The Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care is part of the Surgery Division and composed of two anesthesia departments (A and B), post-anesthesia care unit, general intensive care unit, acute and chronic pain service, pediatric sedation service, and a preoperative clinic.
The main operating room suite, which is currently undergoing extensive modernization, includes 16 operating rooms that are connected to the hospital intranet, internet, digital X-Ray terminals and remote laboratory access. Each anesthesia station is equipped with an automated record-keeper (Datex, Finland or iMDsoft, Israel), with a current database of more than 60,000 anesthesia records including all physiological data. In addition, point-of-care information is available at all times in the operating room and Intensive Care Unit (ICU), provided by the On-Line Electronic Help (OLEH) system for anesthesiologists, developed by our department in association with the European Society of Anaesthesiologists.
The department provides services at 41 locations throughout the hospital. These include the Ambulatory Surgery Center, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Complex (including a very busy service providing analgesia for labor), the Ophthalmology Pavilion, the Radiology, Dental Clinic (high-risk pediatric dental procedures), Psychiatry (ECT) and three ambulances.
The department is in charge of a 15-bed Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), and on the same operating room level, a new 16-bed state-of-the- art general (medical-surgical) ICU, which is equipped with a patient data management system (iMDsoft, Israel). All physiological invasive and non-invasive monitor parameters, mechanical ventilators and drug infusers are networked to the system. Medical and nursing documentation is directly entered into the computer, providing a paperless environment, with rapid access to patient information.
Our pain service includes a busy clinic for chronic pain, which provides invasive pain procedures including unique procedures done under our interventional MRI.
An in-patient acute pain service provides state-of-the-art analgesia to postoperative patients. Our pediatric pain service includes sedation service for diagnostic procedures, as well as anesthesia for pediatric ambulatory Hemato-Oncological patients.
We are affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University and have an active academic schedule, comprised of two conferences per week, a monthly journal club, residents meetings, an anesthesia forum (4 per academic semester), and continuing medical education.
| Department at a Glance |
| Number of Patients per Year - The Department performs more than 20,000 Anesthesia Procedures per Year in more than 30 Locations throughout the Hospital. |
| Number of Operating Rooms and Beds - 16 Operating Rooms, 15 Bed Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), and on the same Operating Room Level, a New 16 Bed state-of-the art general (medical-surgical) ICU |
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Director - Dr. Haim Berkenstadt
Haim Berkenstadt is the Director of medical affairs at MSR. He is also the Director of the Department of Surgical Day Care and Anesthesia C at Tel Hashomer. Dr. Berkenstadt received his MD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and completed his Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine at Guy's Hospital, London, UK. |
Address - The Operations Building (South of the Charles Clore Hospitalization Tower)
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| E-mail - haim.berkenstadt@sheba.health.gov.il |
| Tel - 972-3-530-2754 |
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