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Varda Shalev
 

Director, Department of Medical Informatics, Maccabi Healthcare Services

  

Recent Experience

2000-Present   Brigham-Young University, USA (full scholarship).
 
1996-1998   MD. School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva.
 
1993- Present    Medical Internship, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva.
 
1989   Family Practice Residency Training, Kaplan Hospital.

Education

 
1982-1983   Brigham-Young University, USA (full scholarship).
 
1986   MD. School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva.
 
1987   Medical Internship, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva.
 
1988-1993   Family Practice Residency Training, Kaplan Hospital.
 
1993   Specialty Certification in family Medicine (with honors)
 
1997   MA in Public Health Administration, Clark University, USA (with honors).
 
1998-2000   Fellowship in Medical Informatics in the Johns-Hopkins Hospital, USA.

Professional Memberships

 
American Medical Informatics Association
European Health Telematics Association 
 

Recent Publications

 
  1. Chodick G, Heymann AD, Shalev V, Kookia E. The epidemiology of diabetes in a large Israeli HMO. Eur J Epidemiol. 2003; 18(12): 1143-6.
  2. Shapiro Y, Shemer J, Heymann A, Shalev V, Maharshak N, Chodik G, Green MS, Kokia E. Influenza vaccination: reduction in hospitalizations and death rates among members of "Maccabi Healthcare Services" during the 2000-2001influenza season. Isr Med Assoc J. 2003; 5(10): 706-8.
  3. Halkin H, Shapiro J, Kurnik D, Loebstein R, Shalev V, Kokia E. Increased warfarin doses and decreased international normalized ratio response after nationwide generic switching. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2003; 74(3): 215-21.
  4. Hoch I, Heymann AD, Kurman I, Valinsky LJ, Chodick G, Shalev V. Countrywide computer alerts to community physicians improve potassium testing in patients receiving diuretics. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003; 10(6): 541-6.
  5. Heymann AD, Shapiro Y, Chodick G, Shalev V, Kokia E, Kramer E, Shemer J. Reduced hospitalizations and death associated with influenza vaccination among patients with and without diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2004 Nov; 27(11):2581-4.
  6. Shalev V, Chodick G, Heymann AD, Kokia E. Gender differences in healthcare     utilization and medical indicators among patients with diabetes. Public Health. 2005; Jan; 119 (1): 45-9.
  7. Heymann, A. D., Hoch, I., Valinsky, L., Shalev, V., Silber, H., Kokia, E., Mandatory computer field for blood pressure measurement improves screening, Fam Pract 2005, 22(2): 168-9
  8. Heymann AD, Chodick G, Halkin H, Karasik A, Shalev V, Shemer J, Kokia E. The implementation of managed care for diabetes using medical informatics in a large Preferred Provider Organization. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2006 Mar; 71(3):290-8.
  9. Chodick G, Shalev V. Declining incidence of hepatitis A. JAMA. 2006 Jan 18;295(3):282.
  10. Chodick G, Ronckers C, Ron E, Shalev V; The utilization of pediatric computed tomography in a large Israeli Health Maintenance Organization. Pediatr Radiol. 2006 Jun;36(6):485-490.
  11. Chodick G, Heymann AD, Green MS, Kokia E, Shalev V. Late influenza vaccination is associated with reduced effectiveness. Prev. Med. 2006 Jul; 433(1):71-6.
  12. Shalev V, Rogowski O, Shimron O, Sheinberg B, Shapira I, Seligsohb U, Berliner S, Misgav M.The interval between prothrombin time tests and the quality of oral anticoagulants treatment in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation. Thromb Res. 2007;120(2):201-6.
  13. Shalev V, Chodick G, Bialik M, Green MS, Heyman AD. In a population-based cohort of diabetes patients, men and women had similar risks for all-cause mortality.
    J Clin Epidemiol. 2007 Jan; 60(1):86-93.
  14. Halkin H, Dushenat M, Silverman B, Shalev V, Loebstein R, Lomnicky Y, Friedman N. Brand versus generic alendronate: gastrointestinal effects measured by resource utilization. Ann Pharmacother. 2007 Jan;41(1):29-34.
  15. Kokia E, Maron R, Shalev V, Jan Y, Shemer J. The Use of Medical Informatics as a Management Tool for Community Health services during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War. Israel Medical Association Journal 2006 ;( 8):865-9.
  16. Heymann.AD, Chodick G Halkin H, Kokia E, Shalev V. Description of a diabetes disease register extracted from a central database. HaRefua. 2007 Jan;146(1):15-7, 79. Hebrew
  17. Chodick G, Shalev V, Goren I, Inskip PD. Seasonality in birth weight in Israel: new evidence suggests several global patterns and different etiologies. Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Jun; 17(6):440-6.
  18. Heymann AD, Chodick G, Kramer E, Green M, Shalev V. Pemphigus variant associated with penicillin use: a case-cohort study of 363 patients from Israel.
    Arch Dermatol. 2007 Jun;143(6):704-7.
  19. Chodick G, Green MS, Heymann AD, Rosenmann L, Shalev V. The shifting epidemiology of hepatitis A following routine childhood immunization program in Israel. Prev Med. 2007 May 21; [Epub ahead of print]
 
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