Dov Shimon

DOV V SHIMON, M.D. Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Inventor; Entrepreneur; Manager Married to Linda Shimon- (born Hohenberg) Experienced cardiothoracic surgeon and a seasoned medical device executive with over a decade of operational, strategic and managerial experience. Medical and corporate experience. Israel Youth Champion Fencing and Member National Team 1966-72. Mathematics at Tel Aviv University 1965-66. Graduated - honors from Hadassah Hebrew University Medical School in 1977. Trained from 1978-84 as Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Hadassah. 1984-86 Chief Resident of Cardiovascular Surgery the University of Toronto. 1986 Heart Transplantation Fellow at MCV Richmond. Surgeon at Hadassah in 1987. Headed the first Israel Heart Transplantation Program 1987-92 Pioneered heart transplantation (1987), Lung transplantation (1989) and Heart-lung transplantation (1993). More than 10,000 open-heart, lung and other thoracic operations. Extensive experience in trauma military and civilian. 30 years experience in animal and clinical testing. Visiting Professor University of Toronto (96), Fu-Way Heart Hospital in Beijing (94), Stanford University (97), Turkey and Cyprus (2003). Chief of Cardiac Surgery in Salt lake City, Utah. Professor of Surgery Utah. Affiliate Professor of Surgery Stanford University. Authored > 80 peer-review publications and abstracts and >10 patents. Director in The Biological Institute, Ness Ziona. Military Surgeon Major, IDF Medical Corps (Reserves). Completed Senior Business Management at Tel-Aviv University 1996. Served as Chief Medical Officer - MIV Therapeutics. Founder CEO of SagaX Inc. (2003-2009) and of SMT R&D Ltd. (Keystone Heart) (2005-11); Valvemed Ltd. (2007-present). CEO of QRAY Ltd. Visual Light Therapy (09.20014). Founded ApexNano Medical. Volunteer physician - African Refugee Clinic, Tel Aviv. Board member 'Shekel' Community Service for People with Special Needs, Israel.