Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, founded in November 1991, is a paediatric hospital focused on children's health, particularly organ transplantation and cancers. Schneider treats infants, children, teens, and young adults up to age 18 and for some conditions, age 21.

Overview
7 floors
35,000 sq. meters (376,736 sq. feet)
271 beds including 50 for day care
44% critical care and special care beds
1,500 employees
350 Physicians with advanced specialty and subspecialty paediatric training
550 Pediatric Nurses and Nurse Assistants
100 Paramedical Staff (Social Workers, Physical and Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and Dieticians)
6 operating theaters
2 Cardiac Catheterization Labs
3 specially oriented intensive care units
The combined skills of 800 health professionals

Annual Activities

275,000 visits and treatments
54,000 visits to the Emergency Medicine Department (ER) - busiest in the country
13,500 admissions, amounting to some 78,000 hospitalization days
8,200 surgeries including 500 cardiac and vascular surgeries and about 220 neurosurgeries
440 dialysis treatments
1,200 catheterizations
60 cochlear implants
40 organ transplantations
Online Pediatricians

Digital medical responses after-hours
Pediatric medical consultations via telephone and videoconferencing

History
On October 29, 1991, the Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel was founded on the hospital grounds, the largest such facility in Israel. It opened to the public in April 1992. It spans an area of 35,000 sq. meters. It was named after two major benefactors, Irving and Helen Schneider. It was designed by Marvin Bostin and Jerry Switzer.
In 2025, the center opened the Bibas Family Playroom, named in honor of Ariel and Kfir Bibas, who were kidnapped in the Nir Oz attack and killed.

Treatments
National Referral Center

Hematology-Oncology
Cardiology
Endocrinology and Childhood Diabetes
Organ and Bone Marrow Transplantation
New Clinical Genetics

Diseases and genes discovered
Chromosomal microarray
Exome sequencing
Else

Endoscopic repair of laryngeal cleft in 2.5 kg preemie
Video capsule endoscopy for children <2 years
Artificial pancreas trials outside hospital
Joint ancestor gene discovery in CDA-II patients
Local anesthesia for meatal stenosis
Defibrillator implanted in 4-month-old
New genes discovered for mental retardation
Open-heart surgery in 800gm preemie
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement
Multiple organ transplant

Academic and research
Two Israel Prize laureates for Medical Research
Affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
5 physicians on Medical Management Faculty at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine (highest percentage per capita of all 16 TAU-affiliated teaching hospitals)
50% staff on Faculty
15% hold title of Professor
In 2020, Schneider Children's Medical Center and Weizmann Institute of Science aim to establish the Schneider-Weizmann Center for Research on Child and Adult Health.

Support
Friends of Schneider is a non-profit Friends Association that has been supporting Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel since its foundation. The Association was established to promote the development and advancement of the hospital and works to raise funds for construction, acquisition of medical equipment, research grants, and special projects.

References

External links
Official website