the most comprehensive hospital in Israel and the Middle East: 64 medical departments, 110 outpatient clinics, 32 laboratories and 1,200 beds -- covering the entire range of modern medical specialties

· 90,000 inpatients and 250,000 outpatients a year

· the busiest emergency medicine department in Israel: 175,000 patients a year

· among the hospital's core specialties: burns, cardiology and cardiac surgery, ophthalmology, imaging and image-guided therapy, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology and hemato-oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, surgery, urology and more

· emphasis on complete continuum of care, from acute emergency intervention through rehabilitation, in an effort to make the patient not just healthy but also functional

• seamless integration with the Sheba Rehabilitation Hospital, uniquely providing patients with expert rehabilitation care in the earliest stages of their treatment

• clinical treatment is closely intertwined to cutting-edge medical research underway at Sheba, in proximity to the patient, for the direct benefit of the patient; thus, reducing the technology gap from (laboratory) bench to (patient) bedside

• extensive outreach to community clinics, to improve primary treatment of chronic diseases and to prevent hospitalizations, especially in pediatrics, gynecology and surgery

• sophisticated logistical systems ensure the finest and fastest medical care, including Israel's only comprehensive Electronic Medical Record system (from admission to discharge); an ultra-modern, computerized Mega-Laboratory -- which conducts around-the-clock specimen tests for the Sheba chemical, hematology, coagulation, endocrinology, pharmacology, urinalysis, serology, immunology departments; and top-of-the-line image-guided therapy suites in neurosurgery and oncology

• serves as the Israel National Center for treatment of autoimmune diseases, burns, Cystic Fibrosis, glaucoma, hemophilia, medical education, newborn screening, spinal cord injuries, Tay Sachs, and virology

The Sheba Medical Center is divided into two hospitals – an acute care hospital and a rehabilitation hospital.

The Acute Care Hospital has six divisions:

• Division of Internal Medicine

• Division of Surgery

• The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital

• The Joseph Buchman Gynecology and Maternity Center

• Division of Imaging

• Division of Laboratories

Director: Professor  Ari Shamiss Dr. Ari Shamiss is the Director of the General Hospital at Sheba Medical Center. His responsibilities include the management and medical capacity of the various clinical divisions including Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, ObGyn, Imaging and Laboratory. As a part of senior management he is involved closely with medical technologies, business development, physicians' resources and the performance management of clinical outcome, finance and budget. Ari Shamiss was the Surgeon General for the Israel Air Force and the Director of the Aeromedical Institute. He received his M.D from the Technion Institute and MPA from Harvard University and he is a lecturer in Tel Aviv University. Dr. Shamiss is certified in Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Healthcare Management and he published 37 papers in professional journals. Address: Western side of the Center E-mail: shamiss@sheba.health.gov.il Tel: 972-3-530-3545

Dr. Dorit Tekes-Manova Deputy Director General Hospital Dr. Tekes-Manova received her M.D. from Tel Aviv University. She is an expert in Internal Medicine and in health management. She served in  the medical corps and was the head of the Staff Periodic Examination Center of the IDF, and the head of  tertiary medicine services. She was the head of the medical quality department at Leumit HMO and a member of the national program for quality measurements in community medicine   Address: Western side of the Center E-mail: Dorit.TekesManova@sheba.health.gov.il Tel: 972-3-530-3141