פרופ' יונה אמיתי

קורות חיים
Date of birth: February 13, 1947
Marital Status: Married plus 5 children
EDUCATION
1966 – 1969 Study in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy (years 1-3)
1969 - 1972 Medical Student and Graduate, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University
M.D. (cum laude)
THESIS: Iatrogenic Agranulocytosis: a National survey in Israel.
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Talma Rosenthal, Sheba Medical Center
1972 - 1973 Internship, Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer, Israel
1973 - 1978 Residency, Dep. of Pediatrics Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer, Israel
1984 - 1986 Fellowship, Division of Clinical Pharmacology/Toxicology Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School Boston, Mass., USA
1999 – 2001 Studies for MPH, at the School of Public Health, Hebrew University-
Hadassah, Jerusalem 2003 M.P.H., Hebrew University Jerusalem
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
1973 - License to practice medicine in Israel, License No. 10343
1979 - Specialist (Board Certified) in Pediatrics (Israel), license No. 6190
1986 - License to practice medicine in Illinois, USA
1988 - Board Certified in Medical Toxicology (USA)
2004 - Specialist (Board Certified) in Public Health (Israel), License No. 20593
2006 - Specialist (Board Certified) in Clinical Pharmacology (Israel), No. 22290
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1981 - Instructor in Pediatrics Hebrew University School of Medicine Jerusalem, Israel
1982 - Lecturer in Pediatrics Hebrew University School of Medicine Jerusalem, Israel
1984 – 1986 Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
1987 – 1995 Senior Lecturer in Pediatrics Hebrew University School of Medicine
Jerusalem, Israel
1989-1990 Assistant Professor in Pharmacology, Rush College of Medicine, Chicago, IL,
USA.
1995 – Associate Professor in Pediatrics Hebrew University School of Medicine Jerusalem
2011 – Professor, Department of Management, Health System Management, Bar Ilan
University, Ramat Gan, Israel
PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS and APPOINTMENTS
1973 - 1978 Resident, Department of Pediatrics Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer,
Israel
1978 - 1984 Senior Pediatrician, Department of Pediatrics Hadassah University Hospital,
Mt. Scopus Jerusalem, Israel
1984 - 1986 Fellow, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Children's Hospital
Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA., USA
1986 - 1989 Senior Pediatrician Hadassah University Hospital, Mt. Scopus Jerusalem,
Israel
1989-1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology Section of Blood Genetic
& Pharmacogenetics Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Ctr. Chicago, Illinois, USA
1990 -1999 Senior Pediatrician, Department of Pediatrics Hadassah University Hospital,
Mt. Scopus Jerusalem, Israel
1999- 2008 Director, Mother Child & Adolescent Health Department, Ministry of Health,
Israel
2008 – Present Primary Care Pediatrician, Meuhedet Health Services, Israel
2008 – Present Teacher, Dep. Of Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bar Ilan
University, Ramat Gan, Israel
MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
1987 - 1989 Chairman, Faculty Review Committee of Pediatrics, Hebrew University School
of Medicine, Jerusalem
1990 - 2000 Senior Editor, Editorial Board - Poisindex, Micromedex Denver, CO, USA.
1994 - 1999 Member, the Committee of Drug Regulation, Israeli Ministry of Health.
1994 - 1998 Chairman of the Pediatric Teaching Forum, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew
University Jerusalem, Israel
1994 – 2008 Member, the Committee for Regulation of Hazardous Materials, Israeli
Ministry of Environmental Protection
1994 - 1998 Committee member, the Israeli Society of Clinical Pediatrics.
1995 - 1998 Member of the International Stirring Committee:" Children and the
Mediterranean", Barcelona, Spain
1996 -2002 President of the Israeli Society of Toxicology
1996 - 2008 Focal Point Representative of the Israeli Ministry of Health at the International
Program of Chemical Safety (IPCS, at the WHO, Geneva)
1996 –1999 Chairman, Institutional Committee for Chemical & Toxicological Hazards,
Hadassah Medical Organization
2001 - 2008 Chairman, Committee on diving standards for the seals in the Israeli Navy, IDF
2003 – Present Member, working group of the WHO on Children's Environmental Health
2002 – 2004 Consultant, World Health Organization on Childhood Lead Poisoning in
Kosovo and Nigeria
2008 – 2012 President, Israeli Ambulatory Pediatric Association (700 members)
2010 – 2014 Chairman, The Scientific Working Group, of the ECPCP (European
Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians), with over 20,000 members
AWARDS / GRANTS / HONORS
Included in the Dean's list of teachers with excellence at the Hebrew University- Hadassah in; 1982/3; 1983/4; 1988/9; 1990/1; 1991/2. 1992/3
Decorated with the title Cavalliere dell´Ordine della Solidarietà Italiana from the President of Italy: (2006).
Award for lifetime achievements, the Israeli Ambulatory Pediatric Association ("Yakir HIPA"), 2007
פירסומים
BOOKS:
1. Knishkowi B, Amitai Y, Honovitch M. School Health (Hebrew), January 2003.
2. Urkin J, Amitai Y, Honovitch M. Infant and Toddler's Health. Dionon-Probook 2011.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
1. Amitai Y, Lovejoy FH Jr. Theophylline Poisoning. In: Rudolph and Hoffman, eds, Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th edition, Appleton & Lange, p. 724-725, 1987.
2. Amitai Y. Benzodiazepines. In: McGuigan M and Lovejoy FH Jr, Clinical Toxicology Review 7:5, 1985.
3. Amitai Y. Lidocaine. In: McGuigan M & Lovejoy FH Jr, Clinical Toxicology Review 8:3, 1985.
4. Luciw H and Amitai Y. Cimetidine. In: McGuigan M & Lovejoy FH Jr, Clinical Toxicology Review 8:9, 1986.
5. Amitai Y. Venomous Scorpions. In: McGuigan M and Lovejoy FH Jr, Clinical Toxicology Review 10:2, 1987.
6. Amitai Y, Almog S, Singer R, Hammer R, Bentur Y and Danon YL, Atropine poisoning in children during the Persian Gulf Crisis: A national survey in Israel. In Danon YL and Shemer J, Eds. Chemical Warfare Medicine. Gefen Publishing House Ltd. pp 99- 105, 1995.
7. Almog S, Winkler E, Amitai Y, et al. Acute pyridostigmine overdose: A report of nine cases. In Danon YL and Shemer J, Eds. Chemical Warfare Medicine. Gefen Publishing House Ltd. pp 113-118, 1995.
8. Amitai Y, Hryhorczuk D Lead Poisoning. In: Strange et al. Eds. Pediatric Emergency
Medicine. McGraw-Hill pub. pp. 548-551: 1996.
9. Amitai Y, Koifman M, Orenbayev T, et al. Prenatal Lead Exposure in a Highly
Polluted Area in Kazakhstan: Effects on Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase. In: Lead Poisoning Prevention and Treatment: Implementing a National Program in developing Countries. AN George, The George Foundation, India. Pp. 125-127, 1999.
10. Amitai Y. Periconceptional Folic Acid and Multivitamins for Prevention of
Congenital Anomalies and Improving Maternity Health. In: Lebenthal E, Shapira N.
Nutrition in theFemale Lifecycle. Danone Institute, Israel 2001 pp.37-51
11. Amitai Y, Chapter 59: Rishpon S. Vaccinations. In: Knishkovi B, Amitai Y,
Honovitch M eds. School Health, pp.273-277: 2003
12. Amitai Y. Chapter 58: Poisoning. In: Knishkovi B, Amitai Y, Honovitch
M eds. School Health, pp. 268-272: 2003.
13. Amitai Y. Chapter 13: Normal Growth and Growth Disturbances. In: Knishkovi B,
Amitai Y, Honovitch M eds. School Health, pp. 68-72; 2003
14. Peleg A, Knishkovi B, Amitai Y Chapter 68: Smoking. In: Knishkovi B, Amitai Y,
Honovitch M eds. School Health, pp 322-7, 2003.
15. Mycyk GR Amitai Y, Hryhorczuk D, Dobiesz M, Chapter 97: Lead Poisoning In:
Strange GR, Dobiesz VA et al. Editors, McGraw-Hill pp. 411-414, 2004.
16. Mycyk GR Amitai Y, Hryhorczuk D, Chapter 69: Lead. In: Erickson TB, Ahrnes WR
et al. editors. Pediatric Toxicology. Diagnosis and Management of the Poisoned Child.
McGraw-Hill Pp. 461-467. 2005.
17. Amitai Y. Scorpion Envenomation. In: Critical Care Toxicology. Brent J et al. pp
1213-1220. Elsevier Mosby, 2005.
18. Amitai Y. Organophosphate Poisoning: Case Presentation. Multiple Exposure and
Disaster Management in Parathion Poisoning. In: Leikin BJ and McFee RB.
Handbook of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Agent Exposures. CRC Press by Lexi-
Comp. 2007 pp. 282-5.
19. Amitai Y. The History of Tipat Halav in Israel. In Urkin J, Amitai Y, Honovitch M.
Infant and Toddler's Health, pp 23-26, 2011 Dionon-Probook.
20. Amitai Y. Neonatal Drug Withdrawal. In Urkin J, Amitai Y, Honovitch M. Infant and
Toddler's Health, pp.117-120, 2011 Dionon-Probook.
21. Amitai Y. The Infant's Sleep Environment. In Urkin J, Amitai Y, Honovitch M. Infant
and Toddler's Health, pp.143-145, 2011 Dionon-Probook.
22. Amitai Y. Sudden Infant Death syndrome. In Urkin J, Amitai Y, Honovitch M. Infant
and Toddler's Health, pp.569-572, 2011 Dionon-Probook.
ARTICLES IN REFERED JOURNALS
1. Amitai Y and Rosenthal T. Drug-induced agranulocytosis. Harefuah 92:167-168, 1977. (Hebrew)
2. Amitai Y, Patz D and Tobi M. Pneumococcal meningitis partially resistant to penicillin. Harefuah 100:327-328, 1981. (Hebrew)
3. Amitai Y, Mann G, Katzir Z, Amitai P. Convulsions following a black scorpion (Buthus Judaicus) sting. Isr J Med Sci 17:1083-1084, 1981.
4. Amitai Y, Pogrund H and Tamir D. Early diagnosis of congenital dislocation of the hip. The Family Physician 10:410-412, 1982. (Hebrew)
5. Amitai Y and Tamir D. Morbidity in infants and children on routine
examination in a child health clinic. Harefuah 102: 250-252, 1982. (Hebrew)
6. Amitai Y, Aker M. Adverse effects of intramuscular iron injection. Acta
Haematologica 68(4):341-342, 1982.
7. Amitai Y and Goder K. Necrotizing enterocolitis in a two and a half month old
infant with congenital cyanotic heart disease. Harefuah 102:379-380, 1982.
(Hebrew)
8. Amitai Y, Peleg O, Ariel I, Binyamini N. Severe poisoning in a child by the
mushroom Inocybe tristis Malencon E Bertault. Isr J Med Sci 18:799-801, 1982.
9. Amitai Y, Yarom A, Bloch R and Pogrund J. Congenital dislocation of the hip and
short maternal stature. Arch Dis Child 57:875-877, 1982.
10. Greiber C, Amitai Y and Shapira Y. Febrile seizures in Beit Shemesh:
epidemiology and current practice. Harefuah 303-305, 1982. (Hebrew)
11. Amitai Y, Mogle P, Aviad Y, Godfrey S. Varied etiology of pneumatocele in
infants and children. Clin Pediatr 22:420-422, 1983.
12. Aker M, Amitai Y and Haas H. Failure of pneumococcal vaccine to prevent
pneumococcal meningitis in a girl. Harefuah 105:164, 1983. (Hebrew)
13. Amitai Y, Goder K, Husseini N and Rousso M. Hypernatremic dehydration
complicated by peripheral gangrene in infants. Isr J Med Sci 19:538-540, 1983.
14. Ben Dov I, Amirav I, Shochina M, Amitai Y, Bar Yishay E, Godfrey S. The
effect of negative ionization of inspired air on the response of asthmatic children to
exercise. Thorax 38: 584-585, 1983.
15. Amitai Y, Katzir Z, Aker M and Peleg O. Salmonella meningitis presenting as
orbital cellulitis in an infant. Harefuah 106: 21, 1984. (Hebrew)
16. Gur I, Shapira Y, Amitai Y, Shvil Y. Hepatitis, encephalitis and renal failure
complicating measles. Isr J Med Sci 20:441-442, 1984.
17. Lipin Y, Gur I, Amitai Y, Godfrey S. The effect of positive ionization of
inspired air on the response of asthmatic children to exercise. Thorax 39:594-596,
1984.
18. Amitai Y, Blieden L, Shemtov A and Neufeld H. Risk factors for cerebrovascular
accidents in infants and children with congenital cyanotic heart disease. Isr J Med
Sci 20:1143-1145, 1984.
19. Granit G and Amitai Y. Wilson's disease with hepatic damage in a four year old
girl. Harefuah 107:388-389, 1984. (Hebrew)
20. Mogle P, Amitai Y and Yarom A. Pulmonary hemorrhage in hemophilia A.
Harefuah 106:411, 1984. (Hebrew)
21. Amitai Y, Rotenberg M, Wirtschafter D, Haas H, Michel J. Increasing
frequency of penicillin- resistant pneumococci: Epidemiological aspects and case
control study. Isr J Med Sci 21:340-345, 1985.
22. Amitai Y, Mines Y, Aker M, Goitien K. Scorpion envenomation in children -
a review of 51 cases. Clin Pediatr 24:136-140, 1985.
23. Merhav H, Amitai Y, Palti H, Godfrey S. Tea drinking and microcytic anemia
in infants. Am J Clin Nutrit 41:1210-1213, 1985.
24. Mogle P, Amitai Y, Rotenberg M, Yatziv S. Calcification of intervertebral
discs in I cell disease. Eur J Pediatr 145: 226- 227, 1986.
25. Amitai Y and Granit G. Thrombocytopenic purpura preceding rubella. Helv
Paediatr Acta 41:55-57, 1986.
26. Amitai Y, Yeung AC, Moje J Lovejoy FH Jr. Repetitive oral activated
charcoal and control of emesis in severe theophylline toxicity. Ann Int Med 105:
366-367, 1986.
27. Handzel ZT, Elitsur Y, Algrimawri S, Moses S, Keynan A, Amitai Y, et al.
Treatment of congenital immunodeficiencies with a thymic hormone-thymic
humoral factor. Isr J Med Sci 22:387-392, 1986.
28. Amitai Y, Mitchell AA, Carrel J, Luciw H, Lovejoy FH Jr. Patterns of calling
time and ipecac availability among poison center callers. Am J Dis Child 141:622-
625, 1987.
29. Amitai Y, Mitchell AA, McGuigan MA, Lovejoy FH Jr. Ipecac- induced
emesis and reduction of plasma concentrations of drugs following accidental
overdose in children. Pediatrics 80:364- 367, 1987.
30. Amitai Y, Graef JW, Brown MJ, et al. Hazards of deleading the homes of children
with lead poisoning. Am J Dis Child 141:758- 760, 1987.
31. Shannon MW, Amitai Y and Lovejoy FH Jr. Multiple dose activated charcoal
therapy in young infants with theophylline poisoning. Pediatrics 80:368-370, 1987.
32. Amitai Y and Lovejoy FH Jr. Characteristics of vomiting associated with sustained
release theophylline poisoning: Implications for management with oral activated
charcoal. Clinical Toxicology 25: 539-554, 1987.
33. Amitai Y and Lovejoy FH Jr. Hypokalemia in acute theophylline poisoning. Am J
Emerg Med 6:214-218, 1988.
34. Amirav I, Amitai Y, Avital A and Godfrey S. Enhancement of theophylline
clearance by intravenous albuterol. Chest 94:444- 445, 1988.
35. Amitai Y, Godfrey S, Levy M and Torten R. Comparison of a new sustained release
theophylline formulation (Theotrim) with a reference drug (Theodur). Pediatr Asth
Aller Immun 3: 123-128, 1989.
36. Amitai Y, Degani Y. Treatment of phenobarbital poisoning with multiple dose
activated charcoal in an infant. J Emerg Med 8; 449-450, 1990.
37. Amitai Y, Zylber-Katz E, Avital A, Zangen D, Noviski N. Serum lidocaine
concentrations in children during bronchoscopy with topical anesthesia. Chest 98;
1370-1373, 1990.
38. Amitai Y, Brown MJ, Graef JW and Cosgrove E. Effects of residential deleading on
the blood lead levels of lead poisoned children. Pediatrics 88; 893-897, 1991.
39. Almog S, Winkler E, Amitai Y et al. Acute pyridostigmine overdose: A report of
nine cases. Isr J Med Sci 27; 659- 663, 1991.
40. Singer R, Amitai Y, Geist M et al. Neonatal brucellosis: Modes of transmission.
Lancet 1: 127: 1991.
41. Amitai Y, Silver B, Leikin JB, Frischer H. Visualization of ingested medications
in the stomach by ultrasound. Amer J Emerg Med 10; 18-23, 1992.
42. Amitai Y, Glustein J and Godfrey S. Enhancement of theophylline clearance by oral
albuterol. Chest 102; 786-789, 1992
43. Amitai Y, Almog S, Singer R, Hammer R, Bentur Y and Danon YL. Atropine
poisoning in children during the Gulf War: A national survey in Israel. JAMA 268;
630-632; 1992
44. Ilan M, Amitai Y and Lubovski E. The effect of physician workload on drug
prescription. Harefuah 123; 8-11, 1992. (Hebrew)
45. Bar-Oz B and Amitai Y. Glibenclamide overdose presenting as lethargy and
seizures in a toddler. Harefuah 123: 165-166, 1992 (Hebrew)
46. Wasserman D and Amitai Y. Hypoglycemia following albuterol overdose in a child.
Amer J Emerg Med 10: 556-557, 1992.
47. Amitai Y, Kennedy E, DeSandre P and Frischer H. Red blood cell and plasma
concentrations of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine. Vet Hum Tox 35: 134-136, 1993.
48. Amitai Y, Regev M, Arad I, Peleg O, Bohenert M. Treatment of neonatal
hyperbilirubinemia with multiple dose oral activated charcoal. J Perinatal Med 21: 189-194, 1993.
49. Marks K, Amitai Y, Engelhart D et al. Systemic complications from BCG in an
infant with HIV1 infection. Isr J Med Sci 29:381- 82: 1993.
50. Amitai Y, Kennedy E, DeSandre P and Frischer H. Distribution of amitriptyline and
nortriptyline in blood: Drug binding to alpha-1-glycoprotein. Ther Drug Monitor 15:
267-273: 1993.
51. Amitai Y, Gillis D, Wasserman D, Haimov-Kochman R. Henoch Schonlein
Purpura in infants. Pediatrics 92: 865-867: 1993.
52. Amitai Y, Erickson T, Leikin J, Hryhorczuck D, Nobel J, Kennedy E, and Frischer
H. Red blood cells and plasma concentrations of tricyclic antidepressants in acute
overdose; correlation with impaired intraventricular conduction. Clin Pharm Ther
54:219-227: 1993.
53. Amitai Y, Frischer H. The toxicity and dose of desipramine hydrochloride. JAMA
272: 719-20: 1994.
54 Bogomolski-Yahalom V, Amitai Y, Stalnikowicz R. Paresthesia in envenomation by
the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus. J Tox Clin Toxicol 33: 79-82: 1995.
55. Safadi R, Levy I, Amitai Y, Caraco Y. Beneficial effect of Digoxin-Specific Fab
antibody fragments in Oleander intoxication. Arch Inter Med 155: 2121-5: 1995.
56. Sing K, Erickson T, Amitai Y, Hryhorczuk DO. Chloral hydrate toxicity from oral
and intravenous administration. J Tox Clin Toxicol 34: 101-6: 1996.
57. Amitai Y, Bhooma T, Frischer H. Glucose-6PD deficiency severly restricts the
Biotransformation of daunorubicin in human erythrocytes. J Lab Clin Med 127: 588-598: 1996.
58. Einav S, Amitai Y, Reichman J, Bradyarrhythmias in toluene toxicity. J Tox Clin
Toxicol 35: 295-8: 1997. 1.27, 59/75 (C)
59. Amitai Y, Zlotogorsky Z, Katzav V, Wechsler A et al. Neuropsychological impairment from low level exposure to carbon monoxide. Arch Neurol 55: 845-8: 1998.6,8 /167(A+)
60. Amitai Y, Katz D, Lifshitz M, Gofin R, Tepferberg M, Almog S. Prenatal lead
exposure in Israel: an international. IMAJ 1999: 1: 250-3.0.9,80/132(C)
61. Amitai Y. Clinical manifestations and management of scorpion envenomation.
Public Health Review 1998: 26: 257-63.
62. Levy-Khademi F, Amitai Y, Korman S. Henoch-Schonlein Purpura: Simultaneous
occurrence in two siblings. Pediatric Dermatology. 2000: 17: 139-140.1.03,63/94(C)
63. Amitai Y, Bentur Y, Lifshitz M, Fainmesser P, Applebaum D, Waisman Y, Cohen N,
Oman S. Poison exposure in children before Passover. IMAJ 2000: 2: 142-4. 0.9,
80/132(C)
64. Eisenstein E, Amitai Y. Index of suspicion. Case 1: Organophosphate intoxication.
Pediatrics in Review. 2000: 21: 205-6.0.84, 73/94(C)
65. Nitzan-Kaluski D, Leventhal A, Averbuch Y, Rishpon S, Cohen-Dar M, Bellmaker I,
Rubin L, Rachmiel S, Amitai Y, Palti H. Five decades of trends in anemia in Israeli
infants: Implications for food fortification policy. Eur J Clin Nutrition 2001; 55; 82-7.
3.07, 17/66(B)
66. Community Public Health Services for Adolescents in Israel - Challenges for the next decade. Knishkovi B, Amitai Y, Barkai A, Leventhal A. Harefuah 2001; 140:1163-6
67. Nitzan-Kaluski D, Amitai Y, Haviv A, Goldsmith R, Leventhal A. Dietary folate and the incidence and prevention of neural tube defects: A proposed Triple Intervention
Approach in Israel. Nutrition Reviews 2002; 60: 303-7. 3.44, 12/66 (A)
68. Wormeser U, Sintov A, Brodsky B, Amitai Y, Nyska A. Protective effects of topical iodine preparations upon heat-induced and hydrofluoric acid-induced skin lesions. Toxicol Pathol 2002;30: 552-8. 2.5, 24/71(B)
69. Knishkovi B, Amitai Y, Leventhal A. Towards an integrated adolescent health policy in Israel. Int J Adolesc Med Health 2002; 14: 181-6.
70. Zlotogora J, Amitai Y, Kaluski DN, Leventhal A. Surveillance of neural tube defects in Israel. Isr Med Assoc J 2002;4: 1111-4. 0.9, 80/132 (C)
71. Zlotogora J, Leventhal A, Amitai Y,. The impact of congenital malformations and
Mendelian diseases on infant mortality in Israel. IMAJ 2003;5: 416-8. 0.9, 80/132(C)
72. Zlotogora J, Haklai Z, Rotem N, Georgi M, Berlovitz I, Leventhal A, Amitai Y. Relative prevalence of malformations at birth among different religious communities in Israel. Amer J Med Genet 2003: 122A: 59-62.2.4,77/144 (B)
73. Stalnikowicz R, Amitai Y, Bentur Y. Aphrodisiac Drug-Induced Hemolysis. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 2004; 42: 313-6. 1.27, 59/75(C).
74. Bromiker R, Glam-Baruch M, Gofin R, Hammerman C, Amitai Y. Association of parental consanguinity with congenital malformations among Arab newborns in Jerusalem. Clin Genet 2004: 66: 63-6. 3.3, 53/144(B)
75. Amitai Y, Fisher N, Haringman M et al. Increased awareness, knowledge and utilization of periconceptional folic acid in Israel following a national campaign. Preventive Medicine 2004; 39: 731-7. 3.17, 19/132(A)
76. Tauman R, Reisner S, J. Amitai Y, Wasser J, Nehama H, Sivan Y. Sleep position in infants following the back to sleep campaign in Israel. J Paediatr Child Health 2004; 6: 540-5. 1.14, 59/94(C)
77. Amitai Y, Frischer H. Excess fatality from desipramine and dosage recommendations. Ther Drug Monitor 2004; 26: 468-73. 2.43, 28/75(B)
78. Amitai Y, Haklai Z, Tarabeia J, Green MS, Rotem N, Fleisher E, Leventhal A. Infant Mortality in Israel during 1950-2000: Rates, Causes, Demographic Characteristics and Trends. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2005; 19: 145-51. 1.8,33/94(B)
79. Tarabeia J, Amitai Y, Green M et al. Differences in infant mortality rates between Jews and Arabs in Israel, 1975-2000. Isr Med Assoc J 2004: 6: 403-7. 0.9, 80/132(C)
80. Fisher N, Amitai Y, Haringman M, Meiraz H, Baram N, Leventhal A. The prevalence of smoking among pregnant and postpartum women in Israel: a national study and review. Health Policy 2005; 73; 1-9. 1.35, 40/69(C)
81. Amitai Y, Frischer H. Excess fatality from desipramine in children and adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2006; 45: 54-60. 6.44, 1/94(A+)
82. Zlotogora J, Amitai Y, Leventhal A. Surveillance of neural tube defects in Israel: the effect of the recommendation for periconceptional folic acid. IMAJ 2006; 8: 601-4. 0.9, 80/132(C)
83. Knishkowy B, Amitai Y, Hardoff D, Levy Y, Kiro A; the Israel School Physicians Study
Group. Assessment of health issues and concerns of Israeli seventh graders during school
physician examination: a pilot study. J School Health 2007; 77; 87-91. 1.95, 4/27(A)
84. Amitai Y, Winston G, Sack J, et. Al. Gestational exposure to high perchlorate
concentration in drinking water and neonatal thyroxin levels. Thyroid 2007; 17; 843- 50. 4.79, 55/105(C)
85. Levy –Khademi F, Tenenbaum AN, Wexler ID, Amitai Y. Accidental organophosphate intoxication in children. Pediatric Emergency Care 2007; 23; 716-8. 0.916, 10/19(C)
86. Amitai Y, Fisher N, Meiraz H, Baram N, Tounis M, Leventhal A. Preconceptional folic acid utilization in Israel; Five years after the guidelines. Preventive Medicine 2008; 46; 166-9. 3.17, 19/132(A)
87. Salameh S, Weiss T, Amitai Y. "RUBIGAN" overdose mimicking organophosphate
poisoning. IMAJ 2008; 10; 804-5.0.9,80/132(C)
88. Salameh S, Amitai Y, Antopolsky M, Rott D, Stalnikowicz R. Carbon monoxide poisoning in Jerusalem; Epidemiology and risk factors. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 2009: 47; 137-41. 1.27, 59/75(C)
89. Berman T, Hochner D, Wormeser U, Amitai Y et al. Phthalate Concentrations among
pregnant Women in Jerusalem, Israel: Results of a pilot study. Environment
International. 2009:35; 353-7. 4.79/5/180 (A+)
90. Brown MJ, McWeeney G, Kim R, Tahirukaj A, Bulat P, Syla S, Savic Z, Amitai Y, Dignam T, Kaluski DN. Lead poisoning among internally displaced Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian children in the United Nations-Administered Province of Kosovo. Eur J
Public Health. 2010 ; 20:288-92. 2.73, 41/122 (B)
91. Linder N, Abudi Y, Abdalla W, Badir M, Amitai Y, Samuels J, Mendelson E, Levy I.
Effect of Season of Inoculation on Immune Response to Rubella Vaccine in Children. J
Trop Pediatr 2011: 57: 299-302. 1.22, 51/94 (C)
92. Berman T, Hochner – Celnikier D, Barr D, Needham L, Amitai Y, Wormser U,
Richter E. Pesticide Exposure among Pregnant Women in Jerusalem, Israel: Results
of a Pilot Study. Environment International, 2011: 37: 198-203. 4.79 / 5/180 (A+).
93. Oberbaum M, Samuels N, Ben-Arye E, Amitai Y, Singer R. Homeopathy and
Toxicity: an alternative explanation. Human and Experimental Toxicology
2012; 31: 3-10. 58/ 77 (C)
94. Berman T, Richter ED, Amitai Y, Almog S. Human Biomonitoring in Israel: Past,
Present, Future. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 2012:
215; 138-41. 3.37 (B).
95. Knishkowy B, Verbov, Amitai Y, Stein-Zamir C, Rosen L, Reaching Jewish ultra-
Orthodox adolescents: Results from a targeted smoking prevention trial. Int J
Adolesc Med Health 2012; 24: 173-9 (C).
96. Agay-Shay Friger KM, Linn S, Peled A, Amitai Y, Peretz C. Periodicity and time
trends in the prevalence of total births and congenital malformations conceptions
among Jews and Muslims in Israel, 1999-2006: a Time series study of 823,966 births.
Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology 2012: 94:438-48.
2.48 / 34/83 (B).
97. Korchia G, Amitai Y, Moshe G Korchia L, Tenenbaum A, Rosenblum J, Shechter
A. Vitamin D deficiency among children in Jerusalem, the need for updating.
recommendation on supplementation. IMAJ- Isr Med Assoc J 2013; 15: 333-8. 1.02 (C).
98. Agay-Shay K, Amitai Y, Peretz C, Linn S, Peled MA. Exploratory spatial data
analysis of congenital malformation in Israel, 2000-2006. ISPRS. Int. J. Geo-Inf.
2013, 2(1), 237-255.
99. Agay-Shay K, Friger M, Linn S, Peled A, Amitai Y, Perez C. Air Pollution and
Congenital Heart Defects. Environ Research. 2013; 124: 28-34. 3.4; 16/132 (A).
100. Agay-Shay K, Friger M, Linn S, Peled A, Amitai Y, Perez C. Ambient temperature
and congenital heart defects. Hum Reprod 2013; 28(8):2289-97. 4.47; 3/79 (A+).
101. Moshe G, Amitai Y, Korchia G, Korchia L, Tenenbaum A, Rosenblum J, Shechter
A. Anemia and Iron Deficiency in children: Association with red meat and poultry
consumption. JPGN 2013: 57; 722-7. 2.2; 31/121 (A).
102. Berman T, Goldsmith R, Göen T, Spungen J, Novack L, Levine H, Amitai Y,
Shohat T, Grotto I. Urinary Concentrations of Environmental Contaminants and
Phytoestrogens in Adults in Israel. Environment International. 2013; 59: 478-84.
4.79 / 5/180 (A+).
103. Levine H, Berman T, Goldsmith R, Goen T, Spungen J, Novack L, Amitai Y,
Shohat T, Grotto I. Exposure to tobacco smoke based on urinary cotinine levels
among Israeli smoking and nonsmoking adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the first
Israeli human biomonitoring study. BMC Public Health. 2013; 13: 1241. 2.08 (A)
104. Berman T, Goldsmith R, Göen T, Spungen J, Novack L, Levine H, Amitai Y,
Shohat T, Grotto I. Urinary concentrations of organophosphate pesticide metabolites in adults in Israel: demographic and dietary predictors. Environ Int. 2013; 60:183-9. 4.79, 5/180 (A+).
105. Agay-Shay K, Peled A, Valentine Crespo A, Perez C, Amitai Y, Linn S, Friger
M, Nieuwen huijsen MJ. Green spaces and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2014; 71: 562-9. 3.21 (A+)
106. Berman T, Goldsmith R, Göen T, Spungen J, Novack L, Levine H, Amitai Y,
Shohat T, Grotto I. Demographic and dietary predictors of urinary Bisphenol A
concentrations in adults in Israel. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2013 Dec 6. pii: S1438-
4639 (13) 00154-5. 2.89 (B).
107. Shapira Y, Blum I, Haklai Z, Shpack N, Amitai Y. Prevalence of Non-Syndromic
Orofacial Clefts among Jews and Arabs, by Type, Site, Gender and Geography; A
Multi-center Study in Israel. IMAJ 2014: 16: 759-63. 1.02 (C).
108. Amitai Y, Van Den Hazel P. Children's Environmental Health – an Urgent Topic.
November 2013; 2-4. (C).
109. Description of 3180 courses of chelation with dimercaptosuccinic acid in children
≤5 years with severe lead poisoning in Zamfara, northern Nigeria: a retrospective
analysis of programme data. Thurtle1 N, Greig J, Cooney N, Amitai Y, Ariti C,
Brown MJ, Sani-Gwarzo N, J Kosnett M, Moussally, Shanks, Dargan1 PI. PLoS
Med. 2014 Oct 7; 11 (10):e1001739. 14.0, 6/150 (A+).
110. Levine H, Berman T, Goldsmith R, Göen T, Spungen J, Novack L, Amitai Y,
Shohat T, Grotto I Urinary Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in
Israeli Adults: Demographic and Life-style Predictors. International Journal of
Hygiene and Environmental Health 2015: 218:123-31. 3.28, 18/132 (A).
111. Amitai Y, Koren G. The folic acid rescue strategy: High folic acid dose in early
pregnancy. JAMA Pediatrics (in press). 7.15, 1/119 (A+).
112. Chitayat Y. Koren G, Amitai Y, Matsui D, Kennedy D, Vohra S, Rieder M,
Ceizel A. Folic Acid Supplementation for Pregnant Women and those
Planning Pregnancy – 2015 Update. J Clin Pharmacol (accepted). 2.47, 117/ 254
(B).
LETTERS and REVIEWS
1. Amitai Y, Schwartz D, Avital A and Bassan M. Benign course of severe digoxin
overdose in a child. Harefuah 102:455, 1982. (Hebrew).
2. Amitai Y, Whitesell L and Lovejoy FH Jr. Death following accidental lidocaine
overdose in a child. New Eng J Med 314: 182-183, 1985.
3. Amitai Y. "....and these are the generations of the Massachusetts Poison Control
System." Vet Hum Toxicol 27:557, 1985.
4. Amitai Y and Hayman S. On the etiology of priapism. Ann Emerg Med 19: 1357-8,
1990.
4. Amitai Y, Silver B, Leikin J, Frisher H. Visualization of ingested medication in the stomach by ultrasound. Amer J Emerg Med 10: 399, 1992.
5. Amitai Y. Left, right, left, right. Contemporary Pediatrics 12: 132: 1995.
6. Sharony R, Schwaber M, Amitai Y, Atropine toxicity following a spasmolytic
Suppository used to treat false uterine (Braxton- Hicks) contractions. J Toxicol Clin
Toxicol 1998: 36:41-2. 1.27, 59/75(C)
7. Amitai Y, Beeri R. Bone injury from Automatic atropine auto-injector. Ann
Pharmacotherapy 1999: 33: 751-2. 2.45, 111/236 (B)
9. Amitai Y, Leventhal A. Folic acid antagonists during pregnancy and risk of birth defects. NEJM 2001; 344: 933. 47, 1/132 (A+)
10. Amitai Y. Establishing a cause of death dependent upon time of postmortem. J
Toxicol Clin Toxicol 2001; 39: 2001-2. 1.27, 59/75 (C)
10. Amitai Y, Almog S, Herut B. Cancer risk in naval divers questioned. Env Health Perspective 2003: 111; A630. 6.12, 2/163 (A+)
12. Knishkovi B, Amitai Y. Water-pipe (narghile) smoking: an emerging health risk
behavior. Pediatrics 2005; 116; e113-9. 4.69, 3/94 (A+)
13. Knishkovi B, Amitai Y. Water-pipe (narghile) smoking: an emerging health risk
behavior. Pediatrics 2005; 116. Response to letter by Chaoachin. 4.69, 3/94 (A+)
14. Amitai Y, Mitchell AA, McGuigan MA, Lovejoy FH Jr. Comment on "Acetaminophen: the 150 mg/kg myth". Clin Toxicol 2005; 43: 217. 1.27, 59/95 (C)
15. Amitai Y. Childhood injury: rate estimates and prevention strategies. Isr Med Assoc J 2005; 7; 595-6. 0.9, 80/132
16. Amitai Y, Hammerman C. Pharmacokinetics of oral ibuprofen for patent ductus
arteriosus closure in preterm infants. Archives Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal
Editionfn.bmj.com. 2012; 97. 3.13, 6/100 (A).
17. Amitai Y. The infant's sleeping environment. Isr J Pediatrics 2011:77: 21-22. (C) (Hebrew)
18. Shenker E, Amitai Y. Circumcision in Israel and in the world: Medical and cultural
aspects. Isr J Pediatrics 2012: 79: 14-7. (C) (Hebrew).
17. Amitai Y, Barak S, Katz M. The future of pediatrics in Israel – Vision and reality. Isr J Pediatrics 2012: 79: 33-4. (C) (Hebrew).
Amitai Y. Characteristics of acetaminophen users compared with nonusers during pregnancy, behavioral problems, and hyperkinetic disorders. JAMA Pediatrics 2014; 168 (9):865. 4.28, 7/270 (A+).
פרסומים בהכנה
1. Evaluation of the Effect of a National Injury Prevention Program on Parents' Knowledge
and Behavior in Israel. Savyon M. Amitai Y, Fisher N. Cohen-Dar M, Levi J, Remez Y,
Baram N, Klein M.
1. Common Office Procedures: Referral Patterns of Primary Care Pediatricians. Zimmerman DR, Amitai Y, Grossman Z, Stein-Zamir C.
2. Shapira Y, Blum I, Haklai Z, Shpack N, Amitai Y. Epidemiology of Cleft Lip and Palate in Israel during 1993-2005; Gaps between Birth Defect Registry and Hospital Chart Review.
3. Sabbah S, Averbuch D, Mor Z, Amitai Y. Lead Encephalopathy in a Child from Curtain Weights Treated with Oral Succimer (DMSA)
4. Pre-conceptional folic acid supplementation and risk for ankyloglossia: A Pilot Study Amitai Y, Shental H, Atkins-Manelis L, Stein Zamir C, Koren G.
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תחומי מחקר
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- תאריך עדכון אחרון: 16/01/2017