Alexander Tenenbaum graduated with a medical degree and a PhD in the former Soviet Union. He then became a cardiologist at the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. Currently, he is the Deputy Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Sheba Medical Center, and Senior Lecturer of Cardiology at Tel-Aviv University, Israel. His research interests and areas of expertise include echocardiography, computed tomography, hypertension, heart failure and cardiovascular drug therapy. During recent years he has become especially involved in the research of various aspects of the metabolic syndrome, obesity and the diabetes/cardiovascular inter-relationship.