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Meir Medical Center

Israel, Kfar Saba

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The Meir Hospital is Israel's largest general hospital. It was founded in 1956. Meir hospital is a benchmark for modern medicine. This is proven by the fact that it has been voted Israel's best medical centre 5 times in a row. It was also chosen by the Israeli National Olympic Committee for the examination and treatment of top athletes participating in the Olympic Games.

The Meir Clinic is internationally certified by Joint Commission International (JCI), which confirms the high quality and effectiveness of patient treatment.

More than 483,000 diagnostic procedures and 22,000 surgeries are carried out here every year. The hospital has 3,000 staff, including 650 doctors.

The Meir Hospital consists of one hundred and twenty wards and structural units. There are 617 rooms, 800 day-care beds, 80 dispensary beds and 40 dialysis beds.

Although the clinic has a wide range of specialisations, there are some areas in which it conducts in-depth research and operational work. These include:

    иконка галочки Oncology (benign and malignant tumours);  

    иконка галочки Orthopaedics (musculoskeletal disorders);  

    иконка галочки Paediatrics (childhood diseases);  

    иконка галочки Nephrology (kidney disease);  

    иконка галочкиPulmonology (respiratory pathology);  

    иконка галочкиGastroenterology (gastrointestinal diseases);  

    иконка галочкиSpinal surgery (spinal cord and spine diseases).

 

The Meir Centre has a research laboratory at Tel Aviv University and Bar Ilan University, as well as an advanced training school for medical staff.

Every year, Meir Hospital welcomes more than 4,000 foreign nationals for treatment. All conditions have been created to make the stay as comfortable as possible for foreign patients: interpreter services, transfers, assistance in finding accommodation, 24-hour support by an assistant manager, free internet, etc.

Features of the Clinic

CANCER TREATMENT AT MEIR HOSPITAL

The Meir Clinic treats cancer in a specialised unit called the Institute of Oncology. Here, innovative therapies for malignant tumours are developed and implemented, as well as the latest generation of drugs that can successfully fight different types of cancer. The Institute of Oncology at Meir Medical Centre consists of the following units:

    иконка галочки Outpatient service;  

    иконка галочки Emergency department;  

    иконка галочки Cancer diagnostic department;  

    иконка галочки Cancer therapy unit;  

    иконка галочки Oncology and haematology unit;  

    иконка галочки Multidisciplinary Department of Surgery.

 

The oncologists at this institute are highly experienced in the treatment of cancer. They apply not only classic methods of fighting oncological pathologies, but also the cutting-edge ones: SIRT (radiotherapy for tumours using ionising radiation delivered through incisions in the blood vessels that are close to the cancer cells), SBRT (radiotherapy for tumours using a high-precision linear accelerator), IORT (intraoperative radiation irradiation of cancer cells, carried out with a special probe inserted directly into the surgical field).

The leading experts at the Institute of Oncology are Dr Maya Gottfried (Head of the Lung Cancer Unit), Dr Daniel Caseman (Head of the Urooncology Unit) and Dr Ilan Bruchim (Head of the Onco-Hematology Unit).

    THE PRICE OF MEDICAL SERVICES AT THE MEIR CLINIC: CANCER TREATMENT

    The cost of cancer treatment at Meir Hospital is 30% lower than that of the most popular top hospitals in Europe. For example, the price of an oncology marker test is $500, a colon cancer check-up and therapy programme is $3,800, a set of diagnostic procedures for uterine fibroids is $2,500, and the cost of glioma diagnosis is not more than $3,000.

THE INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPAEDICS AT MEIR MEDICAL CENTRE

The Meir Hospital's Orthopaedic Institute is one of the best specialist hospitals in Israel. More than 3,500 surgeries are performed here each year, of which around 500 are joint replacement procedures.

Doctors in this department provide medical services such as joint endoprosthetics and arthroscopy, pseudo-arthrosis treatment, shoulder replacement, conservative musculoskeletal therapy and sports medicine.

The Institute of Orthopaedics actively uses minimally invasive techniques to treat not only affected joints but also the spine. This treatment minimises the risk of complications and speeds up the recovery process.


The leading orthopaedic doctors at the clinic are Professor Meir Niska (Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery), Dr Sagiv Paul (Head of the Elbow and Hand Surgery), Dr Michal Markuszewski (Head of the Joint Implant Centre) and Professor Gideon Mann (Specialist in Sports Orthopaedics).


meir hospital orthopaesdics

PAEDIATRIC WARD AT MEIR MEDICAL CENTRE

meir hospital paediatrics

Every year, the Paediatrics Department at Meir Hospital treats around 200,000 children. It is staffed by the best specialists in Israel, who regularly receive training and internships at the world's leading medical centres. There is close cooperation with Boston Children's Hospital.

The Meir Clinic has the largest and most technologically advanced prematurity unit and perinatal centre. Here, doctors successfully nurse babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. It's noteworthy that the minimum weight of a baby safely born at the centre is 750 grams.

The Meir Paediatric Hospital has 20 subspecialised units: paediatric urology, paediatric orthopaedics, paediatric endocrinology, paediatric surgery, neurology, paediatric outpatient hospitalisation, ENT unit, etc.

Certificates

Joint Commission International
Joint Commission International

Doctors

Gottfried Maya
Dr Gottfried Maya
Oncology
Experience: over 35 years
Shmuel Avital
Professor Shmuel Avital
Experience: over 30 years
Reuven Sharoni
Dr Sharon Reuben
Obstetrics and gynecology
Experience: over 40 years
Meir Niska
Professor Meir Niska
Orthopedics and traumatology
Experience: over 35 years
Ilan Leibovich
Professor Ilan Leibowitz
Urology
Experience: over 30 years
Mosseri Maurice
Professor Maurice Mosseri
Cardiology
Experience: over 30 years

Head of the Lung Cancer Unit at the Meir Clinic. She graduated from Padua University (Italy), and also upgraded her qualifications at the Institute of Oncology (France). She works at Tel Aviv University as an instructor in the Faculty of Medicine. Since 1993 she has been involved in research projects for the development of lung oncology techniques.

Gottfried Maya is eligible for membership in The International Organization for the Study of Lung Cancer and the Association of Oncologists of Israel and the European Association for Cancer Research.


Doctor's specialization: clinical oncology, radiotherapy, oncopulmonology.

Dr Gottfried Maya
Experience: over 35 years
Oncology

Head of the Department of Surgery at Meir Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Hassad School of Medicine in Jerusalem, as well as advanced training and internships at the best clinics in America: North Carolina Hospital and Lahey Massachusetts Medical Center. He specialises in the surgical treatment of spleen, adrenal, colon and rectal abnormalities.

Shmuel Avil has performed many successful minimally invasive gallbladder and hernia operations. He holds the position of Senior Lecturer at Tel Aviv University: he lectures on surgery. The professor is eligible for membership in such organisations:

  • Association of Surgeons of Israel;
  • Society of Endoscopic Surgeons of Israel;
  • Israeli Medical Society;
  • Israeli Association for the surgical treatment of colorectal pathology;
  • European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons;
  • Society for Operative Treatment of Colorectal Pathology in the USA.

Doctor's specialization: surgery.

Professor Shmuel Avital
Experience: over 30 years

A leading specialist in the treatment of "female" diseases in Israel. He is deputy head of the Institute of Genetics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Meir Medical Centre.

The doctor received his undergraduate education at Tel Aviv University and Hassad European University Medical School, and advanced training at the University of California (USA). He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Gynaecology at Tel Aviv University. Reuven Sharoni has over 45 years of experience.


Doctor's specialization: gynaecology and obstetrics, medical genetics, perinatology and prenatal diagnosis.

Dr Sharon Reuben
Experience: over 40 years
Obstetrics and gynecology

He was appointed Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Meir Medical Centre in 1999, a post he holds to this day. He graduated from the Hassad Medical Institute, which is a division of the European University. Meir Niska treats fractures and orthopaedic pathologies. He is eligible for membership in organisations such as:

  • Israel Foot and Ankle Surgery Association;
  • Israel Sports Medicine Association;
  • Israel Surgical Orthopedics Association;
  • European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgery;
  • British Association of Foot and Ankle Surgery;
  • United States Foot and Ankle Surgery Association.

Doctor's specialization: orthopaedic surgery.

Professor Meir Niska
Experience: over 35 years
Orthopedics and traumatology

Head of the urology department at the Meir Clinic. He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prof. Leibowitz has written over a hundred scientific articles in the field of urology as well as books on the treatment of the prostate gland. He holds the position of editor of the journal Urology Update.

The professor specialises in the treatment of adenoma of the prostate, therapy of renal malignancies, testicular and bladder cancer. He has carried out hundreds of surgical interventions to reconstruct the ureter. The doctor is a member of the pro-organisations:

  • European Society of Urology;
  • American Society of Urology;
  • The Society of Urology of Israel;
  • Medical Union of Israel.

Doctor's specialization: urology, uro-oncology.

Professor Ilan Leibowitz
Experience: over 30 years
Urology

Israel's top specialist in cardiology. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Medicine and completed advanced courses at Washington Hospital (USA), St Elizabeth's Medical Center (USA) and Adassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Israel.

Maurice Mosseri is head of the Meir Institute of Cardiology. He treats cardiovascular ailments in patients with diabetes, cardiac abnormalities in the elderly, and performs operations on peripheral vessels and coronary arteries.

Maurice Mosseri has presented over two hundred papers at various medical conferences and written 121 articles on cardiology. He has received patents for the development of drugs for the treatment of heart failure, the creation of new methods of navigation during therapeutic angiography and teletherapy.


Doctor's specialization: cardiology, interventional cardiology.

Professor Maurice Mosseri
Experience: over 30 years
Cardiology
Location of the Clinic

 

The clinic is located in the town of Kfar Saba, which is in the heart of the country. The clinic can be reached from Tel Aviv airports (Ben Gurion and Sde Dov) by any means of public transport. Bus stops in the vicinity of the hospital are Bus 32 (Egen Green Bus which passes through Ra'anana, Hercilia and Ramat Asharon) and Bus 568 (Metropolitan Blue Bus which terminates at the New Central Bus Station). The bus stops for buses 39 and 29 (go to the Mediterranean coast, Herzliya town) are a couple of hundred meters away from the Meir Hospital, as is bus 149 (which passes through the Central Railway Station of Tel Aviv).

Nearby are the Yakstadt Garden Park, Aroma Cafe, Village Steakhouse and Mega in the City grocery shop, as well as the Garden Suites Raanana Hotel and Ester Place Guesthouse.

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