Leonard Lennie Blieden MD

Prof. Leonard Blieden was born in 1938 and immigrated to Israel from South Africa after graduating from medical school. He was among the first pediatric cardiologists in Israel, and was the first director of the Pediatric Cardiology Unit that became the Cardiology Institute at the Schneider Children's Medical Center. His outstanding contribution to this field of medicine established pediatric cardiology in Israel as a worldwide leader in the profession, to the great benefit of thousands of children suffering from congenital heart conditions or other heart diseases.

Prof. Blieden has also educated generations of pediatric cardiologists. He has worked to have pediatric cardiology accepted as an independent specialization and established the Union of Pediatric Cardiologists. Most important of all, his great contribution has been felt in his treatment of thousands of children with congenital heart conditions, saving their lives and improving their quality of life.

Prof. Blieden continues, even after retiring, to offer his vast experience voluntarily in the Cardiology Department at the Rabin Medical Center, as well as in coaching doctors and students.