Cardiology HOSPITALS

Clinic Review

The Schneider Clinic is an Israeli children's general hospital that annually assist 275,000 outpatient and 13,500 inpatients from 0 to 18 years to get rid of chronic and acute diseases. The hospital consists of 82 departments, 4 of which are recognized as 100% leaders in their areas: Center for Hematologic Oncology, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Center for Cardiology, Transplantation Unit. Every year, over 8,200 operations are performed at the clinic, including 500 - cardiovascular and over 220 - neurosurgical operations. In the Organ Transplant Center, about 40 organs are successfully transplanted each year. Hospital has 350 doctors, 52 of whom are professors. This clinic has twice won the Israel Prize for achievements in medical research. The Schneider Children's Hospital has been accredited by JCI and certified with ISO-14001. Clinic is also recognized as the second in the world in Quality Of Patient Care.
 

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ISRAEL THE SCHNEIDER CLINIC

Features of the Clinic

TREATING BLOOD DISEASES IN THE ISRAELI HOSPITAL SCHNEIDER

The Center of Hematologic Cancer in Clinic Schneider is the largest in Israel. All types of benign and malignant blood diseases are treated here. It was opened by Prof. Rina Zaizov Marx an outstanding pediatrician and possessor of the Israel Prize laureate. Now it is headed by Isaac Yaniv. The hospital has 22 beds.

• Bone marrow transplantation department which is the only children's department in Israel. In 2014, it passed JACEI accreditation (an organization that checks clinics for compliance with international standards for bone marrow transplants).
• Department of Hematology - Deals with the treatment of hereditary and acquired benign blood diseases in children.
• Oncology Department - treats acute and chronic leukemia, lymphoma, Langerhans cell histiocytosis (abnormal reproduction of immune system cells). There are also 6 research laboratories in the Center in which the methods of treating children's blood disorders are constantly improved.

THE CENTER OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES IN CLINIC SCHNEIDER

Here, for the first time in the country, an integrated multidisciplinary approach to the therapy of endocrine system diseases was used. Annually, the Center helps over 15,000 children with thyroid abnormalities.

• Department of Endocrinology deals with the conditions of: puberty pathologies, disorders of the pituitary gland, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing syndrome, obesity
• Department of childhood diabetes is the largest in Israel. Each year, more than 1,700 patients from all over the world are treated for type 1 diabetes
• Diabetes Technology Center (DTC) - old ones are being improved and new methods of treating diabetes and other endocrine diseases are being developed. In 2010, it achieved the title of "Research Center" from Tel Aviv University.
   

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY IN SCHNEIDER CLINIC

Here, for the first time in the world, a real-time 3D hologram of the heart was created during heart catheterization in eight children using images obtained from ultrasound and fluoroscopy during the procedure. Each year, the Cardiac Surgery Unit performs more than 500 operations for children with congenital heart defects

• Treatment of congenital and acquired heart diseases in children from 0 to 18 years old;
• Heart transplantation (17 transplants were performed here, the youngest patient was 1 year old)
• Cardiac catheterization;
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a method of oxygenation during acute respiratory failure.