Schneider Children's Hospital Israel

Center for blood diseases at Schneider hospital Israel provides the best treatment for pediatrics that suffering from hematological blood diseases. The center is divided into divisions that perform bone marrow transplants and treat acute blood cancers among children. It is one of the only centers of Israel providing exceptional treatment for children suffering from malignancies that include lymphoma, leukemia, aplastic anemia, myeloma, and hemophilia.  More than 85% of procedures carried out at Schneider Children hospital for treating pediatric patients with blood disorders are successful and the center conducts the highest number of Bone marrow transplants among children in Israel.

Following treatment, social workers provide emotional support to the kid and their families. Doctors, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and dieticians make up the multidisciplinary team that is available all around the clock to assist patients. The department's major goal is to help the patients recover completely, as well as to ensure that their quality of life is sustained throughout and post-treatment.

This is one of the most equipped and leading centers in the entire world for providing comprehensive treatment to newborn and pediatric patients suffering from any kind of heart related issues. The department has gained international recognition and performs more than 5 hundred surgeries per year. The laboratory of the center conducts the diagnosis on patients at the earliest and provides reports as soon as possible to carry out further treatment. Some of the specialized procedures performed at the center are;

• Coronary angiogram:

It is an invasive imaging treatment that allows specialists to assess the cardiac function of a patient. It's used to check for signs of coronary artery disease, valve dysfunction, and heart muscle function.

• cryotherapy:

This therapy is used frequently at the center to treat arrhythmias in children. The method has proven to be more beneficial than radiofrequency treatment leading to less exposure of patients to radiations. Malfunctioning tissues are freezed in order to cause their destruction to return to the normal heartbeat. Some of the commonly treated diseases at the center are;

• Atrial and ventricular septal issues
• Myocarditis
• Arrhythmia
• Arteriovenous canal issues
• Pulmonic stenosis
• Heart failure

Schneider Children’s medical center organ trasnplant unit works as the leading international center for performing more than 40 transplants per year. It is specifically well-recognized for transplant of kidney and liver that are being conducted by highly specialized surgeons including Dr. Sigal Eisner and Dr. Michael Gurevitz. surgeons, pediatrics anesthetists, gastroenterologists, cardiologists, nephrologists, nurses, and dieticians make up the Transplantation team medical staff at the center. Each member of the team is a qualified professional who received advanced training in their expertise at a world-renowned transplantation institution.

Since its foundation, the department has carried out more than 500 transplants of different organs with a high success rate. Schneider Children hospital is one of the hospitals in the world that has successfully conducted simultaneous operations along with transplant as well as multi-organ transplants. Some of the successes of the department are;

• Successful pancreatic transplant of 12-year-old boy
• Successful liver transplant of 6-month-old
• Lobe transplant into a newborn

The center provides comprehensive care to the patients not just during the treatment but also post-surgery to make sure that they recover and get back to their normal activities as soon as possible.

Not just for the physical health, Schneider Children medical center makes sure that adolescents and children live a healthy psychological and emotional life as well. The center provides exceptional services in areas of diagnosis and treatment for depression and suicidal behavior. The center is divided into 12 subdivisions that work on different areas including but not limited to;

• Psychiatry clinic looks over patients suffering from different mental illnesses as well as provide support to their families.
• Clinic for anxiety; this clinics work to make sure that children can successfully be taken out of their anxiety issues and phobias.
• Clinic for post-trauma anxiety and complications
• Clinic for learning disabilities and attention issues
• Clinic for parental support
• Clinic for eating disorders