Meet The Team

•Senior cardiac surgeon since 2001.

•Co-Founder of Innovalve – sold to Edwards for 300M USD in 2024.

•With over 10,000 open-heart operations.

•More than 50 patented inventions in the field of invasive cardiology and cardiac surgery.

•Mechanical Engineer

•Over 20 years of experience in medical device development

• Extensive knowledge of QSR, GLP, and GMP.

•Over 500 granted patents.

•25 years of experience as senior executive in  medical device companies (J&J, Insightec, CarboFix and more).

•Holds a BSc degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an MBA from ben Gurion university and a law degree (L.LB).

•Was the director of the Mayo Clinic Rochester Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory from 2003 to 2010, and Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine from 2010 to 2017.

•Focuses on providing minimally invasive therapies for patients with valve and structural heart disease.

•With over 600 papers published.