clinical professor of medicine, emeritus, Brown University

Gastroenterology

Herbert Rakatansky is an expert in the field of Gastroenterology. He went to medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine. Tufts University School of Medicine is ranked 49/52 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received 12 awards: "John Hazen White Jr. Award", "Herbert Rakatansky Prize", "Dean's Emeriti Teaching Award", "Herbert Rakatansky Award for Ethics and Professionalism", "Teaching Excellence Award", "Community Service Award", "Peter Hill Award", "ACP Laureate-Irving Beck Award", "Alumni Aide-Medical School Commencement", "Chief Marshall-Medical School Commencement", "President's Award" and "Fellow (FACG)". Doctor Herbert Rakatansky, MD is also published. He has 39 publications published. The lastest publication: "Capitation rates and proprietary secrets.'

Publications

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• Peptic ulcer: cimetidine and other new concepts.
• Tuberculosis.
• First demonstration of anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
• Chocolate: pleasure or pain?
• Addiction in doctors: hope and help.
• Message to Rhode Island physicians.
• Confidentiality of medical records: good news and bad news.
• The present condition of medical practice in Rhode Island and the outlook for the future.
• "Inherently reasonable" is not reasonable.
• The Committee on Impaired Physicians of the Rhode Island Medical Society.
• Grand rounds at the Washington University School of Medicine. I. Primary cardiac tumor.
• Transabdominal vagectomy and lower esophageal function.
• Esophageal manometrics as a guide to therapeutic dilatation in achalasia: a preliminary report.
• Ethics of human experimentation.
• Gastric histoplasmosis. A case report.
• The gastrointestinal tract. An often forgotten source of prolonged fever.
• A multicenter placebo-controlled clinical trial of oral metoclopramide in diabetic gastroparesis.
• Correction: Al Anon for associates of alcoholics.
• Capital punishment and the physician: the views of six Rhode Island physicians.
• Patenting medical thoughts.
• The role of the role model.
• The Physician's Health Committee of the Rhode Island Medical Society.
• Capitation rates and proprietary secrets.
• Whither continuity of care?
• Sources of bias in the economic analysis of new drugs.
• Impaired drivers.
• Should physicians manipulate reimbursement rules to benefit patients?
• Medical malpractice tort actions provide two benefits: compensation for the victim of medical malpractice, and a reminder to the health care profession of the legal co...
• The living code.
• Review article: gastroenterology and the pharmaceutical industry.
• The treatment of chronic discoid lupus erythematosus with antimalarial drugs.
• Liberalizing the ethical restrictions concerning romantic relationships between doctors and relatives of patients.
• Physician suicide.
• Smoking in theatrical productions.
• On "A great case".
• Commentaries on reporting physicians' mistakes.
• Managing conflicts of interest in the conduct of clinical trials.
• Surgical "placebo" controls.

Schools

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• Tufts University

Doctors Specialties

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• Gastroenterology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• John Hazen White Jr. Award
• Herbert Rakatansky Prize
• Dean's Emeriti Teaching Award
• Herbert Rakatansky Award for Ethics and Professionalism
• Teaching Excellence Award
• Community Service Award
• Peter Hill Award
• ACP Laureate-Irving Beck Award
• Alumni Aide-Medical School Commencement
• Chief Marshall-Medical School Commencement
• President's Award
• Fellow (FACG)

Education

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• University of Chicago
• Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Tufts University School of Medicine

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