The Sheba Medical Center, Israel's largest hospital has made a commitment to clinical excellence, based on a strong research and development foundation, by investing in professional human resources, infrastructure and facilities. Sheba provides its staff with a working environment that stimulates research and innovation of major medical needs for the benefit of patients. Sheba's excellence is highly acknowledged in Israel and around the globe.
Known for our groundbreaking medical research, the Sheba Medical Center (SMC) is home to major specialized research centers, integrating basic research, translational research and clinical studies across a broad spectrum of medical disciplines. Through our patient-focused approach and unique collaborative network across SMC institutes, local and global medical research centers, universities and medical industries, we have achieved solutions that improve patient care and save lives.
Our multidisciplinary research teams of clinical investigators, scientists, physicians and academia, strive to transform latest breakthroughs in science and technology into new cures, devices and diagnostic tools for the most challenging health conditions and diseases of the 21st century. We work together with top national and international biotech and medical companies and have an outstanding record of basic and clinical research and services, promoting effective translation from “bench to bedside". In addition, SMC is accredited by HHS regulation assurance of compliance for the protection of human subjects (Federal wide Assurance – FWA) making us eligible for US federal grants for research involving human clinical trials, thus serving as a major site for industry-sponsored clinical trials and clinical product development.
SMC research is funded by internal sources, donations, local and international research trusts, and private companies (biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, etc.).
SMC Scientists and doctors, together with industry, co-develop breakthrough medical innovations, including therapeutic solutions, diagnostic tools, imaging modalities, drug delivery systems and medical devices.
Our internationally renowned scientists have made significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge and medical solutions in fields as diverse as cell biology, biotechnology, genetics, imaging, and medical technologies. Our mission is to continue to be a medical research powerhouse that will help to improve the lives of people in our region and around the globe.
