Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel

Hospital in Kaplan St. Petah Tikva, Israel

32°5′17″N 34°52′3″E / 32.08806°N 34.86750°E / 32.08806; 34.86750OrganisationFundingNon-profit hospitalServicesStandardsThe Joint Commission (JCAHO) accreditation, ISO 14000^[1]Emergency departmentYesBeds258HelipadYesHistoryOpenedApril 1992LinksWebsitewww.schneider.org.il

Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, founded in 1992, is a paediatric hospital focused on children's health, particularly organ transplantation and cancers. Schneider treats infants, children, teens, and young adults up to age 18 and for some conditions, age 21.

Overview

7 floors
35,000 sq. meters (376,736 sq. feet)
271 beds including 50 for day care
44% critical care and special care beds
1,500 employees
350 Physicians with advanced specialty and subspecialty paediatric training
550 Pediatric Nurses and Nurse Assistants
100 Paramedical Staff (Social Workers, Physical and Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and Dieticians)
6 operating theaters
2 Cardiac Catheterization Labs
3 specially oriented intensive care units
The combined skills of 800 health professionals

Annual Activities

275,000 visits and treatments
54,000 visits to the Emergency Medicine Department (ER) - busiest in the country
13,500 admissions, amounting to some 78,000 hospitalization days
8,200 surgeries including 500 cardiac and vascular surgeries and about 220 neurosurgeries
440 dialysis treatments
1,200 catheterizations
60 cochlear implants
40 organ transplantations

Online Pediatricians

Digital medical responses after-hours
Pediatric medical consultations via telephone and videoconferencing

History

On October 29, 1991, the Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel was founded on the hospital grounds, the largest such facility in Israel. It opened to the public in April 1992. It spans an area of 35,000 sq. meters. It was named after two major benefactors, Irving and Helen Schneider. It was designed by Marvin Bostin and Jerry Switzer.^[2]

Treatments

National Referral Center

Hematology-Oncology^[3]^[4]
Cardiology
Endocrinology^[5] & Childhood Diabetes^[6]
Organ^[7] and Bone Marrow Transplantation^[8]

New Clinical Genetics

Diseases and genes discovered^[9]
Chromosomal microarray
Exome sequencing

Else^[10]

Endoscopic repair of laryngeal cleft in 2.5 kg preemie
Video capsule endoscopy for children <2 years
Artificial pancreas trials outside hospital
Joint ancestor gene discovery in CDA-II patients
Local anesthesia for meatal stenosis
Defibrillator implanted in 4-month-old
New genes discovered for mental retardation
Open-heart surgery in 800gm preemie
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement
Multiple organ transplant

Academic & Research

Two Israel Prize laureates for Medical Research
Affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
5 physicians on Medical Management Faculty at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine (highest percentage per capita of all 16 TAU-affiliated teaching hospitals)
50% staff on Faculty
15% hold title of Professor
In 2020, Schneider Children's Medical Center and Weizmann Institute of Science aim to establish the Schneider-Weizmann Center for Research on Child and Adult Health.^[11]

Support

Friends of Schneider is a non-profit Friends Association that has been supporting Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel since its foundation. The Association was established to promote the development and advancement of the hospital and works to raise funds for construction, acquisition of medical equipment, research grants, and special projects.^[12]

References

^ "Schneider Children's Medical Center". MediGlobus. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
^ "Milestones". Scneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel.
^ "Israeli researchers find potential new treatment for leukemia". The Jerusalem Post. November 9, 2020.
^ Ohali, Anat; Avigad, Smadar; Ash, Shifra; Goshen, Yacov; Luria, Drorit; Feinmesser, Meora; Zaizov, Rina; Yaniv, Isaac (2006). "Telomere length is a prognostic factor in neuroblastoma". Cancer. 107 (6): 1391–1399. doi:10.1002/cncr.22132. ISSN 1097-0142. PMID 16917952.
^ "Israel's NG Solutions signs GSK child formula deal". Globes. 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
^ Tucker, Miriam (June 12, 2020). "Next-Generation 'Artificial Pancreas' System Gets EU Approvaly". Medscape.
^ Press, Viva Sarah (August 5, 2015). "7 lifesaving pediatric transplant operations in 48 hours". The Science Times.
^ Toi Staff (April 10, 2013). "Bone marrow from a beauty". The Times of Israel.
^ B., Mark (January 26, 2014). "Helmsley Trust Awards $3.5M to Advance Diabetes Study". Today.
^ Carroll, Linda (November 24, 2020). "Pedal cars, pirates help children conquer hospital fear". Today.
^ "Weizmann Institute of Science and Schneider Children's Medical Center of Clalit Health Services to Collaborate".
^ "About". Friends of Schneider.