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Joshua Shemer
 

Prof. Joshua Shemer, MD                                           

 

Director of Assuta Hospitals Ltd.,

Chairman Maccabi Institute for Health Services Research

  

Member, Board of Directors and former General Manager, Maccabi Healthcare
Services.
Full Professor, Internal Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University
Senior physician, Internal Medicine Dept., Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.                         
Director, Israeli Center for Health Technology Assessment in Health Care (ICTAHC),
The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel-Hashomer
Member and former Chairman, National Council for Trauma Ministry of Health, Israel
Member, National Council for Logistics in Health Services, Ministry of Health, Israel
Associate Editor of the Israel Medical Association Journal (I.M.A.J)
Associate Editor of Harefuah, Journal of the IMA
Member, Editorial Board of the International Journal of Technology Assessment in
Health Care (I.J.T.A.H.C.)
Israeli Defense Forces - Rank: Brigadier General (Res.)
 

Recent Experience

 
1999-2000   Ministry of Health, Director General
 
Since 1994   Member, Supreme National Council for Health
 
Since 1994   Head, Injury Prevention & Control Division, Israel Center for Control (ICDC)
 
Since 1994   Member, International Committee of Military Medicine
2000–2001   Visiting Scientist, National Institute on Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIADDK).Section of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Diabetes branch. National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
 
2000–2001   Honorary Lecturer, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - USUHS - Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A
   
 

Education

 
1978   MD, Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine
 
1989   Haifa University, Health Administration, Graduate Program in Health Administration. Diploma. (Cum Laude)
 
1991-1992   Training Program, Recombinant DNA Methodology. The foundation for Advanced Education in Sciences at the National Institutes of  Health, Bethesda ,MD (USA)
 

Professional Memberships

 
International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care.
Israel Medical Association.
Israel Diabetes Association.
Health Administration Forum, Israel Management Center.
 

Recent Publications

 

Blachar A, Tal S, Mandel A, Novikov I, Polliack G, Sosna J, Freedman Y, Copel L Shemer J. Preauthorization of CT and MRI examinations: assessment of a managed care preauthorization program based on the ACR Appropriateness Criteria and the Royal College of Radiology guidelines. J Am Coll Radiol. 2006 Nov;3(11):851-9.

 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. 
 
Kaye R, Shemer J. Is disease management "ready" for Israel? Isr Med Assoc J. 2006
Oct;8(10):707-8.
 
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.
 
Rabinovich M, Greenberg D, Shemer J. [Threshold values for cost-effectiveness ratio nd
public funding of medical technologies]. Harefuah. 2007 Jun;146(6):453-8, 500. Hebrew
 
Riskin A, Reis S, Tamir A, Shemer J. Quality assessment in primary military clinics of the Israel Defense Forces Northern Command. Mil Med. 2006 May;171(5):360-4.
 
Shemer J. Generic drug substitution. Harefuah. 2006 Sep;145(9):691-5, 701. Hebrew.
 
Shemer J. Year 2006 update of the National List of Health Services--an endless process.
Isr Med Assoc J. 2006 Sep;8(9):646-8.
 
Shemer J, Abadi-Korek I, Seifan A Medical Technology Management-Bridging the Gap
between Theory and Practice. Isr Med Assoc J 7(4): 211-215, 2005.
 
Shemer J, Shoenfeld Y. Diabolical, haunting terror--here and now. Isr Med Assoc J. 2002
Jul; 4(7):483-4.
 
Shemer J, Shapira SC. Terror and medicine--the challenge. Isr Med Assoc J. 2001 Nov;3
(11):799-802.
 
Shemer J, Rager B. Trends of medical research in Israel. Harefuah.2001 Jul; 140 (7):624-7.
 
Tamir O, Lipschitz Y, Shemer J. Clinical trials report card. N Engl J Med. 2006 Mar 30;354(13):1426-9; author reply 1426-9.
 
 
Tamir O, Shemer J. Clinical trials – selected topics. Harefuah. 2004 Jul;143 (7):537-41,
547. Review. Hebrew.
 
Tamir O, Shemer J. Clinical trials--historical development, regulation and updated data.
Harefuah. 2004 Mar;143(3):232-5, 244. Review. Hebrew.


 
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