Pulse 2023

We are pleased to share with you our latest edition of Pulse. This year it focuses on the Weinstock Family Department of Emergency Medicine.  Throughout the pages you will see for yourself, how vital your support is to the future of the hospital. With your help we will be able to ensure our doctors and […]

We are hiring!

    Shaare Zedek UK is in a very exciting period of change.  We have welcomed Jonathan Paull our new Chairman and Oshrit Cowan our new CEO and are now looking to hire for two new positions. Fundraising Manager Salary – £42,000 – £48,000 FTE (based on experience) Hours – open to flexibility (Core hours […]

Virtual Reality Surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre

*First in the World- Shaare Zedek Medical Centre Utilizes Augmented Reality Robotic Technology in Complex Spinal Surgery* In a further embrace of medical technology that has become a hallmark of the Jerusalem hospital, Dr. Cezar J. Mizrahi performed the first-ever procedure of its type utilizing Augmented Reality (AR) to address an unstable spinal fracture at […]

Shaare Zedek UK appoint new CEO

PRESS RELEASE 07.06.2023 Shaare Zedek UK is pleased to announce that Oshrit Cowan has been appointed CEO succeeding Simi Ben Hur who will leave at the end of July. Simi has decided to take a career break after 10 successful years in the role. Oshrit will start on June 7th which will allow a suitable […]

Osteoporosis drug to help breast cancer patients

Providing hope for women carrying the BRCA1 genetic mutation, a clinical trial at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem is investigating whether a drug used to treat osteoporosis can prevent breast cancer. Leading this trial is Dr. Rachel Michaelson-Cohen, a gynaecologist and the director of the prenatal genetics unit at Shaare Zedek.  She told The […]

Yom Hazikaron

On YomHazikaron Israel’s Day of Remembrance we remember the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terror. Our doctors sadly see far too many in our emergency department, whose lives we have been unable to save. A very personal story for us is that of our own Dr David Applebaum who was the Director of our […]

Yom Hashoah

  On Yom Hashoah we want to share with you the story of a young boy, only 8 years old. The first photo was taken in Poland in 1942. Quite soon after the picture was taken, the Germans entered the village and rounded up all the Jews from the ghetto and put them on a […]

Dr Iddor Paldo appointed Vice President of the World Federation of Neurosurgery

Shaare Zedek’s Director of the Brain Tumour Treatment Unit Dr Iddo Paldo has been appointed  as Vice President of the World Federation of Neurosurgery.  Representing the most senior appointment of any Israeli physician to the prestigious international body of neurosurgery. Born in Jerusalem, to a family that can trace its roots back nine generations in […]

Running Hero – an interview with Professor Ofer Merin

We are very grateful to the Jewish News for including a recent interview with Professor Ofer Merin in their latest ‘Life’ magazine. Click on the below image and head to page 39 to read the full article detailing Professor Merin’s recent experiences as part of Operation Olive Branch with the IDF Medical Field Hospital in […]

Unique cooling treatment saves patients life

Our doctors perform miracles on a daily basis and we are sure you will agree that this story is a perfect example of just that. Norila Montemire, is a 46 year old nursing assistant from the Philippines who has lived in Israel for 20 years. After suffering from persistent headaches over a few days she […]

Dr Amsalem saves the life of four year old girl

This is Dr Yaakov Amsalem who is the Director of our Interventional Neuroradiology Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, together with four-year-old Ayla Hussain. For nearly a year Alya has been very unwell. It is very unusual for a child to suffer a stroke, but at the age of four little Ayla has suffered many. […]

Innovative procedure addressing acid reflux and heartburn

Earlier this week, senior gastroenterologists at Shaare Zedek became the first in Israel to perform an innovative endoscopic procedure designed to significantly assist patients suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The procedure, performed in the hospital’s Digestive Diseases Institute directed by Prof. Eran Goldin, was observed by fellow gastroenterologists from other hospitals across Israel to […]