The Department of Neurology at the Sheba Medical Center integrates skillfully the fields of Neurology, Pediatric Neurology, Neurosurgery, Imaging, Electrophysiology, Pathology and Genetics into a comprehensive facility, to offer the most advanced treatment and prevention strategies for patients with nervous system diseases.
Statistics suggest that most people, at some time during their life, will be affected by neurological disease or have a serious neurological complication secondary to another disease. Hence, the Department of Neurology consists of several sub specialty wings.
Our General Neurology Wing offers--along with inpatient services--a vital link in providing care for patients with neurological disease and utilizes the many diagnostic advancements such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), functional imaging, electrophysiological tests and genetic testing.
Through our Stroke Wing, we provide a holistic approach to treating patients who have suffered strokes through physiotherapy, occupational therapy, conventional medications, and surgery for secondary prevention of further strokes. Our Stroke Wing includes Doppler laboratories, examination rooms, research rooms, and staff rooms. In addition, we are the first Stroke Service in Israel to offer a treatment option of acute artery opening for clotted arteries with the new drug tPA.
Our Parkinson's Disease Institute offers treatment and care for patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease.
We are a leader in the field of Epilepsy with one of the most prominent Israeli authorities on Epilepsy heading our Epilepsy and Electroencephalograph Unit.
We have facilities for electromyography and nerve conduction electrophysiological tests (EMG).
We have a major center for electromyography, nerve conduction electrophysiological tests (ENG) and neuromuscular disease.
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Department at a Glance |
| Number of Patients per Year - 1,400 Inpatients; 9,500 Outpatients |
| Number of Beds - 18 Beds, including 5 Beds for the Stroke Service |
| Special Wings and Services - Stroke Wing, Parkinsons’ Disease Institute, E.E.G and Epilepsy Wing, Neuromuscular Wing, Peripheral Neurology and Electromyography Service and Research. |
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Director - Prof. Joab Chapman
Prof. Chapman, received his M.D. from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University in 1986 and then continued research as a postgraduate student receiving a PhD in Biochemistry from Tel Aviv University in 1991. He continued as a resident in Neurology at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and was certified as a neurologist in 1994. After a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neurogenetics at the National Institutes of Health in the US he was a senior neurologist and Neuroimmunology Clinic Director at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center until 2002. In 2002 he took up the chair of Neurology at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center.
Prof. Chapman has extensive research interests in Neurology, Neuroimmunology, Genetics and Neurodegenerative disease. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers and should soon be promoted to Associate Professor of Neurology at the Tel Aviv University. He is a leading authority on specific research areas including genetic factors in Multiple Sclerosis, genetic factor in Alzheimer's Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, neurological complication of Systemic Autoimmune Disease and animal models of Neuroimmunological Disease. He teaches extensively at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine including coordinating the Neuroscience Systems course and has supervised 3 PhD and 8 MSc students. |
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Staff -
Ilan Blat, M.D.
David Tanne, M.D.
Aaron S. Buchman, M.D.
Sharon Hassin, M.D. |
| Address - The Charles Clore Hospitalization Tower, East Wing |
| E-mail - joab.chapman@sheba.health.gov.il |
| Tel - 972-3-530-2441 | |
