Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Shaare Zedek Medical Center was founded in 1902 and now it comprises ten interconnected buildings, including departments, laboratories, operating rooms, outpatient clinics, a library, classrooms for students and nurses, conference room technical and administrative services. The Hospital is located in Jerusalem. General Director of Shaare Zedek Medical Center is Professor Jonathan Halevy.

The unique diagnostic complex, well-equipped offices, a modern laboratory operates on the basis of the Medical Center. Shaare Zedek provides all the main areas of modern medicine for patients. Diagnostics and treatment are carried out at the level of the best world standards, using innovative technologies and latest achievements of Israeli and world medicine.

The main directions of the Shaare Zedek Medical center are:

• Cardiosurgery;
• Clinic for pain treatment;
• Genetics;
• Laparoscopic surgery;
• Orthopedics;
• Urology;
• Gynecology;
• Oncology;
• Nephrology;
• Gastroenterology.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center is the first hospital in Israel, where a multidisciplinary cardiology center, equipped with modern technologies for the treatment of any heart diseases. Department of Cardiology provides unique operations, some of them are not conducted anywhere else in the world.

The best specialists with extensive experience are working there. Among them are Professor Daniel Bitran, the Head of the Department of cardiothoracic surgery. Pr. Bitran is leading Israeli heart surgeon, a specialist of the highest qualification category.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem has been operating for over 110 years, includes more than 30 specialized departments, 70 institutes and specialized outpatient clinics.

According to the statistics for 2012, Shaare Zedek serves about 250,000 of thousands of patients. Shaare Zedek Medical Center provides a clinical base for leading faculties of the University of Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion University.