Department of Pediatric Cardiology & Congenital Heart Disease in Adults

Prof. Avraham Lorber is Director of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease in Adults. In this capacity, he leads the clinical and interventional activity for congenital heart disease at Rambam Health Care Campus. In addition, Prof. Lorber established an outreach service for treating patients with congenital heart disease in the remote areas of northern Israel, in conjunction with clinics and hospitals in the northern periphery.

Prof. Lorber graduated from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. He completed his internship and residency in Pediatrics at Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and a Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology for Congenital Heart Disease at Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's Medical Center, in London, under the guidance of Prof. Michael Tynen. He completed his training in Adult Cardiology at Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and was subsequently appointed Director of the Congenital Heart Disease Service at Rambam Health Care Campus.

Prof. Lorber is an Associate Clinical Professor at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, and actively participates in a wide range of clinical and basic research projects and initiatives. His research interests are: interventional management of congenital heart disease and basic research in life threatening arrhythmia focusing on cellular and tissue models of skin derived heart cells. He is a two-time recipient of an Israel Science Foundation grant, in 2009 and 2013.

Prof. Lorber has been active in a number of humanitarian projects, including treatment of patients with congenital heart disease from Iraq during the Gulf War and from the Gaza Strip and West Bank. He also trains and collaborates with physicians in Vietnam, Romania, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan as a proctor in therapeutic interventions for structural and congenital heart disease.