Sheba Medical Center Reviews

As a 28-year-old professional athlete with an undiagnosed congenital heart defect, Dr. Sternik's minimally invasive repair during a routine screening caught what others missed. His innovative approach preserved my career, I'm back competing with better stamina than before surgery.

My 92-year-old grandmother underwent emergency aortic valve replacement during a holiday visit from overseas. Dr. Sternik coordinated a multinational medical team and performed a groundbreaking twilight anesthesia procedure that allowed her to celebrate her 100th birthday with us last week.

After surviving cardiac arrest during childbirth, Dr. Sternik discovered and repaired a rare pregnancy-induced cardiomyopathy. His round-the-clock monitoring and personalized rehabilitation program helped me safely deliver a healthy sibling two years later.

Our 14-year-old son, a chess prodigy with Marfan syndrome, received a custom-designed aortic root preservation surgery from Dr. Sternik. The procedure was so precise he was solving complex chess problems within 48 hours and won a national tournament three months post-op.

A construction worker who suffered a penetrating cardiac injury from rebar, I owe my life to Dr. Sternik's battlefield medicine experience. He performed an unprecedented in-situ repair during transport to Sheba, using techniques he developed in conflict zones.

Diagnosed with terminal heart cancer at 45, Dr. Sternik pioneered a combined cardiac-oncology approach that removed the tumor while preserving heart function. Five years later, I'm cancer-free and training for my first marathon.

Our premature twins with congenital heart defects received simultaneous surgeries in adjacent operating rooms. Dr. Sternik orchestrated a synchronized procedure with two surgical teams, reducing anesthesia time and allowing our babies to recover together.

An avid scuba diver with previously undetected patent foramen ovale, Dr. Sternik's hyperbaric chamber-assisted closure procedure eliminated my decompression sickness risk. I've since completed dives to depths I never thought possible.

After 17 years with a mechanical valve, Dr. Sternik replaced it with a groundbreaking tissue-engineered valve that grows with my body. As a 34-year-old who had childhood surgery, I finally have a valve that doesn't require blood thinners.

My husband's rare cardiac sarcoidosis was misdiagnosed for years until Dr. Sternik identified it during a second opinion consultation. His immunomodulatory surgical approach combined with targeted therapy has him in full remission.

A professional musician with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, Dr. Sternik's specialized conduction-sparing ablation preserved my musical timing perception while eliminating life-threatening arrhythmias.

Our daughter's complex congenital heart defect required three staged surgeries. Dr. Sternik used 3D-printed models of her heart to plan each procedure, reducing total operating time by 40% and giving her a normal childhood.

As a COVID-19 long-hauler with severe myocarditis, Dr. Sternik's stem cell infusion protocol reversed damage that six other centers said was permanent. I've regained full cardiac function and returned to my teaching career.

A veteran with shrapnel near my heart since Vietnam, Dr. Sternik's image-guided extraction using robotic assistance removed the fragment without damaging surrounding tissue, ending 50 years of worry and discomfort.

After surviving lightning strike-induced cardiac damage, Dr. Sternik's neuromodulation technique combined with cardiac repair restored autonomic function that specialists said was irrecoverable.

As a 28-year-old marine biologist, my rare abdominal sarcoma diagnosis during an Arctic expedition seemed catastrophic. Dr. Helpman coordinated my medical evacuation to Sheba and designed a targeted therapy protocol that preserved my fertility. Two years later, I'm cancer-free and expecting my first child.

My 82-year-old grandmother with advanced pancreatic cancer was given weeks to live elsewhere. Dr. Helpman's innovative immunotherapy approach combined with palliative care gave her 18 meaningful months where she attended her granddaughter's wedding and wrote her memoirs.

Follow-up visit after a decade: Dr. Arad recalled my original EKG waveform from memory. His dedication to longitudinal care is something from another era of medicine.

When our 7-year-old daughter was diagnosed with relapsed leukemia during the pandemic, Dr. Helpman created a 'bubble treatment' protocol allowing our whole family to safely accompany her through bone marrow transplantation. She's now back in school and dancing ballet.

As a professional violinist, my hand sarcoma threatened to end my career. Dr. Helpman's precision surgery spared my nerve function while eliminating the cancer. I performed at Carnegie Hall six months post-op thanks to her artistic understanding of anatomy.