Schneider Children's Medical Center

Israeli hospital launches AI system to enable hospitalized children to communicate without speaking

The system uses AI to create personalized printable communication boards in under five minutes, tailored to each child's needs as well as their age, language, gender, and background.

Dr. Oshrat Sella Weiss with a patient.
At Schneider, a unique program was developed designed to assist children and adolescents dealing with avoidance and emotional difficulties, including school anxiety.

Schneider Children's Medical Center established a program for children facing school anxiety

The medical teams from Clalit Schneider and Clalit Beilinson, together with Mark.

Israeli surgeons use custom 3D-printed implant to remove tumor deemed inoperable

Bel Finkelstein with the medical team.

'Noble, extraordinary act': Seven-year-old receives life-saving transplant from fallen IDF soldier


Can children have a serious allergic reaction just by touching food? Israeli study says no

Findings from a recent study by experts at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa offer reassuring, evidence-based guidance that can help ease unnecessary food allergies anxiety.

‘THE FEAR of accidental contact with allergenic foods often leads to persistent anxiety and significantly affects the quality of life of both children and their families.’

Doctors discover rare brain complication in boy after arrow strikes skull at summer camp

The incident occurred during an archery activity held as part of the camp's summer vacation program. One of the children fired an arrow that struck the upper part of the boy's nose. 

An 11-year-old was injured by an arrow to the head at camp in Israel. Images shared by the family.

Kafr Kassem girl's organ saves Jerusalem boy in life-saving heart transplant

“Organ donation gives life, literally. Whoever saves one life, saves an entire world,” said the doctor in charge of the transplant.

Three-and-a-half-year-old Rafael and his mother beside the Berlin Heart device following one of the surgeries he underwent at Clalit's Schneider Children's Medical Center.

IDF soldier killed in Lebanon's organ donation saves six patients simultaneously

Following confirmation of his death, his family requested that his organs be donated, enabling several patients awaiting transplants to be saved or see their conditions improved.

Medical team performing surgery

Israeli hospital performs world's first experimental gene therapy for rare genetic epilepsy

The treatment, administered at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel in Petah Tikva, is a major milestone in the development of precision genetic therapies for rare neurological disorders.

(R-L): Dr. Dror Kraus, Senior Physician, Neurology Unit and Epilepsy Specialist, Clalit-Schneider Children’s Medical Center; Dr. Naama Ornstein, Head of the Genetics Unit, Clalit-Schneider Children’s Medical Center; Prof Rami I. Aqeilan.

Four Israeli children saved in organ transplant marathon

The four transplants were a liver into a 9-year-old girl; a kidney into an 18-year-old woman; another kidney into a two-and-a-half-year-old boy; and a heart into a three-and-half-year-old.

CLALIT SCHNEIDER Children's Medical Center.

Israel launches AI-powered medical assistant for children’s hospital doctors

PANDA was developed in response to the everyday challenges faced by pediatricians navigating more than 600 clinical protocols across the hospital’s units.

 OF THE 26 patients who went to Schneider Children’s Medical Center, 24 had witnessed the murder or kidnapping of family members during the October 7 attack.

Severe but stable: Improvement in baby's condition of woman murdered in terror attack

“Our medical teams are prepared and continue to provide dedicated and comprehensive care,” the medical center said.

 Tzeela Gez, the pregnant woman wounded in a terror attack and succumbed to her wounds, May 15, 2025.

AI use by doctors poses risks to patient safety, warns Israeli health org.

LeMa'anchem chairman urges Health Ministry to establish AI usage guidelines and enforcement mechanisms.

 An illustrative image of a medic using Artificial Intelligence.

Ex-hostages in stable condition as recovery begins, initial indications suggest

The four freed hostages were admitted to the third floor of Schneider Children's Medical Center and began a series of medical exams.

Liri Albag doing a heart sign from the helicopter window.