The Schneider Clinic is an Israeli children’s general hospital that annually assists 275,000 outpatient and 13,500 inpatients from 0 to 18 years to get rid of chronic and acute diseases.
The hospital consists of 82 departments, 4 of which are 100% leaders in their areas: Center for Hematologic Oncology, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Center for Cardiology, Transplantation Unit.
Every year, doctors perform over 8,200 operations at the clinic, including 500 – cardiovascular and over 220 – neurosurgical operations. In the Organ Transplant Center, about 40 organs are transplanted each year.
Hospital has 350 doctors, 52 of whom are professors. This clinic has twice won the Israel Prize for achievements in medical research.
The Schneider Children’s Hospital has been accredited by JCI and certified with ISO-14001. The clinic is also recognized as the second in the world in the Quality Of Patient Care.
Certified nutritionists prepare meals for young patients. Parents have the right to stay with the child 24/7. For them, there are folding chairs with bed linen near each hospital bed. The ward has a toilet, shower, kitchen, and refrigerator. They bring lunch and snacks to the accompanying person.
Schneider Children’s Hospital is the only clinic of its kind in Israel and the Middle East offering a variety of services for all specialties in pediatrics under one roof.
Since the beginning, the hospital has set new standards in pediatrics and has become one of the leading children’s treatment centers at the international level.
The hospital promotes and develops research in the field of pediatrics, and has achieved many successes in both the scientific research and in the application of innovative treatment methods for young patients. The center uses an interdisciplinary approach and unique methods of child care, which make it possible to create the most comfortable and safe conditions for the treatment of each patient.
The Center for Hematologic Cancer in Clinic Schneider is the largest in Israel. They treat all types of benign and malignant blood diseases. The center’s founder is Prof. Rina Zaizov Marx, an outstanding pediatrician, and the Israel Prize laureate. Today, the head is Isaac Yaniv. The hospital has 22 beds. Also, the Center has 6 research laboratories, where the methods of treatment of childhood blood diseases are improved.
In the Center there are:
The Schneider Endocrinology Center is the first in Israel to use an integrated multidisciplinary approach to the therapy of endocrine diseases. Annually, the Center helps over 15,000 children with thyroid abnormalities.
This Center has the following functions:
Here, for the first time in the world, a real-time 3D hologram of the heart was created during heart catheterization in eight children using images obtained from ultrasound and fluoroscopy during the procedure.
Each year, the Cardiac Surgery Unit performs more than 500 operations for children with congenital heart defects. The center deals with:
The orthopedic department of the Schneider Children’s Clinic diagnoses and treats congenital and acquired diseases of the skeletal system, joints, and muscles in infants, children, and adolescents.
The department’s staff treats more than 5,000 children from around the world every year. The center has with the latest technology, which allows carrying out the most complex surgical interventions with minimal risk to patients’ health.
The team of doctors includes orthopedists of international level: Dr. Eli Sidon (expert in surgical treatment of diseases and foot injuries), Dr. Danielle Mercado (specializing in the treatment of congenital abnormalities of the limbs, restoration of spinal deformities, including scoliosis and treatment of metabolic bone problems), Dr. Tali Becker (specializing in pediatric trauma surgery).
Dr. Daniel Weiger, Israel’s leading orthopedic specialist, is the head of the Orthopedic Department. He is a member of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Development Medicine and organizes international conferences on this topic. The doctor’s experience is more than 28 years.
The price of treatment at Schneider Children’s Hospital depends on such criteria as disease and its severity, method of treatment, qualification of the doctor, etc. The estimated cost of the medical services at this hospital is:
| Procedure | Cost |
| Consultation with a specialist | from $200 |
| PET-CT | from $1,400 |
| MRI | from $1,100 |
| CT | from $700 |
| Procedure | Cost |
| Scoliosis surgery | from $29,000 |
| Ewings sarcoma surgery | from $28,000 |
| Heart valve plastic surgery | from $19,000 |
| Autologous bone marrow transplant | from $80,000 |
