Staff: Senior Physicians: Noa Berar-Yanay, M.D. Rasmi Magadle, M.D. Residents: 4-6 residents at any given time Head nurse: Mrs. Mimi Gelman Nurses: 4-7 nurses in every shift

Location: 2nd floor

Telephones: Head Nurse: 04-6304520-1-2 Secretary: 04-6304524 Resident's office: 04-6304525 Deputy director: 04-6304526 Department director: 04-6304527 Fax: 04-6304522 For more details: intmed_a@hillel-yaffe.health.gov.il weiner@hillel-yaffe.health.gov.il

Description: This is a department of general medicine which deals with a particularly wide spectrum of chronic diseases. In addition, many patients with severe life-threatening diseases like CVA, coronary diseases, pulmonary edema and embolism, severe metabolic states, and patients who need mechanical ventillation are treated as well. Our main interests are pulmonary diseases, mainly those which involve the respiratory muscles, and hepatic diseases. We also conduct a general out-patient clinic and a chronic-hepatic-diseases clinic. We perform many procedures in the department, which include needle biopsy of the liver, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, pleural punctures, lung functions as well as many others. In addition, the department maintains an extensive research program in the areas of pulmonary and hepatic medicine.

Publications: The department has published more than 50 scientific papers in various medical literature publications during the past 8 years. A number of exemplars are: 1. Weiner P, Azgad Y, Ganam R, Weiner M. Inspiratory muscle training in patients with bronchial asthma. Chest 1992; 102:1357-1361. 2. Weiner P, Azgad Y, Ganam R. Specific inspiratory muscle training combined with general exercise reconditioning in patients with COPD. Chest 1992; 102:1351-1356. 3. Weiner P, Azgad Y, Weiner M. The effect of corticosteroids on inspiratory muscle performance in humans. Chest 1993; 104:1788-91. 4. Weiner P, Ganam R, Rabner M, Ganem R. Clinical course of recent onset of atrial fibrillation treated with oral Propafenon. Chest 1994; 105:1013-1017. 5. Weiner P, Azgad Y, Weiner M. Inspiratory muscle training during treatment with corticosteroids in humans. Chest 1995; 107:1041-44. 6. Weiner P, Weiner M, Azgad Y. Long-term clinical comparison of single vs twice-daily administration of inhaled budesonide in moderate asthma, Thorax, 1995;50:1270-1273. 7. Weiner P, Weiner M, Azgad Y, Zamir D. Inhaled Budesonide therapy for patients with stable COPD. Chest 1995;108:1568-71. 8. Weiner P, Man A., Rabner M., Zamir D, Waizman J, Magadle R, Weiner M, Greif Y. The effect of incentive spirometry and inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary function after lung resection. J Thorac Cardiovas Dis 1997;113:552-557. 9. Weiner P, Magadle R, Zamir D. Smoking and first myocardial infarction. Isr J Med Sciences 1998;34(1):24-28. 10. Weiner P, Zeidan F, Zamir D, Pelled B, Waizman J, Beckerman M, Weiner M. Prophylactic inspiratory muscle training in patients undergoing CABG. World J Surg 1998; 22:427-431. 11. Weiner P, Waizman J, Weiner M, Beckerman M, Magadle R, Zamir D. Influence of excessive weight loss, after gastroplasy for morbid obesity, on respiratory muscle performance. Thorax, 1998;53:39-42. 12. Weiner P, Magadle R, Waizman J, Weiner M, Rabner M, Zamir D. Characteristics of asthma in the elderly. Eur Respir J 1998;12 (3):564-8. 13. Weiner P, Gross D, Meiner Z, Ganam R., Weiner M, Zamir D, Rabner M. Respiratory muscle training in patients with moderate to severe myasthenia gravis. Can J Neurol Sci, 1998;25(3):236-41. 14. Zamir D, Jarchovsky J, Singer C, Abumoch S, Groisman G, Amar M, Weiner P. Inflammtory pseudotumor of the liver-a rare entity and diagnostic challange. Am J Gastroenterol 1998;93(9): 1538-40. 15. Zamir D, Jarchovsky J, Singer C, Weiner P. Elevated ovarian cancer marker (CA-125) in cirrhotic patients with intractable ascites. J Clin Gastroenterol 1998;27(2):154-5.