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Einat Birk

Pediatric cardiologist

4.9

9 reviews

Tel Aviv, Israel

Clinical experience: over 25 years

Ornit Belo Zemach

Baby's heart surgery.

Dr. Birk is wonderful, today, on this very day, exactly 10 years ago!!! In the most anxious moments of our lives as new parents, you were there for us. With your reassuring look after surgery, your genuine hugs and your words, 'He's going to be with profile 97, why are you crying?' Thank you for everything!!! For the correction, for the follow-up check-ups and for the full life we have gotten thanks to your Heart Institute, which you run with consummate professionalism and infinite humanity. Be blessed.

12/03/2021

Blah Nitzan

Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Birk is a wonderful doctor, every boy or girl under her care is like her own children. A beautiful woman full of love.

18/03/2021

Hani Sharon Glazer

heart surgery

Dr. Birk is amazing, a doctor by vocation, a lifesaver, with a huge heart and boundless dedication to children and their parents.

15/03/2021

Judith Leibovitz

Cardiology Surgery

An excellent doctor with endless sensitivity and dedication, a huge heart and a conquering personality.

19/03/2021

Or Achwal Ariel

Emergency heart surgery

Itamar two years ago came in for emergency surgery at 2200 hours. Dr. Birk was with us till 07:00 am and accompanied us throughout our hospitalization. She was and still is our guardian angel.

17/03/2021

Maya Levi Keshet

Heart surgery

Dr. Birk, head of the Heart Institute, is an amazing woman and doctor with a keen sense of diagnosis and high professionalism.

21/03/2021

Iris Shenfeld-saskin

Pediatric heart surgery

Even after 16 years, it's impossible to forget your reassuring look and smile when you walked out of the operating room and said, 'It's OK'. An operation full of anxiety... and in a single moment, you gave us back our peace of mind. What a pride to know such an impressive woman! You probably don't remember, and we have no personal acquaintance other than that moment, but I brag about that encounter as a proud mom!

21/03/2021

Anat Lefler Ofir

heart surgery

Dr. Einat Birk is wonderful, an angel.... She cared and supported my son, but unfortunately..... Dr. Birk is the one and only. Good luck to you.

23/03/2021

Ornit Cohen

heart surgery

She saved our baby. An amazing and professional woman.

27/03/2021

Pediatric cardiologist

Clinical experience: over 25 years

Achievements and awards

Winner of the Woman of the Year Award (2009).

Advanced Technology Award - Developed unique methods of pulmonary valve implantation in children.

Performed the first tracheal dilation surgery in an infant in conjunction with aortic surgery.

She is the author of more than 100 studies published in Israeli and foreign scientific journals.

Participates in scientific conferences.

About the doctor

Specialization

Pediatric Cardiology.
Ultrasound diagnostics of heart diseases.
Prenatal diagnosis and correction of heart defects.
Treatment of congenital heart defects.
Specializes in open-heart surgery and innovative methods of correction of congenital heart defects.
Performs unique surgeries including heart transplants and defibrillator implantation in infants.

Education

Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Postgraduate education and courses:

Residency in Pediatrics, Stanford University Hospital, California, USA.
Postgraduate training in pediatric cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

Clinical experience

Director of the Heart Institute in Israel.
Privately sees and consults with patients with congenital heart disease.
Supervises complex surgeries including heart transplants and pediatric valve catheterization.

Unique surgeries performed by Dr. Einat Birk:

1. Cardiology:

Stenting: Including complex procedures using author’s techniques in the youngest patients.
Valve Replacement: Minimally invasive catheterization procedure for valve implantation in children.
Heart Transplantation: Successful heart transplant surgeries in children and infants.
Defibrillator Implantation: Pioneering surgery to implant a defibrillator in a four-month-old baby, the first of its kind in the world.
Open Heart Surgery: Correction of various heart defects.

2. Thoracic Surgery:

Tracheoplasty: A unique operation to widen the full length of the trachea in an infant, avoiding a tracheostomy. Combined tracheal and aortic surgery.

Academic Experience

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco.
Lectures and conducts master classes in cardiac surgery.

Scientific activities and publications

Author of more than 100 publications in international medical journals.
She participates in scientific conferences and symposiums on pediatric cardiology.

Dr. Birk’s publications address important aspects of clinical practice and innovative treatments such as the use of stenting, catheterization, and surgery for complex cardiac pathologies.

The main research areas are:

Treatment of congenital heart defects – development and implementation of new methods of catheterization, stenting and valve replacement, which allows treating such diseases in a minimally invasive way.
Complications after cardiac surgery in children.
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
Influence of drugs and external factors on cardiac pathologies.

Membership in professional organizations