Laks, Hillel M.D.

Postdoctoral Education

Institution	Level (Intern, Resident, Fellow)	Department	Year
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard Medical School	Chief Resident	Cardiac Surgery	1974
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School	Chief Resident	Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	1973
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital / Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard Medical School	Junior and Senior Residency	Surgery	1969-73
Hadassah Medical Center	Resident	Surgery	1968-69
Hadassah Medical Center	Resident	Pathology	1967-68
Johannesburg General Hospital	Intern	Medicine and Surgery	1966-67

Research Interests

• Coronary autograft vasculopathy
• Total Artificial Heart
• Myocardial protection strategies in mature and immature heart

Clinical Interests

• Congenital heart disease
• Pediatric and adult transplant
• Complex adult and pediatric heart surgery

Honors and Awards

• County of LA Commendation - Treasures of Los Angeles Award (1999)

Hospital Staff Appointments

• Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Director 4E CTU, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Director of Heart Transplantation Unit, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Director of Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplantation Program, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Honorary Staff, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Consultant, Wadsworth VA Hospital, Los Angeles
• Medical Director of Cardiovascular Services, Granada Hills Community Hospital / UCLA Heart Center, Granada Hills

Academic/Teaching Appointments

• Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

Titles

• Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Other Interests

• art, travel, writing, reading, horseback riding, hiking, jogging

Memberships in Scholarly or Professional Societies

• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• Society for Thoracic Surgeons
• Society of University Surgeons
• International Society for Heart Transplantation
• American Heart Association
• Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
• American College of Cardiology
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American College of Surgeons
• American Federation of Clinical Research
• American Medical Association
• American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• Association for Academic Surgeons
• Congenital Heart Surgeon's Society
• Cardiac Surgery Biology Club
• International Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• Pan Pacific Surgical Society
• St. Louis Thoracic Society
• Society Internationale de Chirurgie
• Connecticut Society of American Board Surgeons
• Society for Thoracic Surgical Education
• Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
• Western Thoracic Surgical Association
• American College of Angiology
• American Physician's Fellowship for Israel Medical Association
• American Surgical Association
• New York State Cardiac Advisory Committee
• Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship Committee