Genetics clinic for adults
Director: Dr. Hagith Yonath
Contact:
Phone: 03-5302826, 03-5303060
Fax: 03-5302914
Email: Mirp.adultgen@sheba.health.gov.il
To schedule an appointment, please send a fax or email with the following details: First name, Last name, ID number, phone number, and reason for the referral. Please attach previous summaries, if available. For a genetic consultation, Form 17 is required.
Clinic hours:
Wednesdays
We kindly request that you visit us after completing the adult genetics health questionnaire.
Please ensure you bring along all the results of your previous investigations.
Location:
Gynecology and Maternity Center, 2nd Floor
Parking and Payment Exemption Information
For your information, we accept financial commitment forms (Form 17) of all health funds. If you do not have a commitment form, you can pay for a doctor's visit according to the Ministry of Health rate.
We offer consultations for families and adults aged 18 and above, covering topics like hereditary diseases, rare syndromes, congenital malformations, and cognitive impairments, including autism, developmental delay, and specific developmental disorders.
Who can we help?
- Patients with inherited diseases are at a higher risk, especially if there is also a family history. Examples include cardiomyopathy, familial hypercholesterolemia, fronto-aortic dilation, and hereditary kidney diseases. In some of these cases, molecular tests are already available.
- Patients clinically diagnosed in childhood, but without a molecular diagnosis, where they and/or their family members are interested in knowing the molecular diagnosis. This can help provide a definitive diagnosis and assess the risk to the rest of the family.
- Adult patients with genetic diseases, like Trisomy 21, Angelman syndrome, and intellectual disability, along with their family members, may find genetic follow-up valuable. Additionally, family doctors seeking guidance on the follow-up process can benefit from this information.
- Patients with dysmorphic features, with or without intellectual disability, who haven't been evaluated or diagnosed before.
- Patients with undiagnosed conditions and a variety of symptoms that don't match a common diagnosis, or present in an atypical way (e.g. younger age, not responding to treatment, involvement of multiple systems).
- Patients who exhibit symptoms resembling a known genetic disease, but with milder clinical signs, should be monitored. For example, recurrent respiratory infections and sinusitis might be the sole indications of cystic fibrosis (CF).
- People with a risk of genetically-inherited diseases that manifest in adulthood and follow a Mendelian inheritance pattern (e.g., neurodegenerative diseases, MODY diabetes).
- Patients with common and complex diseases like ischemic heart disease, diabetes, or hypertension, who experience an early age of disease onset, unusual symptoms, or don't respond to standard treatment, may have a significant genetic factor.
- Patients with known genetic variations in drug metabolism or immune response.
- Reproductive-aged individuals wishing to learn about and lower the risk of genetic diseases in future children, especially in families with a known genetic disease, should receive the necessary information and support.
