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Tal Patalon (born May 19, 1974) is an Israeli medical doctor and researcher. She is Head of the Kahn Sagol Maccabi. She was featured by Nature as "one of four changemakers to health challenges through big data analytics and AI.[1]
Tal Patalon | |
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| טל פטלון | |
 Tal Patalon | |
| Born | May 19, 1974 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
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| Known for | Head of Kahn Sagol Maccabi (KSM) |
Patalon is the host of the podcast A Matter of Life and Death, which has featured notable people including Avi Loeb.,[2]
Early life and ducation
editPatalon was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. During her teenage years, she was a social activist.[3] She began her compulsory military service as a teacher-soldier and completed her service as an officer (rank of lieutenant) in 1995.[4]
In 2002 she earned her Doctor of Medicine (M.D) degree from Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. She has specialist degrees in family medicine and emergency medicine, along with certification in palliative medicine, from Tel Aviv University.[5]
In 2007, she earned a LL.B. from Ono Academic College and is licensed to practice law. Patalon has an MBA in Healthcare Innovation from Reichman University, and is certified in legal mediation from Gome Gevim College.[4]
In 2022, she completed a certificate program focusing on sequencing technologies and genetic testing, as well as new treatments for inflammatory, autoimmune, and allergic diseases at Harvard Medical School.[6]
Professional career
editIn 2005, she started working as a family doctor at Clalit Health Services, and then served as an emergency medicine doctor at the Wolfson Medical Center.[7] In 2017, she managed the Outpatient Department at the Wolfson Medical Center.[8]
In 2011, she founded Karov, Palliative Care Ltd, a public benefit corporation to promote palliative care initiatives, with emphasis on end-of-life compassionate care.[9]
KSM (Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi) Research and Innovation Center of Maccabi Healthcare Services.
editAs of 2020, Patalon serves as the Head of Maccabi Health Services' (Kahn Sagol Maccabi) Research and Innovation Center (KSM). In this capacity, she manages the Tipa Biobank, Israel's largest-scale biobank for research.
Under her leadership, the Center has research integrating AI, innovative epidemiological methodologies, biostatistical modeling, genetics and clinical studies that changed health policies and medical treatment.[10]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Patalon played a role in shaping health policy [11] and fostering international collaboration to combat the crisis. She led KSM's data-driven research that provided new insights into natural immunity, childhood infections, viral load indices, and more, thereby enabling data-driven management of the epidemic.
Under her direction, KSM's research helped shape global health policy, including White House policy.[12][13]
Dr. Patalon has established many partnerships with health industry figures; for example, she has helped forge medical research agreements with the United Arab Emirates [14][15][16][17] and Bahrain.[18]
Research
editAmong her main research areas, are COVID-19,[13][19][20] Patalon has conducted studies on reinfection in children.[21]
In 2023, Patalon co-authored studies on the monkeypox epidemic in Israel.[22]
In 2024, she found that a significant increase in the purchasing of anti-anxiety medication occurred during the Israel–Hamas war.[23]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Coombs, Amy; Ong, Sandy (March 13, 2024). "Four change-makers seek impact in medical research". Nature Publishing Group. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ Ghert-Zand/Jta, Renee (March 10, 2023). "This unusual Israeli podcast covers everything from sentient AI to extending the human lifespan". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ אסתי אהרונוביץ, ד"ר טל פטלון, ממקימות תרופה לכל: "הרווח שלי הוא לראות אדם קונה את התרופה שלו בחצי מחיר", TheMarker, 21 December 2006
- ^ a b Lev-Adler, Anat (17 November 2022). "Everything is personal". Ynet. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ גלי וינרב, מצלמים ושורדים: מה גרם לאנשים לשלוף את הטלפון גם תחת אש, Globes, 25 November 2023
- ^ המהפכה הגנטית כבר כאן, וכדאי לנהל אותה בחוכמה, Walla, 15 June 2023
- ^ "Palliative unit for supportive care". Wolfson Medical Center. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ Moscone Lerman, Billy. "What happens to a person in his last hours, and is there a right way to say goodbye to life?". Wolfson Medical Center. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ Karov, Palliative Care Ltd, guidestar
- ^ Berkofsky, Joe. "KSM Research And Innovation And Genetika+ Partner To Seek AI Solutions For Personalization Of Depression Treatment". US Healthcare Journal. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "בלי הקורונה אולי לא היו מכניסים לעולם את הזום למערכת הבריאות", Calcalist, 31 May 2021
- ^ Joyce Frieden, Fauci: 'Dramatic Data' From Israel Support COVID-19 Boosters, MedPage Today September 2, 2021
- ^ a b Miltimore, Jon (22 August 2022). "The CDC (Finally) Admitted the Science on Natural Immunity. Why Did It Take So Long?". Stream. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "New UAE-Israel agreement to promote cancer, diabetes research". Khaleej Times. 13 July 2022.
- ^ Oommen, Anup (2 March 2022). "G42 Healthcare, KSM enter first UAE-Israel genetic research collaboration". Arabian Business. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ בין ישראל לאמירויות: נחתם הסכם ראשון על מחקר משותף על חוסר בוויטמין D, ynet, 30 June 2022
- ^ "SEHA, Israel's Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi to promote joint medical research and technological innovation". Zawya. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Bahrain, Israeli health bodies to collaborate on research". Jerusalem Post. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Wadman, Meredith (26 August 2021). "Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine—but vaccination remains vital". Science. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Anthes, Emily (18 June 2021). "Widespread vaccination of adults helps protect unvaccinated children, according to a new Israeli study". New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Hoffman, Maayan (24 August 2022). "Children Have Strong Immunity Against COVID-19 Up to 18 Months After Being Infected". Health Policy Watch. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ גלי וינרב, לקחת סדין לחופשה? איך נדבקים באבעבועות הקוף מהזן החדש, Globes, 25 July 2022
- ^ "Toll of war: People 317% more likely to use anti-anxiety medication after October 7". Jerusalem Post. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.