Address:

5901 Laurel Avenue, Minneapolis, Minneapolis 55416, USA
Phone/Fax: (763) 951-2780
E-mail: idfax@idfax.com

Education:

Hadassah Hospital Medical School,
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Degree granted:

M.D.

PROFESSIONAL LINGUISTIC 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:

• Surgical Devices: provided an international pharmaceutical company with translations of patient and physician manuals and materials related to innovative surgical devices.
• Handheld Electronic Devices: provided an international pharmaceutical company with translations of electronic patient questionnaires and electronic subject screening tests related to research studies.
• COVID Study Protocols: provided an international pharmaceutical company with translations of research related materials for patients and physicians.
• Electronic device salesforce guidelines: provided an internationally known American-based computer company with translations of guidelines for their salesforce.
• Home video game console FAQ: provided an internationally known American-based computer company with translations for their internet FAQ site.
• Pharmaceutical products FAQ: provided an internationally known American-based pharmaceutical company with translations of an internet FAQ site.
• Patient medical records: provided the NIH with translations of the medical records of patients enrolled in NIH studies.
• 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, 1988-2010.
Faculty, Senior Attending, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Section, Department of Medicine, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1988-2018.
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, (1997-2018).
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, Johnson Memorial Medical Center, Stafford Springs, Connecticut, 2012-2015.
Chairman, Infection Control Committee, Rehabilitation Hospital of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, 1996-2016.
Member, Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, Infectious Diseases Section, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2013-2015.
Member, Antibiotic Review Subcommittee, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1990-2015.
Member, Research Committee, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1998-2008.
Member, Fellowship Selection Committee, Infectious Diseases Section, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1994-2013.
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.     Ferguson RP, Rubinstien E. Preoperative medical consultations in a community hospital. J Gen Intern Med 1987;2:89-92.

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

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

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

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.     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.     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.     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.     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.     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.

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

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.

MEDICAL 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)



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