Gal Shafirstein, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Director of Vascular Anomalies Research, Arkansas Children's Hospital
Doctoral Degree
Technion Israel Institute of technology, Haifa, Israel, Materials Science
Research Interests
Developing surgical medical devices and modalities for treatment of cancer and benign lesions
Mathematical modeling of thermal ablation
Baumler W, Vogl A, Landthaler M, Waner M, Shafirstein G. Port wine stain laser therapy and the computer-assisted modeling of vessel coagulation using the finite elements method. Medical Laser Application 20: 247-254, 2005.
Babilas P, Shafirstein G, Baumler W, Baier J, Landthaler M, Szeimies R, Abels C. Selective photothermolysis of blood vessels following FPDL-irradiation: In vivo results and mathematical modeling are in agreement. J Invest Dermatol 125:343-352, 2005.
Shafirstein, G. Baumler W, Lapidoth M, Ferguson S, North PE, Waner M. A new mathematical approach to the diffusion approximation theory for selective photothermolysis modleing and its implication in laser treatment of port-wine stains. Lasers in Surgery and medicine 34:335-347, 2004.
Lapidoth M, Shafirstein G, Ben Amitai D, Hodak E, Waner M, David M. Reticulate erythema following diode laser-assisted hair removal: A new side effect of a common procedure. J Am Acad Dermatol 51(5):774-7, 2004.
Lapidoth M, Shafirstein G, Ben Amitai D, Michael D, Waner M. Port wine stains - Can we predict the prognosis? JEADV 17:455-62, 2003.
Castell MR, Shafirstein G, Ritchie DA. The indentation response of GaAs-AIAs heterostructures, Philosophical Magazine A 74(5):1185-1194, 1996.
Saunders, SRJ, Shafirstein G, Jennett NM, Osgerby S, Menever J, Smith JF, Vetters H, Haupt J. Calibration of depth sensing indentation instruments - an international intercomparison. Philosophical Magazine A 74(5):1129-30, 1996.
Day A, Shafirstein G. Assessment of local residual strain by electron backscatter patterns and nanoindentation. Mats. Sci & Tech 12:873-79, 1996.
Jennet NM, Shafirstein G, Saunders SRJ. Comparison of indenter tip shape measurement using calibrated AFM and indentation into fused silica. 9th International Symposium "Harteprufung in Theorie und Praxis", Publ. VDI-Verglag GmbH, 1194:201-210.
Tortorelli PF, Saunders SRJ, Shafirstein G, Hall DJ. Use of the mechanical properties microprobe for characterization of oxide scales. Materials at High Temp 12:95, 1994
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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