פרופ' עופרה ליבוביץ-קלטר

Assoc. Specialist Doctor, Epidemiology Institute, Sheba Medical Center

Prof. Kalter-Leibovici is a certified medical doctor and a specialist in endocrinology. She worked as an endocrinologist until 1994 at the Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, at Schneider Children Medical Center, in Petach-Tikva, Israel. Since 1994 she worked as a senior researcher at the Gertner Institute in Sheba Medical Center, Sheba Medical Center, in Tel-Hashomer, Israel, and between 2000-2023 she was the director of the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Gertner. She has expertise in conducting population-based epidemiological surveys and clinical trials. Her topics of research include prevalence and risk factors of cardio-metabolic diseases, including lifestyle factors; health disparities in Israel with a special focus on the Arab ethnic minority, and testing health programs, e.g. disease management and lifestyle interventions, in clinical trials. She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, where she has been teaching undergraduate medical and graduate students.   

The topics of interest include prevalence and risk factors of cardio-metabolic diseases, with a special focus on the metabolic syndrome, obesity, diabetes and lifestyle factors; health disparities.

Ofra Kalter Leibovici: Selected Article List:

1. Kalter-Leibovici O, Van Dyk DJ, Leibovici L, Loya N, Erman  A, Kremer I, Boner G, Rosenfeld JB, Karp M, Laron Z:     Risk factors for development of diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy in Jewish IDDM patients. Diabetes, 1991; 40: 204-210. 
2. Kalter-Leibovici O, Leibovici L, Loya N, Kremer I, Axer-Siegel R, Karp M, Laron Z.
    The development and progression of diabetic retinopathy in type I diabetic patients: a cohort study. Diabet Med, 1997; 14:858-866. 
3.    Lazar L, Kalter-Leibovici O, Pertzelan A, Weintrob N, Josefsberg Z, Phillip M.
    Thyrotoxicosis in prepubertal children compared with pubertal and postpubertal patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2000; 85:3678-3682. 
4.    Kalter-Leibovici O, Yosipovitch G, Gabbay U, Yarnitsky D, Karp M.     Factor analysis of thermal and vibration thresholds in young patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
    Diabet Med, 2001; 18:213-217. 
5.    Kalter-Leibovici O, Wainstein J, Ziv A, Harman-Bohem I, Murad H, Raz I.
    Clinical, socioeconomic, and lifestyle parameters associated with erectile dysfunction among diabetic men. Diabetes Care, 2005; 28:1739-1744. 
6.    Kalter-Leibovici O, Atamna A, Lubin F, Alpert G, Gillon Keren M, Murad H, Chetrit A, Goffer D, Eilat-Adar S, Goldbourt U. Obesity among Arabs and Jews in Israel: Population Based Study. IMAJ, 2007; 9:525-530.
7.    Kaplan G, Glasser S, Murad H, Atamna A, Alpert G, Goldbourt U, Kalter-Leibovici O.
    Depression among Arabs and Jews in Israel: a population-based study. Soc Psychiat Epidemiol, 2010; 45:931-939. 
8.    Kalter–Leibovici O, Younis-Zeidan N, Atamna A, Lubin F, Alpert G, Chetrit A, Novikov I, Daoud N, Freedman LS. Lifestyle Intervention in Obese Arab Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Arch Intern Med, 2010; 170:970-6.
9.    Kalter-Leibovici O, Chetrit A, Lubin F, Atamna A, Alpert G, Ziv A, Abu-Saad K, Murad H, Eilat-Adar S, Goldbourt U. Adult-onset diabetes among Arabs and Jews in Israel: a population- based study. Diabet Med. 2012 ; 29:748-54.
10.    Skaat A, Chetrit A, Belkin M, Kinori M, Kalter-Leibovici O. Time trends in the incidence and causes of blindness in Israel.     Am J Ophthalmol. 2012; 153:214-221.
11.    Kalter – Leibovici O, Freedman LS, Olmer L, Liebermann N, Heymann A, Tal O, Lerner-Geva L, Melamed N, Hod M. Screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus: critical appraisal of the new IADPSG recommendations on a national level. Diabetes Care. 2012; 35:1894-6.
12.    Abu-Saad K, Murad H, Lubin F, Freedman LS, Ziv A, Alpert G, Atamna A, Kalter-Leibovici O. Jews and Arabs in the same region in Israel exhibit major differences in dietary patterns. 
    J Nutr. 2012; 142:2175-81.
13.    Abu-Saad K, Chetrit A, Eilat-Adar S, Alpert G, Atamna A, Gillon-Keren M, Rogowski O, Ziv A, Kalter-Leibovici O. Blood pressure level and hypertension awareness and control differ by marital status, sex, and ethnicity: A population-based study. Am J Hypertens. 2014; 27(12):1511-20.
14.    Daoud N, Hayek S, Sheikh Muhammad A, Abu-Saad K, Osman A, Thrasher JF, Kalter-Leibovici O. Stages of change of the readiness to quit smoking among a random sample of minority Arab -male smokers in Israel. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:672. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1950-8. 
15.    Jaffe A, Giveon S, Wulffhart L, Oberman B, Freedman L, Ziv A, Kalter-Leibovici O. 
Diabetes among Ethiopian Immigrants to Israel: Exploring the Effects of Migration and Ethnicity on Diabetes Risk. 
PLoS One. 2016; Jun 14;11(6): e0157354. 
16.    Daoud N, Hayek S, Biderman A, Mashal A, Bar-Zeev Y, Kalter-Leibovici O.
Receiving family physician's advice and the 'stages of change' in smoking cessation among Arab minority men in Israel. Fam Pract. 2016; 33(6): 626-632.
17.    Benderly M, Chetrit A, Murad H, Abu-Saad K, Gillon-Keren M, Rogowski O, Sela BA, Kanety H, Harats D, Atamna A, Alpert G, Goldbourt U, Kalter-Leibovici O. Cardiovascular health among two ethnic groups living in the same region: A population-based study. 
Int J Cardiol. 2017; 228: 23-30.
18.    Kalter-Leibovici O, Chetrit A, Avni S, Averbuch E, Novikov I, Daoud N. Social characteristics associated with disparities in smoking rates in Israel. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2016; 5:36. DOI 10.1186/s13584-016-0095-2. 
19.    Kalter-Leibovici O, Freimark D, Freedman LS, Kaufman G, Ziv A, Murad H, Benderly M, Silverman BG, Friedman N, Cukierman-Yaffe T, Asher E, Grupper A, Goldman D, Amitai M, Matetzky S, Shani M, Silber H; Israel Heart Failure Disease Management Study (IHF-DMS) investigators. Disease management in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure who have universal access to health care: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Med. 2017 May 1;15(1):90.
20.    Jaffe A, Giveon S, Wulffhart L, Oberman B, Baidousi M, Ziv A, Kalter-Leibovici
O. Adult Arabs have higher risk for diabetes mellitus than Jews in Israel. PLoS One. 2017 May 8;12(5):e0176661.
21.    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) investigators. Disease management plus recommended care versus recommended care alone for ambulatory COPD patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2018; 197: 1565-1574. 
22.    Abu-Saad K, Endevelt R, Goldsmith R, Shimony T, Nitsan L, Shahar DR, Keinan-Boker L, Ziv A, Kalter-Leibovici O. Adaptation and predictive utility of a Mediterranean diet screener score. Clin Nutr, 2019 Jan 5. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.12.034.
23.    Jaffe A, Giveon S, Rubin C, Novikov I, Ziv A, Kalter-Leibovici O. Gestational diabetes risk in a multi-ethnic population. Acta Diabetol. 2019 Sep 7. doi: 10.1007/s00592-019-01404-8.
24.    Abu-Saad K, Murad H, Barid R, Olmer L, Ziv A, Younis-Zeidan N, Kaufman-Shriqui V, Gillon-Keren M, Rigler S, Berchenko Y, Kalter-Leibovici O. Development and efficacy of an electronic, culturally adapted lifestyle counseling tool for improving diabetes-related dietary knowledge: Randomized controlled trial among ethnic minority adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Med Internet Res. 2019 Oct 16;21(10):e13674.
25.    Orenstein L, Chetrit A, Oberman B, Benderly M, Kalter-Leibovici O. Factors Associated With Disparities in Out-Of-Pocket Expenditure on Dental Care: Results From Two Cross-Sectional National Surveys. Isr J Health Policy Res, 2020; Jun 17;9(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s13584-020-00387-0.
26.    Abu-Saad K, Daoud N, Kaplan G, Ziv A, Cohen AD, Pollack D, Olmer L, Kalter-Leibovici O; Diabetes in the Arab Population in Israel (DAPI) Study Group. A strengths-based approach to exploring diabetes management in an Indigenous minority population: A mixed methods study. PLoS One. 2021 Dec 10;16(12):e0261030.
27.    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 Jun 13;51(3): 709-717.
28.    Grupper A, Freimark D, Murad H, Olmer L, Benderly M, Ziv A, Friedman N, Kaufman G, Silver H, Kalter-Leibovici O. Sex Related Differences in the Characteristics and Outcomes of Heart Failure: A Sub Analysis of Heart Failure Disease Management Study. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022; Nov 1:91012361.
29.    Abu-Saad A, Daoud N, Kaplan G, Ziv A, Cohen AD, Olmer L, Pollack D, Kalter-Leibovici O.
Comparing patient perspectives on diabetes management to the deficit-based literature in an ethnic minority population: A mixed-methods study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022; Nov 10; 19(22):14769.
30.    Wilf-Miron R, Myers V, Saban M, Novikov I, Kimron L, Ziv A, Kalter-Leibovici
O. Inequalities in end-stage renal disease: underprivileged and ethnic minority members are at higher risk. Int J Epidemiol, 2023; 52(5):1569-1578.
31.    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, 2023; 77(8):52-533.
32.    Orenstein L, Chetrit A, Kalter-Leibovici O. Factors associated with attempting and succeeding in smoking cessation following a National Tobacco Control Plan: Analysis of two nationwide surveys (2010 and 2017). Addict Behav, 2023 Nov 13;149:107912. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107912. Epub ahead of print.
33.    Abu-Saad K, Acos M, Ziv A, Collins F, Shepherd C, Eades S, Kalter-Leibovici O. Development and functionality of a parsimonious digital food frequency questionnaire for a clinical intervention among an indigenous population. Nutrients, 2023; doi: 10.3390/nu15235012.   

Link to complete list of publications:    
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kalter+Leibovici%2C+O&sort=pubdate&size=50