Dr. Rachel Bar-Shalom
Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine
- Expertise: Nuclear medicine
Professional Experience
- 1998 Senior Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
- 2000 Doctor in training, PET/CT service, Montefiore Medical Center, NY, USA
- 2002 Director of the first unit in Israel for PET/CT imaging, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa
- 2013 Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Medical Biophysics, Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem
- 2014 Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
Public Positions
- 2007 – 2013 Examiner in the MOR program for evaluating candidates for medical studies
- 2009 – 2013 Member of Thesis Committee in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Technion Haifa
- 2011 – 2015 Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa
- 2010-2014 Chairman of the Nuclear Medicine Specialization Exams Committee, Scientific Council, Israel Medical Association
- 2018- Chairman of the Appeals Committee on Nuclear Medicine Specialization Exams, the Scientific Council, the Israel Medical Association
Memberships
- The Israeli Association for Nuclear Medicine
- American Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- European Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
- Radiological Society of North America
Training
- Graduated (with highest honors) from the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
- Residency in Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Haifa Medical Center
- Training in PET imaging at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
- Course for managers of quality inspections in nuclear medicine, Ministry of Health, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Targeted Radiotherapy Course, IAEA, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Research Areas and Articles
Metabolic imaging of malignancies using PET technology
The clinical value of hybrid imaging (such as SPECT/CT and PET/CT)
Use of PET/CT imaging to assess response to cancer therapy
Non-oncological uses in PET/CT imaging
Academic Positions:
- 1998 - teaching students throughout the year at the Faculty of Medicine of the Technion, Haifa
- Today teaching at the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Additional lnfo
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Languages
Hebrew | English
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Private Medical Service
yes
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Doctor's Legal Opinion
no