Date of Birth: May 23, 1952.
Place of Birth: Santiago, Chile.
Date of Immigration:  1973

Marital Status: Married with two children
Address:  84 Yasmin Street, Mevasseret Zion, Israel

Medical Education

1970-1973 Medical School, Santiago, Chile

1973-1976 Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv (completed medical studies with distinction)

1976 -  ECFMG

Clinical Experience and Medical Appointments

1976-1978 Intern, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

Feb. 1978 Commenced specialization in the Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 

1980-1982 Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital,  Mount Scopus. Jerusalem

1983 Specialist in Internal Medicine

1982-1985 Senior Physician, Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 

1985-1987 Specialization in Gastroenterology, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem

1987 Specialist in Gastroenterology

1988-1989 Research in Liver Transplant Cells, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A  

1989 Chief of Emergency Services, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus

Academic Appointments

Feb. 1980   Instructor of Internal Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1982 Lecturer in Internal Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem  

1996 Senior Clinical Lecturer in Internal Medicine, Hebrew University- Hadassah Medical School. Jerusalem

Membership in Committees

1987-1988 Committee for Termination of Pregnancy of Hadassah University Hospital Mount Scopus

1989-1990 Chairperson, Committee for Examining Quality of Medical Treatment, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus

1991 Committee for Work Systems of Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

1995-2000 Examinations Committee for 4'h Year Medical Students of Hadassah University Hospital-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem  

2001 Medications Committee of Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem

Awards

Faculty Prize for Outstanding Instructor 1997, for excellence in clinical instruction

Fields of interest

Epidemiology and quality in medical care. We have conducted a project on the management of acute pain in the ED and we are presently conducting a study on patient-doctor communication.

Public activity

Member of the organization of physicians for human rights

List of Publications

1.'Komberg A, Ariel I, Stalnikowicz R. GoldfarbA. Richter's syndrome. Harefuah 9:210-214,1981 (Hebrew).  

2. Ariel I, Weiler D. Stalnikowicz R. Preleukemia in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Acta Haem 66:50-52,1981.  

3.  Eliakim R, Stalnikowicz R. Parotitis due to oxyphenylbutazone therapy. Harefuah 12:361-362,1981 (Hebrew).  

4. Yagil I, Stalnikowicz R. Michaeli J, Ariel 1. Group A streptococcemia as complication of intrauterine device. Harefuah 6:240-242, 1982 (Hebrew).  

5. Stalnikowicz R. Shalev 0, Ben-Ishay D, Rosenmann E. Hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism in a patient suffering from chronic lymphatic leukemia. Nephron 31:277-278,1982. 

6. Sharon P, Stalnikowicz R. Rachmilewitz D. Endoscopic diagnosis of duodenal neoplasms causing upper gastrointestinal bleeding. J Clin Gastroenterol 4:35-38, 1982.

7. Stalnikowicz R. Mousseri M, Shalev 0. Phenytoin induced arthritis. Neurology 32:1317-1318,1982.  

8. Mousseri M, Stalnikowicz R. Diarrhea after abdominal surgery. Harefuah 11:498-499, 1982 (Hebrew). 

9. Stalnikowicz R. Sharon P, Kopelowitz U. Gastric xanthelasma. Harefuah 12:518-519, 1982 (Hebrew).   

10. Stalnikowicz R. Tobi M, Yagil Y, Mogle P. Long-term survival with recurrence of hypernephroma. J Europ Urol 9:187-188, 1983.   

11. Shalev 0, Mousseri M, Ariel I, Stalnikowicz R. Methyldopa induced immune hemolytic anemia and chronic active hepatitis. Arch Intern Med 143:592-593, 1983. 

12. Eliakim R, Stalnikowicz R. Diagnosis and treatment of splenic abscess.  Harefuah 107:2887-288,1984 (Hebrew).

13. Stalnikowicz R. Goder K, Karmeli F.Piocchi C, Rachmilewitz D. (2'-5')-0ligo- adenylate synthetase activity in leucocytes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Gut26:556-561,1985   

14. Yagil I, Stalnikowicz R. Michaeli J, Mogle P. Near-drowning in the Dead Sea. Arch Intern Med 145:50-53,1995.  

15. Leor R, Stalnikowicz R. Hyperkalemic left bundle branch block and hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism (hyperkalemic left bundle branch block). Electrocardiology 19:93-96, 1986.   

16. Fich A, Stalnikowicz R. Goldin E, Eliakim R, Wengrower D, Ligumsky M,  Karmeli F, Rachmilewitz D. Role of prostanoids in the pathogenesis and  therapy of peptic ulcer disease. Harefuah 111:292-295, 1986 (Hebrew).

17. Stalnikowicz R. Eliakim R, Ligumsky M, Rachmilewitz D. Drug induced bleeding of gastric leiomyoma. Am J Gastroenterol 82:419-420, 1987. 

18. Stalnikowicz R. Fich A, Lichowetzky G, Krasz M. Non-functioning islet cell tumor presenting as gastrointestinal bleeding. J Clin Gastroenterol 8:699-700, 1987.

19. Wengrower D, Polliack A, Okon E, Stalnikowicz R. Collagenous colitis and rheumatoid arthritis: Response to sulfasalazine therapy. A case report and review of the literature.  J Clin Gastroenterol 9:456-460, 1987.

20. Stalnikowicz R. Eliakim R, Steiner D, Gross D, Okon E. Should gastric carcinoid tumors associated with pernicious anemia be treated aggressively? J Clin Gastroenterol 9:521-525,1987. 

21. Rachmilewitz D, Stalnikowicz R. Karmeli F, Youngman K, Fiocchi C. (2'-5')- 01igo-adenylate synthetase activity in intestinal mononuclear and epithelial cells of inflammatory bowel disease patients. Scand J Gastroenterol 23:941-947, 1988.

22. Heyman SN, Stalnikowicz R. Gilon D. Erythromycin-induced adynamic ileus in patients with prior abdominal surgery. J Clin Gastroenterol 10:551-554, 1988. 

23. Stalnikowicz R. Pollak D, Eliakim R, Wengrower D, Fich A, Goldin E, Ligumsky M, Karmeli F, Rachmilewitz D.'Cimetidine significantly decreases indomethacin-induced gastrointestinal damage. Gut 29:1578-1582, 1988.  

24. Stalnikowicz R. Waxman R, Stessman J. Does age affect gut absorption? J Clin Gastroenterol 10:701-702,1988.   

25. Goldin E, Stalnikowicz R. Wengrower D, Eliakim R, Fich A, Ligumsky M, Karmeli F, Rachmilewitz D. No correlation between indomethacin-induced gastroduodenal damage and inhibition of gastric prostanoid synthesis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2:369-375,1988.   

26. Stalnikowicz R. H2 antagonists in reflux esophagitis. A critical review. Am J Gastroenterol 84:245-248,1989.   

27. Stalnikowicz R. Goldin E, Fich A, Wengrower D, Eliakim R, Ligumsky M, Rachmilewitz D. Indomethacin-induced gastroduodenal damage is not affected   by cotreatment with ranitidine. J Clin Gastroenterol 11:178-182,1989. 

28. Stalnikowicz R. Eliakim R, Diab R, Rachmilewitz D. Crohn's disease in the elderly. J Clin Gastroenterol 11:411-415,1989. 

29. Stalnikowicz R. H-receptor antagonists in the treatment of refl esophagitis in the elderly. Geriatric Medicine Today 8:136-141, 1989.

30. Dixit V, Stalnikowicz (Darvasi) R. Arthur M, Gitnick G. Restoration of liver function in Gunn rats without immunosuppression using transplanted  microencapsulated hepatocytes. Hepatology 12:1342-1349,1990.

31. Stalnikowicz R. Benbassat J. Risk of gastric cancer after gastric surgery of benign disorders. Arch Intern Med 150:2022-2025, 1990.   
      
32. Dixit V, Stalnikowicz (Darvasi) R. Arthur M, Lewin K, Gitnick G. A new technique for cryopreservation of hepatocytes. Transplantation 55:616-622,  1993.

33. Stalnikowicz R. Rachmilewitz D. NSAID-induced gastroduodenal damage. Is prevention needed? J Clin Gastroenterol 17:238-243, 1993.    

34. Kaminsky N, Bogomolski V, Stalnikowicz R. Acute bacterial diarrhea in the emergency room. Therapeutic implications of stool culture results. J Accident Emerg Med 11:168-171,1994. 

35. Eliakim R, Stalnikowicz R. Ackerman Z, Karmeli F, Rachmilewitz D. The effect of nizatidine on duodenal ulcer healing and on mucosal inflammatory mediators. Isr J Med Sci 30:751-756,1994.

36. Rachmilewitz D, Karmeli F, Eliakim R, Stalnikowicz R. Ackerman Z, Amir G, Stamler JS. Enhanced gastric nitric oxide synthase activity in duodenal    ulcer patients. Gut 35:1394-1397,1994.  

37. Eliakim R, Naparstek Y, Stalnikowicz R. Ulmansky R, Rachmilewitz D.  Antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibodies in IBD are the same in Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews in Israel. J Clin Gastroenterol 20:82-84, 1995.   

38. Carmeli Y, Stalnikowicz R. Eliakim R, Rahav G. Conventional dose of omeprazole alters gastric flora. Dig Dis Sci 40:2070-2073, 1995.

39. Stalnikowicz R. Gastrointestinal bleeding during low-dose aspirin administration for prevention of arterial occlusive events. A critical  analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol 2-13-16 1995.

40. Bogomolski V, Amitai Y, Stalnikowicz R. Paresthesia in envenomation by the scorpion leirus quinquestriatus. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 1995 (in press).    

41. Symon Z, Stalnikowicz R. Eliakim R, Ackerman Z, Rachmilewitz D. Cyclosporine for severe ulcerative colitis. Harefuah, 1995 (in press) (Hebrew). 

42. Ackerman Z, Eliakim R, Stalnikowicz R. Rachmilewitz D. The role of small bowel biopsy in the endoscopic evaluation of adults with iron deficiency anemia. Am J Gastroenterol 91:2099-2102,1996.

43. Block C, Lalourn J, Rajs A, Stalnikowicz R. Shapiro M. Limitations of paperless computerized ("on-line") reporting of diagnostic bacteriology culture results. J Clin Pathol 49:759-761,1996.

44. Oren R, Shulman-Manor 0, Stalnikowicz R. Ackerman Z, Eliakim R. Open-access endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Is it indicated and efficient? Retrospective and prospective studies in an Israeli population. Isr J Med Sci 33:771-776, 1997.

45. Karmeli F, Stalnikowicz R. Rachmilewitz D. Effect of colchicine and bisacodyl on rat intestinal transit and nitric oxide synthase activity. Scand J Gastroenterol 32:791-796, 1997.   

46. Amit G, Stalnikowicz R. Ostrovsky Y, Prus D, Eliakim R. Rectal Ulcers: A rare gastrointestinal manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. J Clin     Gastroenterol 29:200-202,1999.
   
47. Stalnikowicz R. Eliakim R, Pissoff G. CMV colitis mimicking pseudo-membranous enterocolitis. Isr Med Assoc J 2:52,2000.   

48. Stalnikowicz R. Block C. The yield of blood cultures in the Emergency   Department. Eur J Emergency Med 2001

Letters

49. Brezis M, Stalnikowicz R. Hasin J. Beta-blockade in congestive  cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J 101:357,1981.

50. Stalnikowicz R. Fich A, Troudart T. Amitriptyline for intractable hiccups. N Engl J Med 315:64-65,1986.

51. Dinur D, Klein Y, Stalnikowicz R. Brezis M. Systemic amyloidosis secondary to tumor calcinosis. Nephron 59:525-526,1991.

52. Ackerman Z, Eliakim R, Stalnikowicz R. Spontaneous peritonitis caused by streptococcus bovis: Search for colonic neoplasia. J Clin Gastroenterol 21, 1995.

Chapters in books

1. Rachmilewitz D, Stalnikowicz R. Karmeli F, Panet A, Fiocchi C. Role of bowel disease. In: Rachmilewitz D (ed). Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.  Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Jerusalem. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague, pp 87-94, 1986. 

2. Stalnikowicz R. Management of inflammatory bowel disease during pregnancy.  In: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment. Igaku-Shoin Medical Publishers, 1991, pp 517-522.  

Abstracts

1. Bass D, Levin S, Hahn T, Matot E, Katzat I, Becker S, Wallach D,  Stalnikowicz R. Rachmilewitz D. The interferon (IFN) system and NK activity     in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Gastroenterology,  84:1099, 1983.

2. Stalnikowicz R. Goder K, Wallach D, Revel M, Rachmilewitz D. Interferon (IFN) and the pathogenesis of IBD: Low IFN induced oligo-A synthetase activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of ulcerative colitis patients. Presented    Gastroenterology 84:1319, 1983. at the British Gastroenterological Association meeting, York, England, September 1983.

3. Rachmilewitz D, Pollak D, Eliakim R, Stalnikowicz R. Wengrower D, Fich A, Ligumsky M. Cimetidine significantly decreases indomethacin-induced gastroduodenal damage. American Gastroenterological Association Meeting,   1986. Gastroenterology 90:1596, 1986.

4. Dixit V, Stalnikowicz (Darvasi) R. Arthur M, Brezina M, Gitnick G.  Transplanted microencapsulated hepatocytes in glucoronyl transferase deficient rats (Gunn) reduces hyperbilirubinemia. Gastroenterology 96:594,1989.    

5. Dixit V, Stalnikowicz (Darvasi) R. Arthur M, Brezina M, Gitnick G. A new technique for cryopreservation of hepatocytes. Gastroenterology 96:595, 1989.

*6. Stalnikowicz R. Berger M, Benbassat J. Management of common bile duct stones    in patients with intact gall bladders. A decision analysis. Oral  presentation, Annual Meeting of American Gastroenterological Association, New Orleans, May 1991.

7. Stalnikowicz R. Rachmilewitz D. NSAID-induce gastroduodenal damage. Is prevention needed? Gastroenterology, 1992.   

8. Stalnikowicz R. Kaminsky N, Bogomolski V. Changing patterns of shigella gastroenteritis in Israel. Gastroenterology, 1992.

9. Rachmilewitz D, Karmeli F, Eliakim R, Stalnikowicz R. Ackerman Z, Amir G, Stamler JS. Enhanced gastric nitric oxide synthase activity in duodenal ulcer. Gastroenterology 106:A162,1994.  

10. Eliakim R, 10. Ulmansky R, Naparstek, Karmeli F, Stalnikowicz R. Rachmilewitz D. High prevalence of antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibody in ulcerative colitis patients in Israel. Gastroenterology 106:A677,1994. 

11. Stalnikowicz R. Karmeli F, Rachmilewitz D. Morphine protection against ethanol-induced gastric damage - Role of nitric oxides and neuropeptides.  Gastroenterology 108:A225,1995.   

12. Stalnikowicz R. Karmeli F, Rachmilewitz D. Modulation of nitric oxide activity - Possible contribution to the laxative effect of bisacodyl and the diarrhea induced by colchicine. Gastroenterology 108:A327,1995.

13. Oren R, Shulman-Manor 0, Stalnikowicz R. Ackerman Z, Eliakim R. Open access endoscopy in Jerusalem 1990-1993. Israel Gastroenterological Association, June 1996 (oral presentation.

14. Stalnikowicz R. The yield of ultrasound in the evaluation of abdominal pain in the emergency room. The Israeli Association for Emergency Medicine, 5th Annual Scientific Assembly, Tel Aviv, March 1998. 

15. Dickstein R, Stalnikowicz R. Shapiro M, Moses AE. Empiric treatment of urinary tract infection in the department of emergency medicine. The Israeli Association for Emergency Medicine, 6th Annual Scientific Assembly, Tel Aviv, March 1999.    

16. Stalnukowicz R. The yield of blood cultures in the department of emergency medicine. The Israeli Association for Emergency Medicine, 6th Annual Scientific Assembly, Tel Aviv, March 1999.

17. Aamar S, Stalnikowicz R. Salpeter L, Amitai Y. Evaluation of toxic screen in gastric fluid in patients with acute poisoning. The Israeli Association for Emergency Medicine, 6th Annual Scientific Assembly, Tel Aviv, March 1999.

18. Reichman J, Stalnikowicz R. Shapira M. The yield of blood cultures in patients with pyelonephritis. The Israeli Association for Emergency  Medicine, 7'h Annual Scientific Assembly, Tel Aviv, March 2000.

19. Gatt M, Spector G, Stalnikowicz R. Misinterpretation of chest radiographs in the Emergency Department. The Israeli Association for Emergency Medicine, 8'h Annual Scientific Assembly, Tel Aviv, June 2001