Arnon Blum MD

Dr. Arnon Blum received his MD at the Technion, specialized in Internal Medicine at Hebrew University, and then in Cardiology at Tel-Aviv University. He served in the IDF as a Flight Surgeon (Lieutenant Colonel). Since 1999 Prof. Dr. Blum has been the Director of the Internal Medicine Ward at Baruch Padeh Medical Center—Poriya, Tiberias. Dr. Blum further concentrated on Vascular Biology and Vascular Stem Cell research, receiving his training at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD, USA; 1997-1999 and 2006-2008) exploring means for cardiovascular regeneration. From 2011-12, he was invited as a visiting Professor to lead a clinical trial at the University of Miami for adult (mesenchymal) stem cell transplants to patients with severe heart failure. There, he discovered a key mechanism that explains the beneficial effects of cell transplantation on the failing heart.

Dr. Blum is the incoming Director of the Internal Medicine Department in the Faculty of Medicine, and a member of 5 steering committees at Bar-Ilan University School of Medicine in Galilee. His main goal now is to build a Center of Excellence in Regenerative Medicine at the School of Medicine in Galilee, which will focus on cardiovascular regeneration and include basic research and clinical facilities.