ד"ר מיכל בנדרלי

• Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University
• Senior Researcher, Research Center for Population Health, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center

Michal Benderly, PhD is a senior research scientist at the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology & Health Policy Research in the field of Cardiovascular Epidemiology. Previously she headed the Computer and Data Management unit and the Clinical Trials unit at the Israel Society for Prevention of Heart Attacks (currently The Israeli Association for Cardiovascular Trials).

Dr. Benderly gained her MSc degree in Life Sciences from Bar Ilan University and obtained her PhD degree in Epidemiology from Tel-Aviv University.  She is also trained in Computer Sciences and has extensive experience in statistical programing and modeling.

• Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease
• Coronary heart disease in women
• Primordial prevention- Childhood risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adulthood
• Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and heart failure
• Adults with congenital heart disease
• Health disparities
• Clinical trial methodology

1. Benderly M, Boyko V, Goldbourt U. Relation of Body Mass Index to Mortality among Men with Coronary Heart Disease. Am J
2. Benderly M, Boyko V, Goldbourt U. Relation of Body Mass Index to Mortality among Men with Coronary Heart Disease. Am J Cardiol 2010; 106:297-304.
3. Benderly M, Haim M, Boyko V, Goldbourt U. Socioeconomic Status Indicators and Incidence of Heart Failure among Men and Women with Coronary Heart Disease. J Card Fail. 2013;19:117-124
4. Grossman A, Benderly M, Prokupetz A, Gordon B, Kalter-Leibovici O.  M-mode echocardiographic values in a cohort of young healthy individuals. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2013 Jul 17.
5. Eisen A, Benderly M, Behar S, Goldbourt U, Haim M. Inflammation and future risk of symptomatic heart failure in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Am Heart J. 2014;167:707-714. (Equal contribution of first two authors)
6. Kalter-Leibovici O, Benderly M, Freedman LS, Kaufman G, Molcho Falkenberg Luft T, Murad H, Olmer L, Gluch M, Segev D, Gilad A, Elkrinawi S, Cukierman-Yaffe T, Chen B, Jacobson O, Key C, Shani M, Fink G; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Community Disease Management (COPD-CDM) . Disease management plus recommended care versus recommended care alone for ambulatory COPD patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, Vol 19, pp. 1565-1574, 2018
7. Benderly M, Kalter-Leibovici O, Weitzman D, Blieden L, Buber J, Dadashev A, Mazor-Dray E, Lorber A, Nir A, Yalonetsky S,  Razon Y, Chodick G, Hirsch R. Depression and Anxiety are Associated with High Health Care Utilization and Mortality among Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Int J Cardiol, Vol 276, pp 81-86, 2019
8. Benderly M,  Buber J, Kalter-Leibovici O, Blieden L,  Dadashev A, Lorber A, Nir A, Yalonetsky S, Chodick G,  Weitzman D, Balicer R, Mazor Dray E, Murad H, Razon Y, Hirsch R. Health Service Utilization Patterns among Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study. JAHA Vol 10 page e018037, 2021
9. Benderly M, Huppert A, Novikov I, Ziv A, Kalter-Leibovici O. Fighting a pandemic: sociodemographic disparities and coronavirus disease-2019 vaccination gaps-a population study. Int J Epidemiol. 2022: dyac007.
10. Benderly M, Fluss R, Murad H, Averbuch E, Freedman LS, Kalter-Leibovici O. Longitudinal bidirectional link between socioeconomic position and health: a national panel survey analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health. Vol 77 p. 527-533. 2023

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