Dr. Lior Sasson was born in 1960 in Israel. After attending high school in Tel Aviv he entered the Israeli Navy to fulfill his compulsory military service. In his four years in the Navy he obtained the rank of captain.
Between 1984 and 1990, Dr. Sasson studied Medicine at the University of the Negev in Beersheva in the South of Israel. He achieved his MD in 1986 with an honors grade and, four years later, received another honors in clinical medicine, biochemistry and anatomy.
After a four year clerkship in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine at Soroka Hospital in Beersheva and a one year's internship in internal medicine at Sheba Medical Center close to Tel Aviv, he joined the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Edith Wolfson Medical Center in Holon for a six year residency. Between 1998 and 2000, Dr. Sasson did a fellowship in pediatric cardiac surgery at the Mott Childrens' Hospital at the University of Michigan, where he studied under the world-renowned pediatric heart surgeon, Prof. Edward L. Bove.
Upon his return to the Wolfson Medical Center, Dr. Sasson, now a fully-qualified pediatric heart surgeon, became Dr. Ami Cohen's assistant in the Pediatric Cardiac Unit, as well as a lead surgeon in the adult cardiac department. At this time, he became a lot more involved in the Save a Child's Heart program. Upon Dr. Cohen's untimely and tragic death in August 2001, Dr. Sasson took on the role of head of the pediatric cardiac unit, as well as lead surgeon of Save a Child's Heart. In May 2007, Dr. Sasson became Chief of the entire Cardiothoracic Department.
Dr. Sasson has had numerous papers published and has presented at several conferences, including an extremely well-received presentation at the 2006 meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (the leading international association for cardiac surgeons) in Chicago. He is a lecturer at the Sackler School of Medicine at the Tel Aviv University as well as the Edith Wolfson School of Nursing. As the lead surgeon for Save a Child's Heart he has traveled extensively throughout the developing world, evaluating sick children and carrying out operating missions.