 In 1968 he was appointed the director of the Department of Cardiology in Durban, South Africa, and was appointed professor of medicine at the University of Natal.He served as the chief cardiologist of the former Natal Province.In 1973, he immigrated to Israel with his family and served as the director of the Department of Cardiology at the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, a position he held until his retirement in 2000.