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VITA
ORIT ALMAGOR
7719 Heatherton Lane
Potomac MD 20854
Home: 301-299-3132
Office: 240-499-8020
Cell: 224-628-8368
E-mail: o-almagor@northwestern.edu
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship: USA and ISRAEL
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Primary:
Health Economics
STUDIES
B.A.: Economics and Business Administration, Ben Gurion University of the Negev,
Beer-Sheva, Israel, 1993.
M.A.: Economics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 1997.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University, 1997-1998
Health Economics
Teaching Assistant, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 1993-1996
Econometrics
Applied Computer Methods for Economists
Lecturer, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 1993-1996
Applied Computer Methods for Economists
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Koret Fellowship 1994-1996
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Graduate Fellow 1994-1996
WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Statistical Analyst/Programmer, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, Potomac MD
December 2006-Present
Software Engineer and Research Associate Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern
University, Chicago, IL
1997-November 2006
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Economic Advisor to parliament member Mr. Michael Eitan, Israeli Keneset, Jerusalem,
Israel
1994-1996
Analyst, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, Jerusalem, Israel
1994-1996
CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
“The Costs of a Sedentary Lifestyle in Persons with Arthritis” Orit Almagor, M.A.,
Rowland W. Chang, M.D., M.P.H., Chin H. Lee, M.D., M.P.H., Larry M. Manheim,
Ph.D., Dorothy D. Dunlop, Ph.D., Academy of Health, Orlando, FL., June 2007.
“National Estimated of Excess Healthcare Expenditures Due to Arthritis” Orit
Almagor, MA, Larry M. Manheim, Ph.D., Rowland W. Chang, M.D.; M.P.H., Christina
J. Yang, BA, Dorothy D. Dunlop, Ph.D., Academy of Health, Seattle, WA., June 2006.
“The Distribution of Health Care Expenditures: Comparison between Persons with and
without Arthritis” Orit Almagor, Larry M. Manheim, Rowland W. Chang, Dorothy D.
Dunlop, American College of Rheumatology, San-Antonio, TX, October 2004.
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Jared A. Greenberg, BA, Elliot J. Roth, MD, Lisa-Ann Wuermser, MD, Orit Almagor,
MA, and Thomas J. Schnitzer MD, PhD, “Osteoporosis Treatment for Patients With
Stroke”. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 14:2, March/April 2007
Chin Lee, MD, Orit Almagor M.A., Dorothy D. Dunlop PhD, Anurekha B. Chadha MD,
MSCI, Susan Manzi MD, MPH, Stewart Spies MD, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman MD,
DrPH, “Association between African-American Race/Ethnicity and Low Bone Mineral
Density in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”. Arthritis Care & Research
forthcoming early 2007.
Waters TM, Warnecke RB, Parsons J, Almagor O, Budetti PP. “The role of the national
practitioner data bank in the credentialing process.” Am J Med Qual. 2006 JanFeb;21(1):30-9.
Lee C, Almagor O, Dunlop DD, Manzi S, Spies S, Chadha AB, Ramsey-Goldman R.
“Disease damage and low bone mineral density: an analysis of women with systemic
lupus erythematosus ever and never receiving corticosteroids”. Rheumatology (Oxford).
2006 Jan;45(1):53-60. Epub 2005 Nov 8.
Waters TM, Studdert DM, Brennan TA, Thomas EJ, Almagor O, Mancewicz M, Budetti
PP. “Impact of the National Practitioner Data Bank on Resolution of Malpractice
Claims”. Inquiry 2003 40(3): 283-294
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Waters TM, Parsons J, Warnecke R, Almagor O, Budetti PP. “How useful is the
information provided by the National Practitioner Data Bank?” The Joint Commission
Journal on Quality Improvement. 2003 Aug;29(8):416-24.
Weaver, FM, Hughes, SL, Almagor, O, Wixon, R, Manheim, L, Fulton, B, Singer, R.
“Comparison of two home care protocols for total joint replacement”. Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society 2003 Apr;51(4):523-528.
Waters TM, Almagor O, Finkel S, Harter K, Bartelozzi P, Mitzen P, Lyons J, Edelman
P, Fulton B, Hughes SL, “Predicting Costs of Home and Community Based (HCBS)
Services”. Managed Care Quarterly. 9(1):45-53, 2001 Winter
Waters, T.M., Budetti, P.P., Almagor, O., Warnecke, R., Parsons, J. “National
Practitioner Data Bank: User and Non-User Surveys”. Final Report to the Health
Resources and Services Administration, April 2001.
Bennett CL, Waters TM, Stinson TJ, Almagor O, Pavletic ZS, Tarantolo SR, Bishop
MR, “Valuing Clinical Strategies Early in Development: A Cost Analysis of Allogeneic
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation”. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 1999; 24:
555-560.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Siddharth Tambar MD, Orit Almagor MA, Dorothy D. Dunlop PhD, Stewart Spies MD,
Heather Price, Polikseni Eksarko, Chin Lee MD, MPH, Elisa Rhew MD, Richard M Pope
MD, Craig B Langman MD, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman MD, DrPH, “SLE, osteoporosis,
and OPG and RANK Ligand” submitted to Journal of Rheumatology August 2007
Siddharth Tambar, MD, Chin Lee, MD, Orit Almagor MA, Dorothy D. Dunlop PhD,
Stewart Spies MD, Heather Price, Craig B Langman MD, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman
MD, DrPH, “Risk factors for low distal forearm bone mineral density in women with
systemic lupus erythematosus” submitted to Journal of Rheumatology March 2007
Chin Lee, MD, Orit Almagor M.A., Dorothy D. Dunlop PhD, Anurekha B. Chadha MD,
MSCI, Susan Manzi MD, MPH, Stewart Spies MD, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman MD,
DrPH, ”Fractures and associated factors in women with systemic lupus erythematosus”.
Revise and resubmit to Journal of Rheumatology March 2007
Jane L. Holl, M.D., M.P.H., Orit Almagor, M.A., Andrew W. Dick, Ph.D., Dorothy
Dunlop, Ph.D., “Overweight children in the United States: Health care and
perceived health” March 2006
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Larry M. Manheim, Ph.D., Dorothy D. Dunlop, Ph.D., Orit Almagor, M.A., Huan J.
Chang, M.D., M.P.H., Rowland W. Chang, M.D. M.P.H., “Use of Effective Prescription
Drugs in Medicaid, Privately Insured, and Uninsured Populations: National Experience
Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis”. February 2006
Orit Almagor, M.A., Larry M. Manheim, Ph.D., Rowland W. Chang, M.D. M.P.H.,
Christina J. Yang, and Dorothy D. Dunlop,Ph.D., “National Estimates of Excess
Healthcare Expenditures Due to Arthritis”. November 2005.
Waters TM, Bennett CL, Pajeau TS, Almagor O, Sobocinski KA, Klein JP, Rowlings
PA, Horowotiz MM, The Cost of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Breast Cancer: Results from the North American
Autologous Transplant/Northwestern University Economic Data Base Project, Working
Paper, 1998.
Bennett CL, Waters TM, Pajeau TS, Almagor O, Sobocinski KA, Klein JP, Rowlings
PA, Horowotiz MM, The Cost of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
for Hematologic Malignancies and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Results from the North
American Autologous Transplant/Northwestern University Economic Data Base Project,
Working Paper, 1998.