Dr. Yoav Bolkier

My 82-year-old grandmother, a Holocaust survivor with complex PTSD, required a delicate aortic valve replacement. Dr. Bolkier's trauma-informed approach and coordination with psychiatric specialists resulted in her first complication-free surgery and remarkable emotional healing alongside physical recovery.

When our 7-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a rare congenital heart defect after fainting at school, Dr. Bolkier developed a customized minimally invasive procedure using 3D-printed models of her heart. She returned to ballet classes within weeks, dancing stronger than ever.

As a NASA engineer working remotely from Israel, my stress-induced cardiomyopathy threatened my Mars mission eligibility. Dr. Bolkier's innovative neuro-cardiac rehabilitation program combined advanced monitoring with space medicine principles, restoring me to flight status in record time.

After surviving a terrorist attack that left shrapnel near my heart, I needed emergency cardiac surgery complicated by trauma injuries. Dr. Bolkier's battlefield medicine experience and collaboration with trauma surgeons achieved what three other hospitals said was impossible.

As a 19-year-old competitive swimmer with sudden-onset arrhythmia during nationals, Dr. Bolkier's rapid intervention using a novel cryoablation technique not only saved my athletic career but allowed me to break national records within 6 months of recovery.