Physician

Cardiology

Shmuel Shapira works in the field of Cardiology. He over the years received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACC)". Shmuel Shapira, MD is also a published physician. He has 80 publication published. The most recent publication is: Advanced trauma life support versus Combat Trauma Life Support courses: a comparison of cognitive knowledge decline.

Publications

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• Hypopharyngeal injury as a result of attempted endotracheal intubation.
• The tumor suppressor neurofibromin confers sensitivity to apoptosis by Ras-dependent and Ras-independent pathways.
• [Motion sickness at sea].
• [Direct suture and partial splenectomy for splenic rupture in children].
• [Is it possible to predict and prevent primary biliary cirrhosis?].
• The role of uterine straightening by passive bladder distension before embryo transfer in IVF cycles.
• Clarifications.
• [The role of calcium in brain trauma and ischemia].
• [Pulse oximetry: principles, applications and pitfalls].
• [Prolonged total parenteral nutrition with the Broviac catheter].
• [Safety in anesthesia--1988].
• [Mechanisms of injury by ballistic missiles].
• Is the Australian hospital system adequately prepared for terrorism?
• Who should treat the wounded?
• Transfusion-related adult respiratory distress syndrome.
• Gastrointestinal perforations in the neonatal period.
• Eardrum perforation in explosion survivors: is it a marker of pulmonary blast injury?
• Effect of epidural analgesia on duration and outcome of induced labor.
• Safety of surgical intervention during the second trimester of pregnancy. A case report.
• Traumatic arm amputation, an uncommon parachuting injury.
• [Trauma registry and injury].
• The Abbreviated Injury Scale. A valuable tool for forensic documentation of trauma.
• [Coniotomy: surgical airway management in trauma before hospitalization].
• The role of an anaesthetist in a field hospital during the cholera epidemic among Rwandan refugees in Goma.
• [Medical kits in Army physicians'' vehicles].
• Accurate anatomical location of war injuries: analysis of the Lebanon war fatal casualties and the proposition of new principles for the design of military personal ar...
• Prehospital cricothyroidotomy by physicians.
• Electrical injuries: current concepts.
• Ketamine in the field: the use of ketamine for induction of anaesthesia before intubation in injured patients in the field.
• [Electrocution and lightning strikes--pathophysiology and treatment].
• [Learning life saving skills on newly deceased].
• Terror and medicine--the challenge.
• The use of a perinatal internet consultation forum in Israel.
• Penile intracorporeal infusion--possible access to the systemic circulation. Pressure flow studies in dogs and humans.
• [Problems raised by the administration of a peridural block in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy].
• [Continuous intercostal nerve block for chronic pain].
• [Epidural injection during treatment with aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs--a protocol].
• [Recent aspects of post-operative pain control].
• [Lumbar intervertebral facet block].
• [The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for premedication].
• Bupivacaine wound infiltration in thyroid surgery reduces postoperative pain and opioid demand.
• Electronic pressure algometry of deep pain in healthy volunteers.
• Use of alfentanil for in vitro fertilization oocyte retrieval.
• Interhospital patient transfer: a quality improvement indicator for prehospital triage in mass casualties.
• Patterns of injury in hospitalized terrorist victims.
• The trimodal death distribution of trauma victims: military experience from the Lebanon War.
• Public and private patients in Jerusalem hospitals: who operates on whom?
• [Establishing of a nationwide trauma system in Israel].
• The efficacy of integrating "smart simulated casualties" in hospital disaster drills.
• Quaternary prevention: a new look at an old challenge.
• Blast injuries: bus versus open-air bombings--a comparative study of injuries in survivors of open-air versus confined-space explosions.
• [Advances and "not abused trauma life support" in Israel 1994].
• [Fentanyl vs alfentanil anesthesia for in vitro fertilization].
• [Patient-controlled i.v. morphine for acute postoperative pain].
• [Scoop-and-run versus stabilize-and-transfer].
• Assessment of pain threshold and pain tolerance in women in labour and in the early post-partum period by pressure algometry.
• [Pre-hospital multicasualty management].
• [Management of multicasualty event in the hospital].
• The accumulated experience of the Israeli Advanced Trauma Life Support program.
• Cognitive knowledge decline after Advanced Trauma Life Support courses.
• Mortality in terrorist attacks: a unique modal of temporal death distribution.
• Advanced trauma life support versus Combat Trauma Life Support courses: a comparison of cognitive knowledge decline.
• Tactical medicine -- the Israeli revised protocol.
• [Military tract of medicine--the need and the vision].
• Role of nurses in a university hospital during mass casualty events.
• Lessons learnt from the front line in Israel.
• Terror-related injuries: a comparison of gunshot wounds versus secondary-fragments-induced injuries from explosives.
• Evacuating trauma victims: to the nearest or the appropriate hospital?
• The influence of electroconvulsive therapy on pain threshold and pain tolerance in major depression patients before, during and after treatment.
• Principles of emergency management in disasters.
• The experience of one institution dealing with terror: the El Aqsa Intifada riots.
• Hospital management of a bioterror event.
• Medical management of terrorist attacks.
• Beware of comparing international health systems, including trauma units.
• The advanced XXXX life support ("AXLS") contribution to emergency medicine in Israel.
• Facing the new threats of terrorism: radiologists' perspectives based on experience in Israel.
• Internal and external auditing in health systems: an integrative approach.
• An administrative intervention to improve the utilization of laboratory tests within a university hospital.
• A multicasualty event: out-of-hospital and in-hospital organizational aspects.

Schools

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• Technion Israel Institute Of Technology

• Rambam Med Center

• Interfaith Med Center

• Christ Med Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Angioplasty With Stent Placement
• Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiology
• Family Medicine
• Interventional Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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• Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP) HMO
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Emblem Health
• Choice Care PPO
• Locals (any local)
• MagnaCare PPO
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• MVP Health Care
• Freedom Plan
• POMCO Group
• Navigate HMO
• Oxford Liberty
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• Interfaith Medical Center

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