IDFAX Services  

EYTAN M. RUBINSTIEN, M.D.

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 TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE
Director, IDFAX , 1988-present.
Internet site.
Providing translation, editing, revision, proofreading and notarization services, Hebrew into English and English into Hebrew.
Recent projects include:
  • Mass Casualty Forms: provided the Digital Pen Project, National Health Library, NIH, with translations of medical casualty forms from hospitals in Israel
  • Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs): provided an international company with translations of MSDSs
  • Class action suit against an American Pharmaceutical: provided an American agency with translations of medical records of patients.
  • Claims against Big Tobacco USA: provided an international legal agency with translations of medical records of patients.
  • Class action suit against Big Tobacco Israel: provided an international legal agency with translations of medical records of patients and testimonies of medical expert witnesses.
  • Israel Public Health Regulations: provided an international food company with translations of the Food Additive Regulations & Packaged Food Regulations.
  • Medical law suit - Post-delivery neurological damage: provided an American legal agency with translations of the patient medical record.
  • Clinical Medical Research: provided several international pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical research in Israeli hospitals with translations of patient medical records, study materials, patient brochures, patient & investigator informational kits, patient consent forms, and Helsinki, Ethics & Research Committee Reports.
  • Medical Publications: provided several international pharmaceutical companies with translations of medical publications in Israeli medical journals.
  • Medical Publications: provided a US Medical Office with translations of medical publications in Israeli medical journals.
  • Consent Forms: provided international pharmaceutical companies conducting clinic research in Israeli hospitals with translations of investigator and patient consent forms.
  • Manuals: provided an international medical equipment and devices company with translation of user manuals. 



  
    

      
      PROFESSIONAL
TRANSLATION
MEMBERSHIPS

American Translators Association (ATA)

Israel Translators Association (ITA)

      		
    

  






  
    

      
      PROFESSIONAL
MEDICAL EXPERIENCE

      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.
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      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.
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  2. Rubinstien E, Slavin
J.
Thymic abscess with bacteremia and
manubriosternal pyarthrosis in a geriatric patient. Chest
1993;103:962-964.
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  3. Rubinstien EM, Lehmann
T.
Sternal osteomyelitis due to
Mycobacterium tuberculosis following coronary artery bypass surgery.
CID 1996;23:202-203.
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 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.
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      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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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 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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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 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.
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      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

      

      PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL
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

      

      

      

      
(last
updated 3/15/11)