# Tal Patalon

Tal Patalon (born May 19, 1974) is an Israeli medical doctor and researcher. She is the Head of R&D at Maccabi Group. one of Israel largest HMOs. She previously headed the Kahn Sagol Maccabi, the Research and Innovation Center of Maccabi Healthcare Services.
She is the Founder of Medāna, a global health AI company, and the host of the podcast A Matter of Life and Death

## Early life and education

Patalon was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. During her teenage years, she was a social activist. She began her compulsory military service as a teacher-soldier and completed her service as an officer (rank of lieutenant) in 1995.
In 2002 she earned her Doctor of Medicine (M.D) degree from Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. She has specialist degrees in family medicine and emergency medicine, along with certification in palliative medicine, from Tel Aviv University.
In 2007, she earned a LL.B. from Ono Academic College and is licensed to practice law. Patalon has an MBA in Healthcare Innovation from Reichman University, and is certified in legal mediation from Gome Gevim College.
In 2022, she completed a Harvard Medical School certificate program focusing on sequencing technologies and genetic testing.

## Professional career

In 2005, she started working as a family doctor at Clalit Health Services, and then served as an emergency medicine doctor at the Wolfson Medical Center. In 2017, she managed the Outpatient Department at the Wolfson Medical Center.
In 2011, she founded Karov, Palliative Care Ltd, a public benefit corporation to promote palliative care initiatives, with emphasis on end-of-life compassionate care.
In 2024, Nature featured Patalon as one of four changemakers who are confronting health challenges through big data analytics and AI. In addition, she was chosen as one of Forbes Israel 2024 PowerWomen.
Patalon is the host of the podcast A Matter of Life and Death, in which she conducts in-depth conversations with doctors, researchers, and others in the field of science, technology, economics, finance, artificial intelligence, research, and media.

### KSM (Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi), The Research and Innovation Center of Maccabi Healthcare Services.

From 2020 to 2024,, Patalon served as the Head of Kahn Sagol Maccabi (KSM), Maccabi Healthcare Service's Research and Innovation Center. In this capacity, she manages the Tipa Biobank, Israel's largest-scale biobank for research.
Under her leadership, the center has conducted research integrating AI, innovative epidemiological methodologies, bio-statistical modeling, genetics and clinical studies that have changed health policies and medical treatment.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Patalon played a role in shaping health policy and fostering international collaboration to combat the crisis. She led KSM's data-driven research that provided new insights into natural immunity, childhood infections, viral load indices, and more, thereby enabling data-driven management of the epidemic.
Under her direction, KSM's research helped shape global health policy, including White House policy.
Dr. Patalon has established many partnerships with health industry figures; for example, she has helped forge medical research agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

## Maccabi Group

Patalon currently serves as the Head of R&D at Maccabi Group.

## Research

One of her main research fields is COVID-19, Patalon has also conducted studies on reinfection in children.
In 2023, Patalon co-authored studies on the monkeypox epidemic in Israel.
In 2024, she found that there was a significant increase in the purchase of anti-anxiety medicine in Israel during the Israel–Hamas war.

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Dr. Tal Patalon". Medāna. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
* ↑ "A Matter of Life and Death". Spotify. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
* ↑ A Matter of Life and Death - podcast
* ↑ אסתי אהרונוביץ, ד"ר טל פטלון, ממקימות תרופה לכל: "הרווח שלי הוא לראות אדם קונה את התרופה שלו בחצי מחיר", TheMarker, 21 December 2006
* 1 2 Lev-Adler, Anat (17 November 2022). "Everything is personal". Ynet. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
* ↑ גלי וינרב, מצלמים ושורדים: מה גרם לאנשים לשלוף את הטלפון גם תחת אש, Globes, 25 November 2023
* ↑ המהפכה הגנטית כבר כאן, וכדאי לנהל אותה בחוכמה, Walla, 15 June 2023
* ↑ "Palliative unit for supportive care". Wolfson Medical Center. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
* ↑ Moscone Lerman, Billy. "What happens to a person in his last hours, and is there a right way to say goodbye to life?". Wolfson Medical Center. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
* ↑ Karov, Palliative Care Ltd, guidestar
* ↑ Coombs, Amy; Ong, Sandy (March 13, 2024). "Four change-makers seek impact in medical research". Nature. 627 (8003). Nature Publishing Group: S8 – S10. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00754-w. PMID 38480969. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
* ↑ Altshuler, Tair (3 November 2024). "נבחרה ד"ר טל פטלון לאחת מארבע הנשים המשפיעות של כתב העת המדעי Nature". Forbes. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
* ↑ Ghert-Zand/Jta, Renee (March 10, 2023). "This unusual Israeli podcast covers everything from sentient AI to extending the human lifespan". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
* ↑ Ghert-Zand, Renee (12 March 2023). "This unusual Israeli podcast covers everything from sentient AI to extending the human lifespan". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
* ↑ "זנחנו את הנפש ואת הנשמה",ynet, 27 March 2022
* ↑ אנחנו טכנולוגיים יותר ובודדים יותר, ynet, 22 February 2023
* ↑ Rubinstein, Carrie (8 March 2023). "AI Is Taking Over Our Feelings: An Economist's Positive-Negative Prediction Of The Near Future". Forbes. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
* ↑ "הבינה המלאכותית הולכת להוביל שינוי שכמותו לא ראינו שנים בעולם הרפואה", ynet, 1 August 2023
* ↑ Berkofsky, Joe. "KSM Research And Innovation And Genetika+ Partner To Seek AI Solutions For Personalization Of Depression Treatment". US Healthcare Journal. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
* ↑ "בלי הקורונה אולי לא היו מכניסים לעולם את הזום למערכת הבריאות", Calcalist, 31 May 2021
* ↑ Joyce Frieden, Fauci: 'Dramatic Data' From Israel Support COVID-19 Boosters, MedPage Today September 2, 2021
* 1 2 Miltimore, Jon (22 August 2022). "The CDC (Finally) Admitted the Science on Natural Immunity. Why Did It Take So Long?". Stream. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
* ↑ "New UAE-Israel agreement to promote cancer, diabetes research". Khaleej Times. 13 July 2022.
* ↑ Oommen, Anup (2 March 2022). "G42 Healthcare, KSM enter first UAE-Israel genetic research collaboration". Arabian Business. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
* ↑ בין ישראל לאמירויות: נחתם הסכם ראשון על מחקר משותף על חוסר בוויטמין D, ynet, 30 June 2022
* ↑ "SEHA, Israel's Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi to promote joint medical research and technological innovation". Zawya. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
* ↑ "Bahrain, Israeli health bodies to collaborate on research". Jerusalem Post. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
* ↑ Wadman, Meredith (26 August 2021). "Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine—but vaccination remains vital". Science. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
* ↑ Anthes, Emily (18 June 2021). "Widespread vaccination of adults helps protect unvaccinated children, according to a new Israeli study". New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
* ↑ Hoffman, Maayan (24 August 2022). "Children Have Strong Immunity Against COVID-19 Up to 18 Months After Being Infected". Health Policy Watch. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
* ↑ גלי וינרב, לקחת סדין לחופשה? איך נדבקים באבעבועות הקוף מהזן החדש, Globes, 25 July 2022
* ↑ "Toll of war: People 317% more likely to use anti-anxiety medication after October 7". Jerusalem Post. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.