Dr. Rani Polak, MD, MBA
Email: rani.polak@sheba.health.gov.il
Phone: 03-5307824
Position: Senior Physician, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Research Interests: Nutrition, health coaching, lifestyle medicine, medical
Education:
MD, Medicine (Bachelor of Medical Sciences, cum laude, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
MBA, Business administration, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Cuisine de Base, Le Cordon Bleu Paris School in Sidney, Australia
Residencies and Further Training:
2013-2016, Research fellow, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School
2009-2013, Resident, Family Medicine, cum laude, Maccabi Health Service & Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Affiliations:
Assistant Professor, Part-Time, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Visiting Senior Lecture, Family Medicine, Tel Aviv University Medical School
Research Staff, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
Research Grants & Awards:
2021-present, equipping a new generation of physicians to address root causes of chronic diseases: A randomized control trial of remote culinary coaching medical education program, Site PI ($7,600)
2020-Present, Sheba Medical Center, Health coaching programs for lung transplant candidates, Sheba Medical Center; PI ($20,000)
2020-Present, Promote cooking skills and healthy eating in spinal cord injury through telemedicine culinary coaching program: A pilot study, Site PI ($7,230)
2019-2021, Israel Cancer Association, Improving breast cancer survivorship with health coaching, a feasibility study, Senior-Investigator
2019-present, Sheba Medical Center, Evaluating the impact of a culinary coaching telemedicine program on biological aging. PI ($9,000)
2018-Present, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Impact of a culinary coaching telemedicine program on body weight and metabolic outcomes. Co-PI ($194,400)
2015-2016, Fribs – medical education center, Lifestyle Medicine Training program – impact on Family Physician residents, Investigator
2015-2016, Woman's Health Collaboration, Public Health Nurses Promote Healthy Lifestyles (PHeeL-PHiNe) – phase III, PI ($75,000)
2015-2016, Vela foundation, CHEF Coaching developing an educational certification for chefs, PI ($25,407)
2015, Ardmore Foundation, Lifestyle Curricula: An initiative to include Lifestyle Medicine in our nation’s medical schools – second cycle, Investigator
2014-2015, Ardmore Foundation, Lifestyle Curricula: An initiative to include Lifestyle Medicine in our nation’s medical schools – first cycle, Investigator
2014-2015, Mead Johnson, Inc, Four-year Obesity E-learning curriculum, Investigator
2014, Metagenic Research Grant, Metagenic diabetic formula study, Investigator
2013-2014, Israeli Association of Family Medicine, improving community health by changing cooking methods in its central kitchen, PI ($1,500)
2013-2014, Israeli Association of Family Physician, Lifestyle Medicine Training program – impact on Family Physician residents, Investigator
2012-2014, Yotvata research grant, improving community health by changing cooking methods in its central kitchen, PI ($52,000)
2011-2014, Woman's Health Collaboration, Public Health Nurses Promote Healthy Lifestyles (PHeeL-PHiNe) – phase II, PI ($240,000)
2011–2012, Beer Yaakov municipality, Preschool healthy nutrition, PI ($30,000)
2008-2011, ISHA, The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Public Health Nurses Promote Healthy Lifestyles (PHeeL-PHiNe) – phase I, PI ($210,000)
Publications:
Here is a link to the list of publications of Dr. Rani Polak
