Prof.
Gabriel Barbash
Education
1969 - 1975 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical School
M.D. Degree received December 1975
1980 - 1984 Residency in Internal Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Passed the Israeli Board examinations in Internal Medicine,
May 1984, Summa Cum Laude
1985 - 1986 Clinical - Administrative Residency Administration & Cardiology Department
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 Passed the Israeli Board of Medical Management
1991 Passed the Israeli Board of Occupational Medicine
Further Education/Fellowship
Further Studies
1983 - 1984 Tel Aviv University Medical School
One year program, Computers in Medicine
1984 - 1985 Harvard University, School of Public Health Master in Public Health
with concentration in Health Policy and Management, June 1985
Clinical Experience
1976 - 1978 "Flight Surgeon, Israeli Air Force"
1978 - 1979 "Deputy Surgeon General, Israeli Air Force"
1980 - 1983 Coordinator of the Emergency Medical Services
Israel International "Ben-Gurion" Airport
1980 - 1984 Physician of the Combined Air-ground Operations' Command.
Israeli Air Force
1986 - 1990 Deputy Director, "The Sheba Medical Center, Israel"
1990 - 1993 Deputy Director of the Sheba Medical Center and Director of the
Rehabilitation Hospital "The Sheba Medical Center, Israel"
1993 - 1996 "Director General, The Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center"
1995 - 1998 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Interdisciplinary Center
for Technological Analysis and Forecasting at Tel-Aviv University
1996 - 1999 "Director General, (Surgeon General) The Ministry of Health."
1998 - 2000 "Chairman, Israeli National Transplant Center"
1999 - "Director General, The Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center"
Academic Experience
1986 - 1993 Teaching the course on Medical Information Systems
in the master program of the Kovens Center for Management
of Health Care Systems in the Rekanati School of Business Administration,
Tel Aviv University
1987 - 1988 Co-coordinator of the course on Bio-medical Ethics
in the post-graduate school of the Sackler School of Medicine
in Tel Aviv University
1988 - 1990 Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
in the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1989 - 1993 Teaching the course in Epidemiology in the Master program
of the Kovens Center for Management of Health Care Systems
in the Rekanati School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University
1990 - 1994 Senior lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
in the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1994 - 2001 Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
and Preventive Medicine in the Sackler School of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University
2001 - Professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
in the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2008 Visiting Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
2009 Visiting Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
M.D. STUDENTS SUPERVISED BY CANDIDATE
1990: Zack Ben Naim; Correlation of meteorological parameters and incidence
of acute myocardial infarction. The Sheba Medical Center, Israel
1990: Suzana Feldman; Prognostic importance of clinical characteristic of prior
AMI in patients with AMI receiving thrombolytic therapy
Publications
For a listing of recent publications, refer to
PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine.
Awards
1984 - 1985 Kellogg Fellow in Health Services Administration, Kellogg Foundation
Membership in Professional Societies
1. Israeli Medical Association
2. Israeli Cardiology Association
3. Israeli Association of Hospital Directors
4. Editorial Board - The Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
Coordination Of Clinical Trials
1986 - 1989 Principal investigator & Chief Coordinator of the
"Israeli Study of Early Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction",
involving the Tel Aviv and Sheba Medical Centers.
Operating Budget - 750,000 DM
1989 - 1990 National Coordinator and principal investigator of the International
rt-PA/STK Mortality Trial (GISSI- II) involving all the intensive coronary
care units in Israel.
Operating Budget - $650,000
1991 - 1993 National Coordinator and principal investigator of the
GUSTO-I Study (an FDA audited trial) of thrombolytic therapy in AMI
involving all the intensive coronary care units in Israel.
Operating Budget - $1,200,000
1994 - 1995 National Coordinator and principal investigator of the TIMI-9 Study,
Hirudin versus Heparin, (an FDA audited trial) in AMI involving
all the intensive coronary care units in Israel.
Operating Budget - $860,000.
1997 - 1998 National Coordinator and principal investigator of the ASSENT II Study,
Thrombolytic Therapy trial, (an FDA audited trial) in AMI involving
all the intensive coronary care units in Israel.
Operating Budget - over $3,000,000.