commonwealth through the Field of Medicine. Governor Paul Celluci in 2001. In 1998, he won the Lifeline Foundation Research Award.

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-General Surgery, Department of Surgery B, Kaplan Hospital Rehovot, Israel

, Research-Immunology, Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

, Senior Surgeon, Dept. of Surgery B, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel

, Residency – Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Additional Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Training Program, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Carmel Medical Center

, Clinical Director, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center

Special Interest

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiology