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Tal Patalon
טל פטלון
Tal Patalon
Tal Patalon
Born19 May 1974 (1974-05-19) (age 50)
CitizenshipIsrael
Education
  • Doctor of Medicine (M.D), Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Specialist degrees in family medicine and emergency medicine, along with certification in palliative medicine, Tel Aviv University
  • LL.B. from Ono Academic College
Known forHead of the Research and Innovation Center (KSM - Kahn Sagol Maccabi) at Maccabi Healthcare Services

Tal Tova Patalon (born May 19, 1974) is an Israeli doctor and researcher, She is Head of the Kahn Sagol Maccabi Research and Innovation Center (KSM) at Maccabi Healthcare Services, and the Founder of Medāna, a global health AI company.[1]

In 2024, Nature Magazine chose to feature Patalon as one of four changemakers to health challenges through big-data analytics and AI. [2]

Since 2022, Patalon hosts A Matter of Life and Death, [3][4] a podcast in which she conducts in-depth conversations with doctors, researchers, and others in the field of science, [5][6] [7] technology,[8] economics, finance, artificial intelligence, [9] research, and media.

Early Life and Education

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Patalon was born in Tel Aviv. In her youth, she was a social activist.[10] She began her compulsory military service as a teacher-soldier and completed her service as an officer (rank of lieutenant) in 1995.[11]

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.[12]

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.[11]

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.[13]

Professional career

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In 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.[14] In 2017, she managed the Outpatient Department at the Wolfson Medical Center. [15]

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.[16]

KSM (Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi) Research and Innovation Center of Maccabi Healthcare Services.

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As 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.[17]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Patalon played a role in shaping health policy [18] 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.[19][20]

Dr. Patalon has established many partnerships with health industry figures; for example, she has helped forge medical research agreements with the United Arab Emirates [21][22][23][24] and Bahrain. [25]

Research

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Among her main research areas, are COVID-19,[20][26][27] Patalon has conducted studies on reinfection in children. [28]

In 2023, Patalon co-authored studies on the monkeypox epidemic in Israel. [29]

In 2024, she found that a significant increase in the purchasing of anti-anxiety medication occurred during the Israel–Hamas war.[30]


Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Dr. Tal Patalon". Medāna. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  2. ^ Coombs, A. and Ong, S. Four Change-Makers Seek Impact in Medical Research Nature. Nature Publishing Group. March 13 2024
  3. ^ "A Matter of Life and Death". Spotify. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  4. ^ A Matter of Life and Death - podcast
  5. ^ Ghert-Zand, Renee (12 March 2023). "This unusual Israeli podcast covers everything from sentient AI to extending the human lifespan". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  6. ^ "זנחנו את הנפש ואת הנשמה",ynet, 27 March 2022
  7. ^ אנחנו טכנולוגיים יותר ובודדים יותר, ynet, 22 February 2023
  8. ^ Rubinstein, Carrie (8 March 2023). "AI Is Taking Over Our Feelings: An Economist's Positive-Negative Prediction Of The Near Future". Forbes. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  9. ^ "הבינה המלאכותית הולכת להוביל שינוי שכמותו לא ראינו שנים בעולם הרפואה", ynet, 1 August 2023
  10. ^ אסתי אהרונוביץ, ד"ר טל פטלון, ממקימות תרופה לכל: "הרווח שלי הוא לראות אדם קונה את התרופה שלו בחצי מחיר", TheMarker, 21 December 2006
  11. ^ a b Lev-Adler, Anat (17 November 2022). "Everything is personal". Ynet. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  12. ^ גלי וינרב, ‏מצלמים ושורדים: מה גרם לאנשים לשלוף את הטלפון גם תחת אש, Globes, 25 November 2023
  13. ^ המהפכה הגנטית כבר כאן, וכדאי לנהל אותה בחוכמה, Walla, 15 June 2023
  14. ^ "Palliative unit for supportive care". Wolfson Medical Center. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ Karov, Palliative Care Ltd, guidestar
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "בלי הקורונה אולי לא היו מכניסים לעולם את הזום למערכת הבריאות", Calcalist, 31 May 2021
  19. ^ Joyce Frieden, Fauci: 'Dramatic Data' From Israel Support COVID-19 Boosters, MedPage Today September 2, 2021
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "New UAE-Israel agreement to promote cancer, diabetes research". Khaleej Times. 13 July 2022.
  22. ^ Oommen, Anup (2 March 2022). "G42 Healthcare, KSM enter first UAE-Israel genetic research collaboration". Arabian Business. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  23. ^ בין ישראל לאמירויות: נחתם הסכם ראשון על מחקר משותף על חוסר בוויטמין D, ynet, 30 June 2022
  24. ^ "SEHA, Israel's Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi to promote joint medical research and technological innovation". Zawya. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  25. ^ "Bahrain, Israeli health bodies to collaborate on research". Jerusalem Post. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  26. ^ 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.
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ 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.
  29. ^ גלי וינרב, ‏לקחת סדין לחופשה? איך נדבקים באבעבועות הקוף מהזן החדש, Globes, 25 July 2022
  30. ^ "Toll of war: People 317% more likely to use anti-anxiety medication after October 7". Jerusalem Post. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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