Recovery from COVID-19
The staff of Keter Department E in Shaare Zedek Medical Center are happy to share that a 94 year old woman was released from Shaare Zedek after recuperating from the coronavirus (after receiving two negative coronavirus test results). The woman was hospitalized ten days ago after testing positive for the coronavirus and her family accompanied […]
Diversity at SZ
The staff and the patients in Shaare Zedek Medical Center are highly diverse and work together to treat and support each other. A special moment was captured as members of our messenger unit pray for safer and healthier times for people all around the world. Thank you to all of our staff and to medical […]
AI Innovation at Shaare Zedek
What happens when Artificial Intelligence is used in medical applications? What benefits can be achieved by analysing the massive amount of data collected by hospitals? Can we use Artificial Intelligence to find a cure for cancer? What do the questions you ask Dr Google reveal about you and how can we use this information to […]
Proud to be Jewish
The Australian Friends of Shaare Zedek have finished the Jewish year on a high. For the first 2 weeks of September we have hosted Rabbi Prof Avraham Steinberg, Jewish medical ethicist, paediatric neurologist, ordained Rabbi and appointee to Pope Francis’ Pontifical Academy of Life in the Vatican. His final public appearance was to a capacity […]
Australians Transforming Cancer Care at Shaare Zedek
The Australian Friends of Shaare Zedek are working to support Australian born and trained doctors who are at the frontline of the prevention and treatment of cancer at the hospital in Jerusalem. These innovative and highly respected doctors are creating a comprehensive cancer service at Jerusalem’s most central and fastest growing hospital. And with a […]
Fertility preservation at Shaare Zedek for a healthy future
Australian born and trained Dr Jordana Hyman works as a senior consultant in IVF at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre Jerusalem. Her work includes helping young women with cancer preserve their fertility and look forward to a healthy future. Jordana says, “I am an Australian born and trained doctor, living in Jerusalem and working in Shaare […]
“The Rabbi in the Vatican” to visit Australia for Bioethics Conference.
World bioethics expert, Professor Rabbi Avraham Steinberg will visit Australia in September and will open Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital’s Bioethics Conference. Prof Rabbi Steinberg is an Israel Prize Laureate, Paediatric Neurologist, ordained Rabbi and ethicist who in 2016 was appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Life in the Vatican to advise on bioethical issues. The theme […]
A Model Of Coexistence
Shaare Zedek Medical Centre is located in the heart of Jerusalem, crossroads of civilizations. Doctors, nurses, healthcare workers and patients of all races and religions leave their political allegiances outside the hospital and operate side by side to save lives and offer compassionate medical care to all. When recent media reports in Israel […]
From Syrian Captive to Jerusalem Heart Surgeon
A heart surgeon is not just a heart surgeon at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Jerusalem. In a recent interview, Israeli heart surgeon Binyamin Mazuz tells of his capture during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and how it inspired him to become a doctor. Deep in the hallowed vaults of Shaare Zedek Medical Centre’s […]
Genetics and The Four Sons of the Future
Pesach is about our personal and communal heritage and our hopes for a strong and healthy future. As we sit around the Seder table and read about the four sons of the Haggadah, the questions that are raised are profound and challenging. The four sons of the Haggadah are archetypes, and the responses of the […]