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Peleg Kobi
PhD, MPH

Biographical notes  

 

Dr. Kobi Peleg is the director of the Israeli National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research and the co-chair of the Executive Master for multi-disciplinary program of disaster and emergency management at the Tel-Aviv University. In this capacity, Dr. Peleg leads research and educational activities in various fields of trauma, with special interest in disasters and terror related injury and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). He is a co-head of the Executive Master Program for Multi-disciplinary Emergency and Disaster Management in Tel-Aviv University. He earned a Ph.D. in Health Administration and Policy, majoring in Emergency Medicine Organization from the Ben Gurion University in Israel, and a Master's in Public Health from the Uniformed Health Services University in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 

 

Dr. Peleg has vast practical and theoretical experience in disasters. He formerly served as head of the medical branch of the homeland command in the First "Gulf War" and was responsible for the planning, preparedness, organization and training: conventional and unconventional. He served as the head of Operation, Training and Organization branch of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) Medical Corps (dealing with preparedness for conventional and unconventional events), organized and participated in the Israeli Field Hospital team to Rwanda in 1995, and served as the deputy commanding officer of the IDF delegation in the Emergency Field Hospital to the Armenian earthquake site in 1988.  Additionally, Dr. Peleg was the chief of the IDF military medical school (col.).

 

Dr. Peleg lectures in disaster medicine management and EMS optimization and other related topics at Tel-Aviv University, as well as at other higher education institutions in Israel and abroad, including the European Master in Disaster Medicine program in Italy. Dr. Peleg is a faculty member at a number of universities, such  as New York Medical College (center for preparedness), the Free University of Brussels in Belgium, Oklahoma University (The Research Center for Bioterror)  and Eastern Piermont University in Italy.  Dr. Peleg was a Senior Advisor to the Israeli Minister of Health for health service organization and planning, health policy, and emergency situations. Dr. Peleg was a member of the executive board of Magen-David-Adom (Israeli EMS). He is currently a member of the Israeli National Committee for Trauma, which consults to the Ministry of Health, and is an editor for the Israeli Journal of Emergency Medicine (IJEM).

 

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Peer-review publications
 

  1. Peleg K, Reuveni H, Stein M. Earthquake Disaster - lessons to be learned. Isr Med Assoc J. 2002; 4 (5): 361-365.
  2. Peleg K, Michaelson M, Aharonson-Daniel L, Shapira HS. Principles of emergency management in disasters. Adv Ren Replace Ther. 2003; 10(2):117-121.
  3. Waisman Y, Aharonson-Daniel L, Mor M, Amir L, Peleg K, The Impact of Terrorism on Children: A Two-Year experience. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine J. 2003; 18(3): 242-248.
  4. Aharonson-Daniel L, Waisman Y, Dannon YL, ITG (Israeli Trauma Group),  Peleg K. Epidemiology of terror-related versus non-terror-related traumatic injury in children.  Pediatrics. 2003; 112(4):280.
  5. Aharonson-Daniel L, Boyko V, Ziv A, Avitzour M, Peleg K. A new approach to the analysis of multiple injuries using data from a national trauma registry. Inj Prev. 2003; 9(2):156-162.
  6. Peleg K, Aharonson-Daniel L, Stein M, Shapira SC, ITG. Patterns of injury n hospitalized terrorist victims. Am J Emerg Med. 2003; 21(4):258-262.
  7. Peleg K, Aharonson-Daniel L, Stein M, Michaelson M, Kluger Y, Simon D, Noji EK. Gunshot and explosion injuries: characteristics, outcomes, and implications for care of terror-related injuries in Israel. Ann Surg. 2004; 239(3):311-318.
  8. Peleg K, Aharonson-Daniel L, Road traffic accidents--severe injuries. Decision-making on the basis of partial data]. Harefuah. 2004; 143(2):111-115.  
  9. Peleg K, Pliskin J. A (GIS) Geographical information system simulation model of EMS (Emergency Medical Services): reducing ambulance response time. Am J Emer Med. 2004; 22(3):164-170.
  10. Sikron F, Giveon A, Aharonson-Daniel L, ITG, Peleg K. My home is my castle! Or is it ? - Hospitalizations following home injury in Israel 1997-2001. Isr Med Assoc J. 2004; 6(6):232-235.
  11. Peleg K, Aharonson-Daniel L, Stein M,  Kluger Y, Michaelson M,  Rivkind A,  Boyko V, ITG. Increased survival among severe trauma patients: the impact of a national trauma system. Arch of Surg. 2004;139(11):1231-1236.
  12. Kluger Y, Peleg K, Aharonson-Daniel L, Mayo A, The special injury pattern in terrorist bombings. J Am Coll Surg. 2004; 199(6):875-879.
  13. Peleg K, Ending in a crash. Isr Med Assoc J. 2005; 7(1):41-42.
  14. Peleg K, Goldman S, Sikron F. Burn prevention programs for children: do they reduce burn-related hospitalizations? Burns, 2005; 31(3): 347-350. 
  15. Amir LD, Aharonson-Daniel L, Peleg K, Waisman Y, and the ITG. The severity of injury in children resulting from acts against civilian populations. Ann Surg. 2005; 241(4):666-670.
  16. Peleg K, Aharonson-Daniel L. Blast injuries. N Engl J Med. 2005; 352(25):2651-2653; author reply.
  17. Noji e, Lee C, Davis T, Peleg K. Investigation of federal bureau of investigation bomb-related death and injury data in the United States between 1988 and 1997. Mil Med. 2005; 170(7):595-598.
  18. Peleg K, Aharonson-Daniel L, Giveon A, Kluger Y. Risk for motorcyclists in a busy metropolitan city: the example of Tel Aviv. Isr Med Assoc J. 2005; 7(8):511-514.
  19. Aharonson-Daniel L, Giveon A, Peleg K. Gaps in injury statistics - multiple injury profiles reveal them and provide a comprehensive account. Inj Prev. 2005; 11(4):197-200.
  20. Aharonson-Daniel L, Peleg K, ITG. The epidemiology of terrorism casualties. Scandinavian Journal of Surgery. 2005; 94: 185-190.
  21. Goldman S, Aharonson-Daniel L, Peleg K and the ITG*. Childhood Burns in Israel: A seven-year epidemiological review. Burns, 2005; 32:462-472.
  22. Soffer D, Zmora O, Klausner JB, Szold O, Givon A, Halpern P, Schulman CI, Peleg K. Alcohol use among trauma victims admitted to a level I trauma center in Israel. Isr Med Assoc J. 2006 Feb;8(2):98-102.
  23. Waisman Y, Amir L, Mor M, Feigenberg Z, Daniel Aharonson L, Peleg K, Blumenfeld A. Prehospital Response and Field Triage in Pediatric Mass Casualty Incidents: The Israeli Experience. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, March 2006 (Vol. 7, Issue 1, Pages 52-58).
  24. Einav S, Aharonson-Daniel L, Weissman C, Freund HR, Peleg K. Israel Trauma Group. In-Hospital Resource Utilization During,  Multiple Casualty Incidents. Ann Surg. 2006 Apr;243(4):533-540.
  25. Peleg K,  Rivkind A, Aharonson-Daniel L, Israeli Trauma Group. Does body armor protect from firearm injuries? J Am Coll Surg. 2006 Apr;202(4):643-8.
  26. Ahronson-Daniel L, Klein Y, Peleg K. Suicide bomber from a new injury profile. Annals of Surgery, 2006 ;244(6):1018-23.
  27. Goral A, Aharonson-Daniel L, Olmer L, Giveon A, Moscovitch, Peleg K. Injury as a result of violence in Israel. Israeli Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2006 May;6(2):29-36.
  28. Avitzour M, Aharonson-Daniel L, Peleg K. Secondary transfer of trauma patients: rationale and characteristics. Isr Med Assoc J. 2006 Aug;8:539-542.
  29. Aharonson-Daniel L, Giveon A, Peleg K. AIS triplets - Differnet mortality predictions in identical ISS and NISS. J Trauma 2006;  61:711-717.
  30. Soffer D, Klausner J, Szold O, Schulman C, Halpern P, Savitsky B, Aharonson-Daniel D, Peleg K. Non-Hip Fracture-Associated Trauma in the Elderly Population. IMAJ. 2006; 8:1-6.
  31. Borman JB, Aharonson-Daniel L, Savitsky B, Peleg K; Israeli Trauma Group. Unilateral flail chest is seldom a lethal injury. Emerg Med J. 2006 Dec;23(12):903-5.
  32. Haik J, Tessone A, Givon A, Liran A, Winkler E, Mendes D, Goldan O, Bar-Meir E, Regev E, Orenstein A, Peleg K.Terror-inflicted thermal injury: A retrospective analysis of burns in the israeli-palestinian conflict between the years 1997 and 2003. J Trauma. 2006 Dec;61(6):1501-5.
  33. Ringler D, Einy S, Giveon A, Goldstein L, Peleg K. Israel Trauma Group. Maxillofacial Trauma Resulting From Terror in Israel. J Craniofac Surg. 2007 Jan;18(1):62-66.
  34. Sikron F,  Glasser S,  Peleg K. Children injured following TV tipovers in Israel, 1997-2003. Child: Care, Health & Development. 2007 Jan;33(1):45-51.
  35. Savitsky B, Aharonson-Daniel L, Giveon A, ITG, Peleg K. Variability in pediatric injury patterns by age and ethnic groups in Israel. Ethnicity & health 2007 Apr; 12(2):129-39.
  36. Haik J, Liran A, Tessone A, Givon A, Orenstein A, Peleg K; Israeli Trauma Group. Burns in Israel: demographic, etiologic and clinical trends, 1997-2003.Isr Med Assoc J. 2007 Sep;9(9):659-62.
  37. Drescher MJ, Aharonson-Daniel L, Savitsky B, Leibman J, Peleg K . A study of the workforce in emergency medicine in Israel: 2003. J Emerg Med. 2007 Nov;33(4):433-7.
  38. Subbarao I, Steinbrecher R, Tan L, Peleg K, Zeiger J, and James JJ, Postexposure Immunization and Prophylaxis of Bloodborne Pathogens Following a Traumatic Explosive Event: Preliminary Recommendations. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2007 (1): 106-109. 

 

Chapters in books

 

  1.  Stein M, Marganit B, Peleg K.The Trauma Service system in the Israeli Defense Force. Injuries in Israel; eds Shemer and Barell, pp. 307-325, Magnes, Jerusalem, 2002.
  2. Peleg K, Aharonson-Daniel L,  Stein M , Michaelson M, Rivkind A, Kluger Y, Simon D, Alfici R,  Shaked G, Jeroukhimov I, Shapira S. The Epidemiology of Terror - Data from the Israeli National Trauma Registry in Terror and Medicine. Terror and Medicine; eds Shemer and Schoenfeld, pp 360-369. Pabst Science Publishers, Berlin 2003.
  3. Eldad A, Peleg K, Tzur T. Terror and war burns in Israel. Terror and Medicine. eds Shemer and Sheinberg, pp 433-445, Pabst Science Publishers, Berlin 2003.
  4. Shapira HS, Peleg K. Mega Terror. Terror And Medicine. eds Shemer and Sheinberg, pp 55-60, Pabst Science Publishers, Berlin 2003.
  5. Tadmor B, Feigenberg Z, Aharonson-Daniel L, Peleg K, Bahouth H, Kluger Y, Almogy G, Rivkind AI. Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries-The Israeli Perspective, Explosion and Blast Injuries: Effects of Explosion and Blast from Military Operations and Acts of Terrorism. Eds.  Nabil Mohamed M. Elsayed, James L.  Elsevier (Science & Technology Books). Atkins, Barnes & Noble Publishers, Oxford, May 2008.

Other Publications

 

  1. Peleg K.  (Guest Editorial Commentary to article: Preventing Fatalities in Building Bombings: What Can We Learn From the Oklahoma City Bombing? Glenshaw et al). Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2007; 1: 31.

  
 
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