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Betty Rabinowitz, M.D.

Betty Rabinowitz, M.D.

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Dr. Betty Rabinowitz was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. At age 6 she immigrated to Israel with her family. She graduated the Ben Gurion University Medical School where she also completed a residency in Internal Medicine. She came to the United States in 1990 for a fellowship in Medicine and ...
Dr. Betty Rabinowitz was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. At age 6 she immigrated to Israel with her family. She graduated the Ben Gurion University Medical School where she also completed a residency in Internal Medicine. She came to the United States in 1990 for a fellowship in Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, joining Clinton Medical Associates in 1992. She is currently a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Rochester. Since the spring of 2010 she has been the Medical Director for the URMC Center for Primary Care. In her role she is focusing on transforming the URMC Primary Care Network practices to Patient Centered Medical Homes providing patients with the highest quality of care in a caring, efficient and cost effective manner. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Faculty Appointments

Clinical Professor (Voluntary) - Department of Medicine, Primary Care Physicians (V) (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Internal Medicine Residency
Soroka Medical Center
Beer-Sheva, Israel 1985 - 1989

Education

MD | Israel-Ben Gurion U Med Sch. Medicine. 1983

Awards

The Frederick W. Anderson Teaching Award. 1997

Award of Excellence. 1995

Clinical Faculty Teaching Award. 1994

APF Award for Outstanding Research. 1988

Publications

Journal Articles

Perceptions of asthma severity: the role of negative affectivity.

Priel B, Heimer D, Rabinowitz B, Hendler N

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma.. 1994 31 (6):479-84. Epub 1900 01 01.

Appraisals of childbirth experience and newborn characteristics: the role of hardiness and affect.

Priel B, Gonik N, Rabinowitz B

Journal of personality.. 1993 September 61 (3):299-315. Epub 1900 01 01.

Somatization. Why can't we see the forest for the trees?

Rabinowitz B, Williams G, Quill TE

General hospital psychiatry.. 1993 July 15 (4):208-10. Epub 1900 01 01.

Conduction disturbances induced by postural changes.

Rabinowitz B, Cantor A

International journal of cardiology.. 1991 June 31 (3):345-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

[Mollaret's syndrome: recurrent benign aseptic meningitis].

Hendler N, Berginer V, Rabinowitz B, Schlaeffer F

Harefuah.. 1991 March 15120 (6):350-1. Epub 1900 01 01.

A semiotic perspective on chronic pain: implications for the interaction between patient and physician.

Priel B, Rabinowitz B, Pels RJ

The British journal of medical psychology. 1991 March 64 ( Pt 1) :65-71. Epub 1900 01 01.

"Mollaret's meningitis in association with delivery in a Bedouin woman: a case report."

Hendler, N.; Schlaeffer, F.; Zirkin, H.; Rabinowitz, B.; Berginer, V.

European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology. 1991; 39(1): 77-79.

[New antibiotics for gynecologic infections].

Schlaeffer F, Rabinowitz B, Hagai Z

Harefuah.. 1990 September 119 (5-6):148-50. Epub 1900 01 01.

Teaching social sciences in the clinical years through psychosocial conferences.

Priel B, Rabinowitz B

Journal of medical education.. 1988 July 63 (7):555-8. Epub 1900 01 01.