About Dr. Ofer Sagiv
Dr. Sagiv is a visiting Cardiologist who is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, CT Angiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and Echocardiography. He is also a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation and trained in interpretation of Cardiac MRI.
Dr. Sagiv’s areas of focus are screening and prevention of cardiac and peripheral vascular disease as well as diagnosis, management and surveillance of abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease, lower extremity arterial disease and venous disease.
From 2012 to 2014, Dr. Sagiv served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut and was appointed the director of vascular imaging. In 2015, Dr. Sagiv moved on to the underserved northwestern part of Connecticut to develop a vascular imaging program as a Yale University School of Medicine Affiliate; a position he currently holds to date.
He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and member of the Society of Vascular Ultrasound. Dr. Sagiv has a keen interest in vascular medicine, valvular heart disease and preventive cardiology.
Education
Dr. Sagiv acquired his medical degree from Columbia University/ Ben Gurion University of the Negev – Medical School for International Health and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
Published Research
Dr. Sagiv is a published author and has presented numerous abstracts in national and international meetings including the American College of Cardiology annual conferences.