Cardiac surgeon, highly qualified specialist in cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, head of the cardiac surgery department. Gideon Uretsky gained worldwide recognition due to his mastery of technically complex minimally invasive surgeries on the heart and lungs, in particular, aortic valve replacement, mitral valve replacement. He has published over 150 scientific papers in the most respected medical journals. The professor’s works are devoted to issues of cardiomyoplasty, aortic aneurysm. The doctor has received 37 awards in the field of medicine. Over the past five years, he has been recognized as doctor No. 1 in the nomination “Heart Surgery” (according to the newspaper “Maariv” – the leading publication in Israel).