Howard Apfel
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Howard Apfel | |
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| Alma mater | Columbia University Medical Center. |
| Occupation | Rabbi Cardiologist |
Howard Apfel is an American-Israeli rabbi and cardiologist practicing medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.
Apfel is a board certified pediatric cardiologist at Columbia University Medical Center and Senior RA"M at Yeshivat Mevaseret Tzion. Previously, Apfel was maggid shiur in Yeshivat Shaalvim in Nof Ayalon, Israel, Yeshivat Torat Shraga and at the University of Pennsylvania. Apfel has taught bioethics courses at the Yeshiva University Gruss Kollel in Jerusalem, at Touro College Landers College for Men and has given a shiur on Hilchot Shabbat as it relates to physicians at the Montefiore Health System Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Apfel has published extensively on contemporary halacha related articles, focusing on modern issues in Jewish medical ethics.
Education
Apfel received his BA degree from Columbia University in 1985, and his medical degree summa cum laude from the State University of New York, Downstate in 1989. Apfel completed his residency at Schneider Children’s Hospital. He also completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the Babies and Children’s Hospital of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, specializing in congenital heart disease. He received rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 2003.
Recognition
Apfel was cited in New York and New Jersey's Top Doctor edition in 2009, 2012-2024 and the Metropolitan edition as well.[1] as one of the top pediatric cardiologists in New Jersey. He was also ranked as the 2nd best cardiologist in New Jersey by the Jewish Standard.