פרופ' יורם בלשר

1. Task Shifting: Necessary practice or dangerous precedent? – July 2008; JMAJ (Japan Medical Association Journal) 51 (4) : 287-289, 2008

1. The need for a fifth faculty of medicine and where to locate it – December 2007; Harefuah 146(11):818-20; Yehuda Shoenfeld, Leonid A Eidelman, Arnon Afek, Shlomo Birkenfeld, Yoram Blachar, Joshua Shemer

1. What the WMA should do for global health – January 2007; Y. Karasawa, K. Iwasa, M. Ishii, Yoram Blachar

1. The health of leaders: Information, interpretation and the media – December 2006; The Israel Medical Association journal: IMAJ 8(11):741-3; Yoram Blachar, Malke Borow

1. Israeli army's shoot to kill policy: Reply from the president of the Israeli Medical Association – September 2005; BMJ Clinical Research 331(7518);

1. Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Response from Israel Medical Association – February 2005; BMJ (online) 330(7485):254-5

1. Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association – IMA president's response to open letter to the BMA – December 2003; BMJ (online) 327(7423):1107

1. Doctors in conflict [1] – December 2003; The Lancet 362(9396):1675

1. Do parents understand emergency department discharge instructions? A survey analysis – September 2003; The Israel Medical Association journal: IMAJ 5(8):567-70; Y Waisman, N Siegal, M Chemo, G Siegal, L Amir, Y Blachar

1. What is the WMA for? The case of the Israeli Medical Association – July 2003; The Lancet 362(9379):252

1. The role of the Israel and World Medical Associations – May 2003; The Lancet 361(9371):1827

1. Israel Medical Association: Response to Derek Summerfield – February 2003; The Lancet 361(9355):425-425

1. And the doctor shall heal: The Israel-Palestinian conflict – August 2002; The Israel Medical Association journal: IMAJ 4(7):485-6

1. Health toll of the Middle East crisis – June 2002; The Lancet 359(9320):1859

1. Attitudes to Torture – January 2002; Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 94(12):658

1. Attitudes to torture J R Soc Med.2001 Dec; 94(12): 658

1. Systemic lupus erythematosus associated with acute Epstein-Barr virus infection – December 1998; American Journal of Kidney Diseases 32(5):825-8; Dror Y, Blachar Y, Cohen P, Livni N, Rosenmann E, Ashkenazi A

1. A real threat to the profession – December 1998; Harefuah 135(9):367-9

1. Excessive dietary protein and suboptimal caloric intake have a negative effect on the growth of children with chronic renal disease before and during growth hormone therapy. – March 1998; Metabolism 47(3):264-8; Zadik Z, Frishberg Y, Drukker A, Blachar Y, Lotan D, Levi S, Reifin R

1. The truth about Israeli medical ethics – November 1997; The Lancet 350(9086):1247

1. Amnesty report on torture in Israel – December 1996; The Lancet 348(9043):1738

1. Israeli Medical Association and torture – September 1996; BMJ Clinical Research 313(7057):630-630

1. Clinical outcome and follow-up of prenatal hydronephrosis – March 1994; Pediatric Nephrology 8(1):30-5; Arye Blachar, Yoram Blachar. Pinhas M Livne

1. Evaluation of prenatally diagnosed hydronephrosis by morphometric measurements of the kidney – February 1994; Pediatric Radiology 24(2):131-4; A Blachar, M Schachter, Yoram Blachar

1. Effect of Growth Hormone Therapy on IGF-I, Bone GLA-Protein and Bone Mineral Content in Short Children with and without Chronic Renal Failure – January 1992; Hormone Research 38(3-4):145-9; Zvi Zadik, N Vaisman, D Lotan, Yoram Blachar

1. The Interferon System in Two Patients with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated with Adenovirus Infection – February 1990; Acta Paediatrica 79(1):108-9; Yoram Blachar, Eugene Leibovitz, Stanley Levin

1. Very low calorie diets–clinical trial – February 1989; International Journal of Obesity 13 Suppl; A Magazanic, I Voliovitch, Y Blachar

1. Blood pressure determinations in Israeli schoolchildren aged 5 to 14 years – August 1987; Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 23(7):798-802; Zvi Zadik, D Sthoeger, Yoram Blachar

1. Transient neonatal metabolic acidosis – March 1986; Harefuah 110(3):122-3; Arie Alkalay, Yoram Blachar, B M Mogilner, J J Pomerance

1. Is hypertension a problem in childhood? (blood pressure determinations in 5064 5-14-year-old children) – January 1986; Hypertension 4: S384-S386, 1986; Blachar Y, Zadik Z, Sthoeger D

1. Growth effect of human chorionic gonadotrophin in 2-8-year-old boys with undescended testes – September 1984; Helvetica Paediatrica Acta 39(3):249-54; Blachar Y, Zadik Z, D Abramovitch

1. Organophosphate poisoning presenting as diabetic ketoacidosis – July 1983; Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology 20(4):381-5; Z Zadik, Y Blachar, Y Barak, S V Levin

1. Muscle extract infusion in rabbits. A new experimental model of the crush syndrome – August 1981; Circulation Research 49(1):114-24; Yoram Blachar S.C. Fong, J.P. de Chadarévian, K.N. Drummond

1. Neonatal Neutrophilia: Possible Role of a Humoral Granulopoietic Factor – October 1980; Pediatric Research 14(9):1026-8; Yigal Barak, Yoram Blachar, S V Levin

1. The effect of inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis on free water and osmolar clearances in patients with hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus – April 1980; The International journal of pediatric nephrology 1(1):48-52; Yoram Blachar, Zvi Zadik, M Shemesh

1. Pseudohypoaldosteronism – July 1979; Clinical Nephrology 11(6):281-8; Y Blachar, B S Kaplan, B Griffel, S V Levin

1. Acute renal failure (ARF) following experimental rhabdomyolysis – April 1977; Pediatric Research 11(4); Yoram Blachar, Keith N. Drummond, Jack S. C. Fong

Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books Published

1. Blachar A, Blachar Y.: Congenital hydronephrosis: evaluation, follow-up and clinical outcome. In: Pediatric Nephrology, eds. Drukker A, Gruskin AB. Pediatr Adolesc Med, Basel, Karger 5: 141-153, 1994.

1. Blachar Y, Malke Borow. “From Geneva to Afghanistan: The ethical implications of terror and its effect on the physician”. In Terror and Medicine, ed. Joshua Shemer and Yehuda Shoenfeld.

Articles in Confrence Proceedings – Abstracts

1. Mogilner BM, Freeman JS, Blachar Y, Levin S.: Reye's syndrome due to warfarin intoxication. Int Symposium Hepatotoxins, Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 3, 1973

1. Blachar Y, O'Regan S, Drummond KM, Fung JSC: Acute renal failure following experimental rhabdomyolysis. Ped Research 11: 547, 1977

1. Blachar Y, Fong JSC, Drummond KM.: Renal dysfunction following muscle injury: Evidence that muscle constituents other than myoglobin are pathogenic. Abstracts. 10th Annual Meeting, American Society of Nephrology, Washington, DC, Nov. 1977

1. Blachar Y, Fong JSC, Drummond KM.: Acute renal failure following muscle injury: Evidence that muscle constituents other than myoglobin are pathogenic. Clin Res 25 (5) 704A, 1978. Annual Meeting, Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation, Vancouver, BC, Jan. 25, 1978

1. Blachar Y. Eliahou EH, Iana A, Boichis C.: GFR in children with vesico-urethral reflux. Ped Res 12: 539, 1978

1. Blachar Y, Griffel B, Levin S, Kaplan BS.: Pseudohypoaldosteronism: Similar to Barter's syndrome? Ped Res 12: 539, 1978

1. Zadik Z, Blachar Y, Shemesh M, Goldin N, Barak Y, Levin S.: A comparative study on the effect of prostaglandin inhibition in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Presented at the 60th Annual Meeting, Endocrine Society, Abstract 899, Miami, 1978

1. Blachar Y, Fong JSC, Charland C, Zaloum V, Drummond KM.: Participation of the coagulation system in acute renal failure following muscle injury. Abstracts. VII International Congress of Nephrology (K-12), Montreal, June 1978

1. Blachar Y, Zadik Z, Shemesh M, Goldin N, Barak Y, Levin S.: Prostaglandin synthesis inhibition in the treatment of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Abstracts. VII International Congress of Nephrology (0-2), Montreal, June 1978

1. Blachar Y, Hahn T, Levin S.: The interferon system in hemolytic uremic syndrome due to adenovirus infection. Int Congress of Nephrology, Satellite Symposium on Acute Renal Failure, Tel Aviv, June 1981

1. Is hypertension a problem in childhood? Blood pressure determination in 1520 healthy Israeli children. 2nd Int. Symposium on Hypertension in the Community, p. 84, Jerusalem, Dec 1985

1. Is hypertension a problem in childhood? Blood pressure determination in 5064 5 14 year old. First Congress of American Society of Hypertension, New York, 1986

1. Blachar Y, Gaber S, Mogilner BM.: Long-term renal effects of neonatal asphyxia. Ped Nephrology 2: C134, 1988

1. Zadik Z, Vaisman N, Lotan D, Vaisman E, Landau D, Blachar Y, Drukker A.: Growth hormone does not promote lean body mass accumulation in children with chronic renal failure. 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, Zaragoza, Spain. Horm Res Suppl 37: Abs 66, 1992

1. Blachar A, Blachar Y, Caspi B. et al.: Clinical outcome and follow-up of prenatal hydronephrosis (abstract). 9th Int Congress of Pediatric Nephrology, Jerusalem, Israel, Aug. 1992. Pediatr Nephrol 6:139, 1992