Louis Shenkman, A.B., M.D.

Vice Dean and Director of New York State/American Program

Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Tel Aviv University
Affiliation:
 Chairman, Department of Medicine C
Meir Hospital - Sapir Medical Center
Kfar Saba 44281
Telephone:
03-6409071 (university)
09-7472514 (hospital)
Cell phone: 054-876600
Fax:
 09-7417007(hospital)
03-6480435(home)
email:
 lshenk@post.tau.ac.il
louissh@clalit.org.il

Research Interests/Medical Expertise
Internal medicine; endocrinology and metabolism; medical education. Recent research interests include hypothalmic and pituitary function; endogenous digitalis-like factors; physiologic effects of melatonin; genetics of melatonin secretion.

Recent Publications

Shilo L, Adawai A, Solomon G, Shenkman L. Digoxin-like immunoreactivity in congestive heart failure. Brit Med J 1987, 295:415-416.

Shenkman L. Ocular coloboma and hypothalamic hypogonadism. Arch Ophthalmol 1987;105:1023-1024

Shilo L, Pomeranz A, Rathaus M, Weiss E, Bernheim J, Shenkman L. Atrial natriuretic peptide administration to normal and salt depleted rats. Effects on digoxin-like immunoreactive factor, aldosterone, ACTH and renal function. Life Sciences 1988; 42: 1855-1859.

Shilo L, Pomeranz A, Rathaus M, Bernheim J, Shenkman L. Endogenous digoxin-like factor raises blood pressure and protects against digitalis toxicity. Life Sciences 1989; 44:1867-1870.

Shilo L, Dolev S, Shenkman L. Atrial natriuretic peptide and digoxin-like factor in the peripartum period. J Clin Pharm, 1989; 29:1106.

Shapiro MS and Shenkman L. Variable hormonogenesis in Cushing's syndrome. Quart J Med 1991; 288:351-363.

Norymberg C and Shenkman L. Prevalence of overt diabetic nephropathy in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Isr J Med Sci 1991;27: 37-43.

Varsano S, Shilo L, Bruderman I, Dolev S, and Shenkman, L. Endogenous digoxin- like immunoreactive factor is elevated in advanced chronic respiratory failure. Chest, 1992;101:146-149.

Weinberg U, Dolev S, Werber MM, Shapiro MS, Shilo L and Shenkman L. Identification and preliminary characterization of 2 human digitalis-like substances that are structurally related to digoxin and ouabain. Biochem Biophys Res Communic, 1992:1024-1029.

Eliakim A, Nemet D and Shenkman L. Serum enzyme activities following long-distance running: comparison between Ethiopian and white athletes. Isr. J. Med. Sci. 1995: 31: 657-659.

Weinberg U, Dolev S, Rabinowitz R, Shilo L, Shapiro MS and Shenkman L. Digoxin-like immunoreactive factor isolated from human pleural fluid is structurally similar to digoxin. Am J Med Sci. 1997;314: 28 - 30.

Shilo L, Dagan Y, Smorjik Y, Wienberg U, Dolev S, Komptel B, Balaum H and Shenkman L. Patients in the intensive care unit suffer from lack of sleep associated with loss of normal melatonin secretion pattern. Am J Med Sci, 1999;317:278-81.

Shilo L, Dagan Y, Smorjik Y, Weinberg U, Dolev S, Komptel B and Shenkman, L. Effect of melatonin on sleep quality of COPD intensive care patients: a pilot study. Chronobiology International, 2000;17:71-6.

Shilo L, Hussam S, Hadari R, Kovatz S, Weinberg U, Dagan Y, Dolev S and Shenkman L. The effects of coffee consumption on sleep and melatonin secretion. Sleep Medicine, 2002; 3:271-273.