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  • Comment: To the reviewer: This article is a sentence-by-sentence translation from the Hebrew article, with added sources. It is about one of the known academic medical researchers in Israel.
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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 who bring fresh perspectives to long-standing health challenges through big-data analytics and AI. [2]

She is also a regular contributor to Forbes[3] on issues pertaining to innovation and medicine, [4][3] some of her articles have been chosen as an Editor’s Pick. [5]

Since 2022, Patalon hosts A Matter of Life and Death, [6][7] a podcast in which she conducts in-depth conversations with doctors, researchers, and other leaders in the field of science, [8][9] [10] technology,[11] economics, finance, artificial intelligence, [12] research, and media. Prominent guests have included economist Prof. Nouriel Roubini, Israeli-American astrophysicist Prof. Avi Loeb,[13] and Former Head of Mossad Yossi Cohen.

Early Life and Education

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Patalon was born in Tel Aviv. She grew up and went to school in Holon; in her youth, she was a social activist.[14] She began her compulsory military service as a teacher-soldier and completed her service as an officer (rank of lieutenant) in 1995.[15]

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.[16]

In 2007, she earned a LL.B. from Ono Academic College and is licensed to practice law. She specialized in tort law and medical malpractice in the law firm Shahal & HaEzrachi. Patalon has an MBA in Healthcare Innovation from Reichman University, and is certified in legal mediation from Gome Gevim College.[15]

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.[17]

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.[18] Later, she established the first unit for palliative care as part of the emergency medicine services at the Wolfson Medical Center. Under her leadership and with the help of donations, including from the Israeli Cancer Association, a dedicated supportive care room was established within the emergency medicine department to provide multidisciplinary care to patients in need. In 2017, she managed the Outpatient Department at the Wolfson Medical Center. [19]

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.[20]

In 2018, she was appointed Head of the Innovation Department at Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, where she also served as a senior physician in the emergency medicine department.

In 2023, she lectured at Reichman University on the relationship between health, big data and ethics.

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), where she leads initiatives in research, development, and international health policy. In this capacity, she manages the Tipa Biobank, Israel's largest-scale biobank for research.

Under her leadership, the Center has spearheaded groundbreaking research integrating AI, innovative epidemiological methodologies, biostatistical modeling, genetics and clinical studies that have propelled changes in health policies and medical treatment.[21]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Patalon played a pivotal role in shaping health policy [22] 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.

She coined the term Small-Big-Data,[23] a research approach based on a continuous loop of feedback supported by insights from big data and clinical experts who improve them. Under her direction, KSM's groundbreaking research helped shape global health policy, including White House policy,[24][25] and enriched knowledge in the field of medical innovation.

Patalon has led the development of the organization’s advanced and secure digital infrastructure that enables data-intensive multi-Omics research, thus making KSM one of the most advanced research institutes in the world in terms of cloud-based health research, equipped with advanced technological tools to support the development of artificial intelligence models.[26]

Dr. Patalon has established many successful partnerships with world leaders and prominent health industry figures; for example, she has helped forge strategic medical research agreements with the United Arab Emirates [27][28][29][30] and Bahrain. [31]

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 b "Dr. Tal Patalon, MD, LLB, MBA". Forbes. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  4. ^ Dr. Tal Patalon, MD, LLB, MBA (5 March 2024). "Moral Injury Considered As New Diagnosis Amid Israel-Hamas War". Forbes.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
    Dr. Tal Patalon, As Google Retracts Gemini, Deepak Chopra Reflects On Morality In AI, Forbes, 24 February 2024
    Dr. Tal Patalon, Moral Injury Considered As New Diagnosis Amid Israel-Hamas War, Forbes, 5 March 2024
  5. ^ Patalon, Tal (10 February 2024). "End-Of-Life: The One Decision AI Cannot Predict". Forbes. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
    Patalon, Tal. "OpenAI's Sora Challenges The Art Of Medicine". Forbes. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  6. ^ "A Matter of Life and Death". Spotify. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. ^ A Matter of Life and Death - podcast
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "זנחנו את הנפש ואת הנשמה",ynet, 27 March 2022
  10. ^ אנחנו טכנולוגיים יותר ובודדים יותר, ynet, 22 February 2023
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "הבינה המלאכותית הולכת להוביל שינוי שכמותו לא ראינו שנים בעולם הרפואה", ynet, 1 August 2023
  13. ^ "בינה מלאכותית תסייע לנו לתקן את גוף האדם בדומה למכונית או לסלולרי", ynet, 30 January 2023
  14. ^ אסתי אהרונוביץ, ד"ר טל פטלון, ממקימות תרופה לכל: "הרווח שלי הוא לראות אדם קונה את התרופה שלו בחצי מחיר", TheMarker, 21 December 2006
  15. ^ a b Lev-Adler, Anat (17 November 2022). "Everything is personal". Ynet. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  16. ^ גלי וינרב, ‏מצלמים ושורדים: מה גרם לאנשים לשלוף את הטלפון גם תחת אש, Globes, 25 November 2023
  17. ^ המהפכה הגנטית כבר כאן, וכדאי לנהל אותה בחוכמה, Walla, 15 June 2023
  18. ^ "Palliative unit for supportive care". Wolfson Medical Center. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Karov, Palliative Care Ltd, guidestar
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ "בלי הקורונה אולי לא היו מכניסים לעולם את הזום למערכת הבריאות", Calcalist, 31 May 2021
  23. ^ "Small-Big Data: A Healthcare Revolution In The Making". Forbes. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  24. ^ Joyce Frieden, Fauci: 'Dramatic Data' From Israel Support COVID-19 Boosters, MedPage Today September 2, 2021
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ גלי וינרב, ‏ניבוי מחלות ואשפוזי בית: החזון של מנהלת מכון המחקר של מכבי, Globes, 1 December 2020
  27. ^ "New UAE-Israel agreement to promote cancer, diabetes research". Khaleej Times. 13 July 2022.
  28. ^ Oommen, Anup (2 March 2022). "G42 Healthcare, KSM enter first UAE-Israel genetic research collaboration". Arabian Business. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  29. ^ בין ישראל לאמירויות: נחתם הסכם ראשון על מחקר משותף על חוסר בוויטמין D, ynet, 30 June 2022
  30. ^ "SEHA, Israel's Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi to promote joint medical research and technological innovation". Zawya. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  31. ^ "Bahrain, Israeli health bodies to collaborate on research". Jerusalem Post. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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