Shlomo Ben-Haim
| Shlomo Ben-Haim | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 15, 1957 |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Professor of medicine |
| Known for | Co-founder of Biosense Inc. |
Shlomo Ben-Haim MD, DSc. (born October 15, 1957) is an Israeli-born Professor of medicine, a serial entrepreneur specializing in the fields of healthcare and biotech, and a philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Biosense Inc., Spectrum Dynamics Medical Inc.,MetaCure Inc., Influence Inc., Radiancy Inc., X-Technologies, Impulse Dynamics N.V., InStent Inc. and Disc-O-Tech Ltd. He has about 480 patent and patent applications. He was also a Member of the GP/Oncology Medical Advisory Board at Spectrum Dynamics Medical, Inc.
Professor Ben-Haim has an MD from the Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He has a DSc from the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He also has degrees in: nuclear physics, mathematics, biomedical engineering, philosophy, and medicine.
Professor Ben-Haim has held faculty positions at both Harvard University and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology as a Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics. He has published more than 300 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. He held the role of Chief Scientist at Johnson & Johnson's Biosense-Webster.
Professor Ben-Haim founded, co-founded and presided over a number of businesses, mainly in the healthcare and biotech fields. In 1993, he co-founded Biosense (which subsequently merged with Webster to form Biosense-Webster Inc. under J&J). In 1996, he founded Impulse Dynamics where he serves as a chairman of the board. In 2000 he participated in a three-party transaction between Impulse Dynamics, Guidant and Johnson & Johnson. In 2003, he founded MetaCure Inc., where he currently serves as Chairman of the Board. Two years later he co-founded Spectrum Dynamics Inc. where the cardiac application was merged into Biosensors, Inc. and a joint-venture was established for non-cardiac applications. Dr. Ben-Haim also co-founded various other medical device and biomedical firms in the fields of cardiology, obesity, diabetes, esthetics and cosmetics, antiviral medications, deep vein thrombosis prevention, therapy for limb ischemia, and post-stroke and sports-injuries rehabilitation.
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