Henry N. Neufeld

Who is Henry N. Neufeld?

Prof. Henry Neufeld, internationally prominent cardiologist and scholar. His research and teaching interests included cardiology, epidemiology, genetics and biomedical engineering. He served as chief scientist of the Israel Ministry of Health and was the founder and director of the Cardiac Clinic at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.

Born in Lwowek, Poland on March 13, 1923, Neufeld received his Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Vienna in 1948 and completed his residency training there in 1951. From 1951 to 1959 he served as a cardiologist at The Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv. After serving two years in the United States, as a Special Appointee at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Minnesota, Professor Neufeld returned to The Chaim Sheba Medical Center to direct the new Heart Institute. He was Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Israel, Professor of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Medical School and Professor of Cardiology, Chaim Sheba Chair of Cardiology, Tel Aviv University Medical School. He chaired a number of major committees of the Tel Aviv University Medical School and Tel Aviv University Senate. He held the title of Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, Chaim Sheba Extraordinary Chair of Cardiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.