Clinics in Israel

Clinics in Israel

Choosing a clinic in Israel is one of the most important concerns for a foreign patient. This is not an easy challenge for a person unfamiliar with the Israeli medicine: they may encounter many pitfalls. To make this task easier for you, we have prepared a detailed overview of the main Israeli clinics:

Top-12 Clinics in Israel

  1. Ichilov
ichilov medical center

The medical center is located close to Tel Aviv City Hall, 30 minutes on foot from the seaside. Researchers from Tel Aviv University and doctors from the medical center conduct joint studies and projects. Most university professors provide clinical service at the medical center.

Main areas of focus at the medical center comprise:

About 10% of the clinic’s doctors are professors. This is the highest percentage of professors in staff in Israel.

The medical center offers all the cutting-edge treatment options including a wide range of endoscopic and organ-preserving surgical procedures. The doctors here use the latest-generation equipment:

  • The country’s only DaVinci Xi robotic surgical system;
  • The cardiovascular hybrid operating room;
  • State-of-the-art Novalis TrueBeam STX radiation therapy systems.
  1. Assuta
Assuta medical center

Assuta is the largest private clinic not only in Israel but in the entire Middle East. Its main specialization is surgical. The clinic has several branches throughout the country. The largest one is the clinic in the northern industrial zone of Tel Aviv, in Ramat HaHayal neighborhood. The clinic’s new building comprises 16 operating rooms, cozy lounges for caregivers waiting to see patients after surgery, cafes and restaurants. Doctors here perform 85 thousand surgical procedures every year.

The clinic only offers elective surgical procedures and operations in the following areas of specialization:

  • Oncologic surgery;
  • Gynecology;
  • Orthopedic surgery;
  • Cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.

The clinic provides hi-tech preoperative diagnosis. It is fitted with Israel’s only PET/MRI scanner as well as the newest equipment for CT, MRI and PET/CT.

The environment at the clinic is notable for increased comfort: patients stay in single rooms; they can choose their menus and, if necessary, use the business center for work.

  1. Sheba
Sheba medical center

This medical center is located in Kiryat Ono, the distant suburb of Tel Aviv. The hospital possesses the most extensive territory among Israeli healthcare facilities: its buildings span an area of over 60 hectares. Buses run between the buildings.

The medical center’s main areas of focus include:

  • Recovery after injuries, surgery, strokes and other conditions;
  • Pediatric oncology;
  • Geriatrics;
  • Emergency medical care.

There is a nationally significant recovery center at the clinic. It has unique equipment including virtual reality systems for people with neurological and orthopedic conditions.

The medical center comprises Safra Children’s Hospital, one of Israel’s major pediatric hospitals.

  1. Rambam
Rambam medical center

The Rambam Medical Center is the main hospital in the northern region of Israel. It is situated in Haifa and is a university clinic: the doctors here collaborate with researchers from Technion University.

Traumatology is the medical center’s main area of focus. The local traumatology school is known all over the world. Physicians from 56 countries come here as residents.

The medical center comprises large diagnostic units:

  • Hybrid Imaging Department (for such imaging studies as SPECT/CT, PET/CT);
  • The Genetics Institute for various genetic studies including cancer research.

The medical center conducts experiments trying to treat various diseases with embryonic stem cells.

The Neurology Department provides cutting-edge movement disorder treatment with MRI-guided focused ultrasound.

  1. Hadassah
Hadassah medical center

The hospital is located in Jerusalem, in a distant district separated from the city by a large forest. It has been admitting patients since 1921.

The main hospital departments are:

  • Maternity Hospital (about 11,000 babies are delivered here every year);
  • Cardiology;
  • Neurology;
  • Pulmonology;
  • Cosmetic Surgery;
  • Hepatology.

The hospital comprises Israel’s largest AIDS Laboratory as well as National Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, National Skin Bank, and Diabetes Research and Treatment Center.

  1. Herzliya Medical Center

One of Israel’s most popular private healthcare facilities. It provides treatment for the representatives of foreign embassies and consulates, UN officials and medical tourists.

The clinic cooperates with 500 best specialists from Israel’s state medical centers. It offers fundamental surgical procedures including coronary artery bypass surgery.

The clinic comprises a state-of-the-art endoscopy unit.

Patients are accommodated in extra comfort hospital rooms including VIP wards comparable to 5-star hotels.

  1. Beilinson

Large state hospital in Israel located in the center of the country, in Petah Tikva City. Its main departments include:

  • Women’s Clinic;
  • Children’s Hospital comprising a large oncology department;
  • Cancer Center.

The hospital is an acknowledged leader in organ transplantation. It provides heart transplant surgery (including artificial heart implants), lung transplant surgery and about 40 different liver transplants. It also offers kidney transplants and eye transplant surgery including corneal transplants.

  1. Shaare Zedek

The hospital is located in Jerusalem. It admits primarily the city’s residents: Hebrews and Arabs. It comprises:

  • A large maternity hospital;
  • Research laboratories where the doctors conduct joint studies with scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
  • A nursing school;
  • Over 70 clinics and departments for adults and children.

Special attention is given to children admitted to the hospital: the pediatric department has a school for young patients supported by Israel’s Ministry of Education.

  1. Wolfson

The medical center is situated in Holon, the suburb of Tel Aviv. This hospital takes pride in its Pediatric Cardiology Department with the “Save a Child’s Heart” program. This program has provided free treatment in Israel for thousands of children from different countries.

Apart from cardiology, the hospital’s leading departments are:

  • Sports Medicine Department;
  • Neurology Department (provides cutting-edge movement disorder treatment as well as prenatal diagnosis of neurologic conditions);
  • Center for Hearing and Speech.
  1. Kaplan

The hospital is located in Rehovot City in the central part of Israel. It provides medical service for the population in the following main areas:

  • Cardiology (including interventional cardiology, or heart disease treatment through cardiac catheterization);
  • Geriatrics (a large recovery center for the elderly is being built at the moment);
  • Otolaryngology (the center for hearing and speech has recently opened here);
  • Obstetrics (the hospital comprises a large maternity ward with 4 professors among the staff);
  • AIDS diagnosis and treatment.
  1. Soroka
Soroka medical center

The largest hospital in the south of Israel is located in the Negev Desert, in the city of Be’er Sheva. Most of its patients are residents of southern communities including numerous Bedouin villages. The hospital comprises:

  • One of Israel’s leading traumatology departments;
  • A large maternity ward (about 15,000 babies are delivered here every year);
  • The Genetics Institute;
  • Dermatology Department;
  • Psychiatry Department and other subdivisions.

The hospital cooperates with the Faculty of Medicine at Ben-Gurion University and regularly invites interns from the faculty.

  1. Assaf Harofeh
Shamir medical center

This state multidisciplinary hospital is situated in the small town of Be’er Ya’akov in the central part of Israel. The hospital’s main areas of focus are:

  • Obstetrics and gynecology;
  • Rehabilitation;
  • Kidney diseases (there is a hemodialysis unit at the hospital);
  • Intensive therapy.

The hospital also provides treatment for some cancers and heart diseases. However, one should remember that it has no departments for cardiac surgery or radiology.

Israel’s Largest Hospitals in One Table

Number of bedsNumber of doctors on the staffPatients in 2022JCI international accreditation
Ichilov110013001 809 400+
Assuta200There are no doctors on the staff in Israeli private clinics.no data available+
Sheba14301153about 1 800 000+
Rambam1000715575 000+
Beilinson13001000over 500 000+
Soroka1053800700 000+

The Best Clinics for Cancer Treatment

The nest clinics for cancer treatment in Israel

Ichilov

The Oncology Department of the Ichilov Medical Center uses state-of-the-art cancer treatment options:

  • Organ-preserving surgery for uterine cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, bone cancer, etc.;
  • Cutting-edge radiation therapy options: IMRT, IGRT, SIRT, radioactive iodine treatment for thyroid cancer.

The oncologists of the medical center offer a personalized approach to cancer treatment and develop individual treatment protocols according to the characteristics of a certain tumor. These protocols include immunotherapy and targeted therapy drugs.

Assuta

The clinic provides surgical treatment for malignant tumors of any location. The clinic’s doctors prefer minimally invasive endoscopic surgery.

Patients also have the opportunity to undergo radiation therapy using the RapidArc technology developed by Varian Medical Systems Inc.

Sheba

The Oncology Department of this medical center cooperates with MD Anderson Cancer Center in the USA. Along with cancer treatment, patients and their families are offered an extensive program of psychological rehabilitation and social support.

The medical center comprises the country’s largest Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology that provides all blood cancer treatment options including bone marrow transplantation.

The Melanoma Research Institute which is also part of the medical center, develops advanced melanoma treatment options using immunotherapy. Researchers from this Institute are even able to cure stage 4 melanoma patients.

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