The Department of Internal Medicine A is a general inpatient ward that also services patients with acute intoxications, endocronoligical disorders, and coagulation defects as part of the department's association with the Anticoagulation Clinic and the Institute of Hemophilia and Coagulation. We maintain two special outpatient projects. One is the Institute for Medical Check-Ups and the second involves the periodic medical evaluation of drug addicts.
Our main research activities include:
- Clinical and basic studies of Anticoagulant Therapy, complication and their treatment.
- Pharmacokinetics of drugs in specific patient populations - Intensive Care Unit.
- Clinical studies of various genetic endocrine diseases.
- Another main research interest is the incorporation of patients' subjective perspectives into medical-decision making at the various levels of the patient-physician interaction.
These include decisions for individual patients, decisions for specific patient populations and generic comparisons for the purpose of health policy. Thus, we hope to maintain and enhance patient autonomy and individuality, incorporating these values into the medical process in a structured nature, to increase awareness of problems such as depressive symptoms, and to identify weak populations that need more support from the health care system such as elderly people and minorities.
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Department at a Glance |
| Number of Patients per Year - 4000 |
| Number of Beds - 38, Includes a Five Bed Intensive Care Unit Shared with Department of Medicine C |
| Research Areas - Pharmacotherapy, Anticoagulation, Endocrinology, Genetics, Hypertension |
| Special Outpatient Programs - Institute for Medical Check-Ups and Medical Evaluation of Drug Addicts |
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Director - Prof. David Ezra
Prof. David Ezra, graduated in 1971 from the Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem.
During his period of service in the military he was decorated for exemplary service.
From 1981 to 1985 he was a Research Fellow at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Division of Clinical Pharmacology. From 1983 to 1985 he performed a Clinical Fellowship at Merck, Sharp and Dohme International.Since 1996 he has been the Director of the Department of Medicine A.
Prof. Ezra is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine |
| Staff -
Dr. David Olchovsky, M.D.-Deputy Director
Dr. Amitai Elkayam, M.D.
Dr. Yonath Hagith, M.D.
Dr. Kurnik Daniel, M.D. |
| Address - The Charles Clore Hospitalization Tower, West Wing |
| E-mail - dolcho@sheba.health.gov.il |
| Tel - 972-3-530-2436 | |
