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EYTAN M. RUBINSTIEN, M.D.

Date of Birth:July 12, 1950
Place of Birth:Melbourne, Australia
IDFAX  Address: 38 High Hill Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002.
Phone/Fax: (860) 286-0249
E-mail: idfax@idfax.com
Education: Hadassah Hospital Medical School,
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Degree granted: M.D., 1974.





PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


Director, GETMEDICALRECORDSINISRAEL/TIKITUR , 2005-present. Internet site.

Director, IDFAX , 1988-present. Internet site.

Director, HIV/AIDS Registry, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1988-present.

Faculty, Senior Attending, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Section, Department of Medicine, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1988-present.

Director, Adult Immunology Clinic and Intravenous Immunoglobulin Day Care Clinic, John Dempsey Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, 1988-1993.

Associate Program Director, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, 1984-1985.







ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, (1997-).

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, 1988-1997.

Instructor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, 1984-1988.







COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Chairman, Infection Control Committee, Rehabilitation Hospital of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, 1996-present.

Member, Research Committee, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1995-present.

Member, Fellowship Steering Committee, Infectious Diseases Division, John Dempsey Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1994-present.

Member, Antibiotic Review Subcommittee, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1990-present.

Chairman, Infection Control Committee, Bradley Memorial Hospital, Southington, Connecticut, 1992-1996.

Member, Initiative Steering Committee, Greater Hartford HIV Action Initiative, 1992-1993.





 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

 Infectious Diseases Subspecialty Recertification, 2004.

 Infectious Diseases Subspecialty Certification, 1990.

 American Board of Internal Medicine, 1983.

 ECFMG (No. 229-494-0), 1974.








FELLOWSHIPS

Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, 1987-1988.

Clinical & Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, and John Dempsey Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center, in association with Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics, John Dempsey Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, 1985-1988.

Research Fellow in Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, 1983-1985.




 RESIDENCY

 Chief Resident, Junior Resident, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, and John Dempsey Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington,
 Connecticut, 1981-1983.




 INTERNSHIPS

 Internship (USA), Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, 1980-1981.

 Internship (Israel), Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel, 1975-1976.




 MILITARY EXPERIENCE

 Israel Defense Forces, Medical Corps, Infantry Officers Course, Medical Officers Course,

 Senior Medical Officer, 1976-1980. Rank: Captain.




 STUDIES

  1. Acute appendicitis in the elderly, [Doctoral Thesis], 1974.
    2. 

  2. Ferguson RP, Rubinstien E. Preoperative medical consultations in a community hospital. J Gen Intern Med 1987;2:89-92.
    3. 

  3. Rubinstien E, Ballow M. Isolation of monocyte-depleted and monocyte-rich fractions from human mononuclear cells. J Clin Lab Immunol 1989;30:35-39.
    4. 

  4. Rubinstien E, Klevjer-Anderson P, Smith CA, Drouin M, Patterson JE. Enterobacter taylorae, a new opportunistic pathogen: report of four cases. J Clin Micro 1993;31:249-254.
    5. 

  5. Gilden DH, Beinlich BR, Rubinstien EM, Stommel E, Swenson R, Rubinstein D, Mallingam R. Varicella Zoster Virus myelitis: an expanding spectrum. Neurology 1994;44:1818-1823.
    6. 

  6. Rubinstien E, Dehertogh D, Brettman L. Severe necrotizing soft-tissue infections: report of 22 cases. Conn Med 1995;59:67-72.
    7. 

  7. Rubinstien EM, Bongiorni TM, Madden GM, Lyons RW. Testing of HIV-seropositive minority women. AIDS Reader 1996;6:22-28.
    8. 

  8. Rubinstien EM, Madden GM, Lyons RW. Active tuberculosis in HIV-infected injecting drug users from a low rate tuberculosis area. J AIDS & HR 1996;11:448-454.
    9. 

  9. Skiest DJ, Rubinstien E, Carley N, Gioiella L, Lyons R. The importance of comorbidity in HIV infected patients over 55: a retrospective case-control study. Amer J Med 1996;101:605-611.
    10. 

  10. Agraharkar M, Klevjer-Anderson P, Rubinstien E, Galen M. Use of Cefazolin for peritonitis treatment in peritoneal dialysis patients. Am J Nephrol 1999;19:555-558.




 CASE REPORTS

  1. Lee NK, Slavin JD, Spencer RP, Rubinstien E. "Speckled" radiogallium images in disseminated Mycobacterium fortuitum skin infection. Clin Nucl Med 1992;17:226-227.
    2. 

  2. Rubinstien E, Slavin J. Thymic abscess with bacteremia and manubriosternal pyarthrosis in a geriatric patient. Chest 1993;103:962-964.
    3. 

  3. Rubinstien EM, Lehmann T. Sternal osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis following coronary artery bypass surgery. CID 1996;23:202-203.




 PUBLICATIONS

  1. Contributing Author. Greater Hartford HIV Action Initiative. HIV care: comprehensive guidelines for providers, 1993.
    2. 

  2. Editor. Outpatient management of HIV/AIDS for the Primary Care Physician. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th editions, Hartford, Connecticut: Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Section, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.




 PRESENTATIONS

  1. Benign superior vena cava syndrome of more than 30 years duration - a case report. American College of Chest Physicians, Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts, USA, 1985.
    2. 

  2. Rubinstien E, Slavin J. Thymic abscess (Staphylococcus aureus) presenting as acute substernal chest pain. American College of Chest Physicians, 56th Annual Scientific Assembly, Toronto, Canada, 1990.
    3. 

  3. Drouin M, Smith C, Rubinstien E, Lyons R. Open heart surgery associated infections and the significance of post-discharge follow-up. Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, 18th Annual Conference and International Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 1991.
    4. 

  4. Lyons RW, Rubinstien E, Madden GM. Life expectancy and hospitalization of AIDS patients with CD4 count less than 50 cells/mL in an innercity hospital. XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, Canada, 1996.
    5. 

  5. Agraharkar M, Klevjer-Anderson P, Rubinstien E, Galen M. Should peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis be treated with Cefazolin empirically? Seventh Annual Spring Clinical Nephrology Meetings, Nashville, TN, 1998.
    6. 






 ABSTRACTS

  1. Lyons RW, Krisiunas E, Madden G, Rubinstien E, Smith C, Dauphinais R. Seroprevalence of HIV antibody in IV drug users and other patients in a Connecticut hospital. V International Conference on AIDS, Montreal, Canada, 1989.
    2. 

  2. Rubinstien E, Madden G, Smith C, Lyons R. Improved survival, from time of AIDS diagnosis, for intravenous drug users diagnosed in 1987. VI International Conference on AIDS, San Francisco, California, USA, 1990.
    3. 

  3. Biczak L, Smith C, Rubinstien E, Lyons R. Bacterial endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers with known HIV status. VI International Conference on AIDS, San Francisco, California, USA, 1990.
    4. 

  4. Skiest D, Rubinstien E, Gioiella L. HIV infection in patients over 55 compared to a younger cohort. Second National Conference on Human Retroviruses and Related Infections, Washington, DC, USA, 1995.




 SYMPOSIA

  1. Member and Moderator, Steering Committee. HIV Symposium, Greater Hartford Infectious Diseases Faculty, Hartford, CT, June, 1996.
    2. 

  2. Member and Moderator, Steering Committee. HIV Symposium, Greater Hartford Infectious Diseases Faculty, Rocky Hill, CT, June, 1997.
    3. 

  3. Member, Steering Committee. HIV Symposium, Greater Hartford Infectious Diseases Faculty, Rocky Hill, CT, June, 1998.





AWARDS

Excellence in Teaching, Thomas R. Preston Award, University of Connecticut Internal Medicine Residency Program, 1994-1995.




JOURNALS

Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Infection Control

Peer Review, American Medical Informatics Association

Peer Review, Southern Medical Journal




MEMBERSHIPS

Connecticut Infectious Disease Society

Infectious Disease Society of America

American Society of Internal Medicine

American Medical Association

American College of Physicians

American Medical Informatics Association

Greater Hartford AIDS Steering Committee

American Translators Association (ATA)

Israel Translators Association (ITA)




LICENSURE

Connecticut # 24700

Massachusetts - inactive







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