Cord Blood Bank
Director: Prof. Arnon Nagler
Cord Blood Donation Service Manager:
Noa Golomb
Phone: 03-5307759
Contact and answer 24/7: 03-5305222
Fax: 03-5308050
Email: cord-bl@sheba.gov.il
Laboratory Manager: Margarita Mayorov
Laboratory phone: 03-5305780
Fax: 03-5308050
Email: cord.blood@sheba.gov.il
Contact:
Phone: 03-5305780
Fax: 03-5308050
Clinic hours:
Visits are available by appointment only. Please call during the following hours to schedule: 8:00-9:00, 11:00-15:00
Location:
Laboratory Wing, Floor 2, Room 5
The Sheba Cord Blood Bank is the leading, largest and most established CBB in Israel. The bank is directed by Prof. Arnon Nagler, a world-renowned physician and scientist and president of the Sheba Hemato-Oncology Center. The Sheba
CBB operates two cord blood banks - the public and the private bank.
The public bank, established in 2001, has been officially accredited and recognized over the years by local and international regulators, including the Israeli Ministry of Health, and the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT)/ NetCord.
The accreditation, which is renewed every two years by the Ministry of Health and every four years by NetCord-FACT, defines the working standards for Cord blood banks, for collection, processing, testing and storing units. As the public CBB do not collect new units, the recent accretion was focused on the cryopreserved units' storage, testing and transferring them to transplant centers.
The bank which currently stores thousands of cord blood units, is a member of the WMNDA, NMDP and is connected to registries abroad. Over the years, the bank has provided cord blood units for stem cell transplantation for both pediatric and adult patients, suffering from various malignant and genetic diseases, in Israel, Europe, the United States, and other countries around the world.
The private bank operates under a license from the Ministry of Health and undergoes certification every two years by the Ministry of Health. The certification defines the standards for collection, testing, processing, documenting, storing the Cord Blood Units as well as using them for treatment..
The bank that is named after provides units for infusion (upon parents' requests) for clinical studies including neurological indications (e.g. autism) performed at Sheba.
Our goal is to provide the highest quality and professional service in its various forms, all under one roof at Sheba Medical Center.
