Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel

Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
Main entrance
Geography
Location	14 Kaplan St. Petah Tikva,   Israel
Coordinates	32°5′17″N34°52′3″E / 32.08806°N 34.86750°E / 32.08806; 34.86750
Organisation
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Services
Standards	The Joint Commission (JCAHO) accreditation, ISO 14000 [1]
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	258
Helipad	Yes
History
Opened	April 1992
Links
Website	www.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] and 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 and 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

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

External links

• Official website