Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel explained

Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
Logo Alt:	Logo Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
Location:	14 Kaplan St. Petah Tikva
Country:	Israel
Funding:	Non-profit
Standards:	The Joint Commission (JCAHO) accreditation, ISO 14000^[1]
Emergency:	Yes
Beds:	258
Speciality:	Pediatric Organ transplantation
Helipad:	Yes
Opened:	April 1992

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

See also: Friends of Schneider.

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]

See also

• Paediatrics

External links

• Official website
• Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel on Linkedin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schneider Children's Medical Center. 2020-12-20. MediGlobus. en.
2. Web site: Milestones. Scneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel.
3. Web site: Israeli researchers find potential new treatment for leukemia . November 9, 2020 . The Jerusalem Post .
4. 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. en. 107. 6. 1391–1399. 10.1002/cncr.22132. 16917952. 1097-0142. free.
5. News: 2016-10-20. Israel's NG Solutions signs GSK child formula deal. en. Globes. 2020-12-20.
6. Web site: Next-Generation 'Artificial Pancreas' System Gets EU Approvaly . Tucker . Miriam . June 12, 2020 . Medscape .
7. Web site: 7 lifesaving pediatric transplant operations in 48 hours . Press . Viva Sarah . August 5, 2015 . The Science Times .
8. Web site: Bone marrow from a beauty . Toi Staff . April 10, 2013 . The Times of Israel .
9. Web site: Helmsley Trust Awards $3.5M to Advance Diabetes Study . B. . Mark . January 26, 2014 . Today .
10. Web site: Pedal cars, pirates help children conquer hospital fear . Carroll . Linda . November 24, 2020 . Today .
11. Web site: Weizmann Institute of Science and Schneider Children's Medical Center of Clalit Health Services to Collaborate .
12. Web site: About . Friends of Schneider.