Name:     Prof. Bernard Belhassen, M.D.
Position: Department of Cardiology
E-mail:    bblhass@tasmc.health.gov.il

EDUCATION:
1954 - 1959 - Primary School, Tunis, Tunisia.
1959 - 1966 - Secondary School, Lycee Voltaire, Paris, France.
1966 - 1973 - Medical School, Faculte de Medecine de Paris, Universite Paris VII, Lariboisiere Saint Louis, Paris, France.
M.D. License: December 1973.
Doctoral dissertation (1973): Le depistage systematique des cancers broncho-pulmonaires par l'etude des crachats: Experience pilote sur 300 cas, en milieu sanatorial. Supervisor: Prof. P. Renault, Hopital Laennec, Paris.
1973 - 1976 - Specialization in Cardiology, Faculte de Medecine de Paris, Universite Paris VII, Lariboisiere Saint Louis, Paris, France.
Specialization Certificate: June 1976
Israeli licenses:
1978 - MD Israeli Medical License
1979 - Cardiologist Israeli License
FURTHER STUDIES:
1984 - ECFMG

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
1983 - 1989 - Senior Lecturer in Cardiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv.
1989 -1999 - Associate Professor of Cardiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv.
1999- Full Professor of Cardiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
1976 - 1978 - Senior Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Fernand Widal, Paris, France (Director: Prof. J.J. Welti)
1978 - Head of the Electrophysiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv (Director: Prof. S. Laniado)
1983 - 1984 - Visiting Professor of Cardiology, Likoff Cardiovascular Institute, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, USA (Director: Prof. L. Horowitz)
1988(6-7) - Visiting Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology,
Hopital Broussais, Paris, France (Director: Prof. L. Guize)

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:
Grants:
1983 - William Fulbright Grant (U.S.A)
Prizes:
1984 - Israel Medical Association Award
G. Keren, B. Belhassen, et al.: Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
1987 - Henry Neufeld Award, First Prize
B. Belhassen et al.: Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation
1988 - Henry Neufeld Award, Second Prize (B. Belhassen et al.: Acute
Management of Paroxysmal Reciprocating Junctional Tachycardia: ATP? Verapamil?) -no First Prize allocated-
1990 - The Israeli-German Symposium on Clinical Cardiology Award
(S. Viskin, B. Belhassen, S. Laniado: Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation: long-term prognosis with or without antiarrhythmic therapy).
1997 - The First Michel Mirowski Prize
1998 - Henry Neufeld Award, First Prize (R. Fish, B. Belhassen et al):
Non invasive diagnosis of dual AV node physiology in patients with AV nodal reentrant tachycardia by administration of adenosine-5'-triphosphate during sinus rhythm.

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:
1977 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Haifa
1979 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Herzliya - Meeting of the Society of Internal Medicine, Tel-Aviv
1980 - First Asian Pacific Symposium on Cardiac Pacing, Jerusalem
1981 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- Meeting of the Israel Pediatric Society, Tel-Aviv
- Second European Symposium on Cardiac Pacing, Florence, Italy
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Herzliya
- Second World Congress on Cardiac Rehabilitation, Jerusalem
1982 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Zichron Yaacov
- Cardiac Surgery Update in Jerusalem
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem
- International Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias, Marseille, France
1983 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- Meeting of the Israel Society of Internal Medicine, Tel-Aviv
- International Workshop on ”New Progress in the Identification of Patients at risk of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias”, Altenberg,Federal Republic of Germany.
- 56th Annual Session, American Heart Session, Anaheim, USA
1984 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- 9th European Congress of Cardiology, Dusseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany
1985 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- Meeting of the Working Group on Heart Metabolism, Jerusalem
- 58th Annual Session, American Heart Association, Washington DC,USA
1986 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Herzliya
- International Symposium on Ventricular Tachycardias, Vittel, France
- Symposium on Calcium Antagonists, Jerusalem
- Meeting of the Working Group on Heart Metabolism, Petach Tikva
1987 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Herzliya
- Symposium on Normal Aging and Clinical Problems in the Elderly, Montreux, Switzerland.
- VIIIth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Jerusalem
1988 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- 37th Annual Meeting of the American College of Cardiology, Atlanta, USA
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society (Medax), Jerusalem
1989 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- The Heiden Cardiovascular Symposium: Cardiology Towards the 90's, Jerusalem
- 1st International Symposium on Heart Failure-Mechanisms and Management, Jerusalem
- Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, Nice, France
- International Meeting on Current Concepts in the Study and Management of Atrial Arrhythmias, Lyon, France

1990 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem
- International Workshop: Advances in the Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Egypt & Nile Cruise
- 39th Annual Meeting of the American College of Cardiology, New Orleans, USA
- Joint Israeli-German Symposium on Clinical Cardiology, Herzlya
- 3rd International Conference on Non-Invasive Cardiology, Tel-Aviv
1991 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- IXth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Washington, USA
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Medax, Jerusalem
- 8th Congress of l'Information Cardiologique, Paris, France
1992 - Symposium on Advances in Pacing and in Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Dead Sea
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
1993 - Second Israeli Meeting on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Tiberias.
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv.
- The Slezak Workshop on Antiarrhythmic Drugs and Self-Terminating Ventricular Fibrillation, Tel-Aviv.
- The 4th International Conference on Non-Invasive Cardiology. Limassol, Cyprus
1994 - Second Dead Sea Symposium, Dead Sea
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- 2nd Biennal International Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias,Cardiostim 94, 9th International Congress, Nice, France
- First International Symposium ”The Arrhythmogenic Arrhythmia”. Versailles, France
1995 - Third Israeli Meeting on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Tiberias
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- First International Meeting on Interventional Cardiology, Jerusalem
- International Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias, Lille, France
1996 - Third International Dead Sea Symposium on Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Jerusalem
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- 17th Annual Meeting of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Cardiostim, 10th International Congress, Nice, France
- Eastern Mediterranean Consensus Meeting on Atrial Fibrillation. Cairo, Egypt
1997 - Fourth Israeli Meeting on Cardiac Pacing and lectrophysiology, Tiberias.
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem
- 7th International Symposium on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, Jerusalem.
- Annual Meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, Stokholm
- 2nd Interventional Meeting on Interventional Cardiology, Jerusalem
1998 - Fourth International Dead Sea Symposium on Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem
- 19th Annual Meeting of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, San Diego, California, USA
- Cardiostim, 11th International Congress, Nice, France
- Sixth International Conference on Non-invasive Cardiology
1999 - Fifth Israeli Meeting on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Tiberias.
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv.
- 20th Annual Meeting of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Ontario, Canada.
- XIth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Berlin, Germany. - Second Congres Francophone de Cardiologie Interventionnelle, Paris, France
2000 - 11 th Madrid Arrhythmia Meeting; Y2K Cardiac Arrhythmology, Madrid, Spain.
- 4 th International Workshop on the mechanisms involved in the cardio-protective effect of antiarrhythmic drugs and self ventricular fibrillation, Tel-Aviv
- 5 th International Dead Sea Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Device Therapy, Dead Sea
- Cardiostim, 12th International Congress, Nice, France
- XXIInd Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Amsterdam
2001 - Fifth Israeli Meeting on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology,
Tiberias.
- 48th Meeting of the Israel Heart Society
- 22nd Annual Meeting of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Boston, USA
- Journees de la Grande Motte
2002 - CHF-2002 ; Success with Failure, Kfar Maccabia

Chairmanship in scientific meetings:
1987 - Symposium on Normal Aging and Clinical Problems in the
Elderly,Montreux, Switzerland
- VIIIth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Jerusalem
1988 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society
1989 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society
- 1st International Symposium on Heart Failure-Mechanisms and Management, Jerusalem
- International Meeting on Current Concepts in the Study and Management of Atrial Arrhythmias, Lyon, France
1990 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem
1991 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Medax, Jerusalem
1992 - Symposium on Advances in Pacing and in Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Dead Sea.
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
1993 - Second Israeli Meeting on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Tiberias.
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- The 4th International Conference on Non-Invasive Cardiology. Limassol, Cyprus
1994 - Second Dead Sea Symposium, Dead Sea
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- Cardiostim, 9th International Congress, Nice, France
1995 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- First International Meeting on Interventional Cardiology, Jerusalem
- International Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias, Lille, France
1996 - Third International Dead Sea Symposium on Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Jerusalem
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv
- 17th Annual Meeting of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Cardiostim, 10th International Congress, Nice, France
1997 - Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem
- 2nd Interventional Meeting on Interventional Cardiology, Jerusalem
1998 - Fourth International Dead Sea Symposium on Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias.
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Jerusalem
- Cardiostim, 11th International Congress, Nice, France
1999 - Fifth Israeli Meeting on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Tiberias.
- Meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel-Aviv.
2000 - X emes Journees Europeennes de la Societe Francaise de Cardiologie, Paris, France
- 5 th International Dead Sea Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Device Therapy, Dead Sea
- Cardiostim, 12th International Congress, Nice, France
- International Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias : Genes, Drugs and Devices, Jerusalem
- XXIInd Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Amsterdam
2001 - Fifth Israeli Meeting on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology,
Tiberias.
- 3rd International Symposium on Perioperative Cardiac Care, Tel-Aviv
- 48th Meeting of the Israel Heart Society

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1981 - Member of the Israel Heart Society
1984 - Member of the French Society of Cardiology
1985 - Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (F.A.C.C.)
1987-1989 - Secretary of the Israel Heart Society (Tel-Aviv section)
1989-1991 - General Secretary of the Israel Heart Society
1995 - Member of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
1997-1999 - Member of the Board of the Israeli Society on Cardiac
Pacing and Electrophysiology.
1997 - Member of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology.
1999 - Member of the Working Group on Cardiac Pacing of the European Society of Cardiology
1999 - Member of the Working Group on Cardiac Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology

M.D. STUDENTS SUPERVISED:
1977 - J.L. Cabarrou: Electrocardiogramme et Hyperparathyroidie (a propos de 117 cas). Universite de Paris, Faculte de Medicine.
1980 - O. Prat: The Electrophysiologic Study in the Diagnosis of Paroxysmal Bradycardia. Tel-Aviv University School of Medicine.
1980 - M. Weingrod: Tachycardies Jonctionnelles Paroxystiques dues a un Faisceau Accessoire Latent. Universite de Paris, Faculte de Medecine.
1981 - S. Birkenfeld: Echocardiographic Pattern of Interventricular Septum and Left Ventricular Posterior Wall Motion in Various types of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. Tel-Aviv University School of Medicine.
1981 - A. Ashkenazi: The Use of Electrophysiological Studies in the Evaluation of Long-Term Antiarrhythmic Therapy in Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias. Haifa University School of Medicine.


RESIDENTS' BASIC SCIENCE PROJECTS SUPERVISED:
1987 - A. Glick: Comparative Clinical and Electrophysiologic Effects of Adenosine Triphosphate and Verapamil on Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia. Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv University
1988 - E. Barasch: The Use of a New Device (Hypec Analyzer) for Recording Signal Averaged ECG from Body Surface in Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia. Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv. Tel-Aviv University
1992 - S. Viskin: Electrophysiologic effects of intravenous magnesium sulfate on atrioventricular junctional reentry tachycardia. Comparison with adenosine triphosphate. Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv. Tel-Aviv University
1994 - A. Levine: Sensitivity and specificity of programmed ventricular stimulation using repetitive extrastimulation at double and five diastolic threshold. Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot. Tel-Aviv University
1997 - C. Ron: Correlation between retrograde P wave morphology and the location site of accessory pathways during AV reentrant tachycardia. Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Tel-Aviv University
1997 - R. Fish: Non invasive diagnosis of dual AV node physiology in
patients with AV nodal reentrant tachycardia by administration of
adenosine-5'triphosphate during sinus rhythm. Tel-Aviv Medical
Center, Tel-Aviv University

EDITORIAL MEMBERSHIP OF MEDICAL JOURNALS:
1986 - New Trends in Arrhythmias
1987-1990 - Cardiology
1995 - Cardinale (Paris)
2005-2007 : Journal of the American College of Cardiology

MISCELLANEOUS:
1986-1997: - Member of the Examination Board in Cardiology Scientific Council, Israel Medical Association.

1998         : Member of Committee of the Michel Mirowski Prize.