Boris Fishman received his MD and MPH degrees from the faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Following the medical internship Boris served as a physician in the Israeli Defense Forces where he started to study the epidemiology and the future outcomes of adolescent hypertension. Boris has finished his residency in internal medicine at Sheba Medical Center and is starting his residency in cardiology at Sheba. Boris was chosen to be part of the Talpiot Leadership Program at Sheba. His current research interest is mostly in the field of adolescent and adult hypertension and adult cardiology.