No Stopping in Wartime
A powerful new weapon in the fight against cancer has arrived at Hadassah Medical Organization. The new lifechanging Elekta Evo radiation therapy system allows doctors to adapt radiation treatments as tumors change and to treat a wide range of cancers with remarkable precision. Even as Israel faces war, Hadassah continues strengthening another front—the fight to […]
Hadassah’s Dr. Esi Sharon-Sagie Among Top 100 Positive Influencers on Jewish Life in 2025
In a year of war in Israel and a historic surge in antisemitism, The Algemeiner Journal in New York has included Hadassah’s Dr. Esi Sharon Sagie in its prestigious J100 list, recognizing Jews and non Jews who most positively influenced Jewish life in 2025. The hundred honorees are not ranked in any particular order. For […]
Hadassah Expands Underground Medical Facilities to Protect and Treat Patients During Crisis
Hadassah Medical organization, which operates underground complexes in parking lots and hospital complexes on Mount Scopus and Ein Kerem, continues to treat hundreds of hospitalized patients who receive comprehensive medical care in protected underground areas. The inpatient wards, neonatal intensive care units, and operating rooms function continuously, according to professional priorities and severity of the […]
At Hadassah Ein Kerem, Every Safe Space Is a Shelter
Tamar Ben Haim takes a quick break from nursing duties to call her mom back home in Durban, South Africa. “She was in a coma for a year, and I miss her terribly,” said Ben Haim. “But despite the sense of longing and not being there for Mom, I have the strength, motivation and satisfaction […]
Prepared to Heal, Even Under Iranian Threat
On the Shabbat morning of Saturday, February 28, we woke up to the news that the US and Israel attacked Iran — and Iran, in response, attacked Israel and American military bases in the Middle East. Staff at Hadassah hospitals, who had been preparing for weeks for Iranian attacks, jumped into action, moving patients to […]
American Heart Association Presents Stroke Awards to Hadassah Doctors
Two Hadassah Medical Organization doctors took center stage as the US began marking American Heart Month in February. The American Heart Association (AHA) honored neurologists Dr. Ronen Leker (who chairs the Israel Stroke Society) and Dr. Yoel Schwartzmann for their research into predicting unsuccessful catheterization in patients undergoing cerebral catheterization. Their study was published in […]
New Study: The Gut’s Impact on HIV
As reported in The Times of Israel, a groundbreaking study out of Israel and Ethiopia led by Prof. Hila Elinav, head of the Hadassah AIDS Center at the Hadassah Medical Organization, and her husband, Prof. Eran Elinav, of the Weizmann Institute of Science, reveals that bacteria in the gut can actively boost the immune defenses […]
Hadassah–Helmsley Netivot: Advanced Medicine for the Residents of Southern Israel
Hadassah Medical Organization today opened Hadassah–Helmsley Netivot, a new, innovative medical center designed to provide residents of the southern Israeli town of Netivot and surrounding communities with advanced diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing medical care close to home. According to the framework agreement, which was signed prior to the outbreak of the “Swords of Iron” war, […]
Hadassah Unveils First-in-Israel Pediatric Nephrology-Urology Center
Photo caption: Unveiling a unique facility(l-r): Center Co-Director and head of pediatric nephrology Dr. Oded Volovelsky , Center co-director Prof Guy Hidas; HWZOA National President Carol Ann Schwartz; Acting Head of Pediatrics Dr. Saar Hashavya; HMO Board Chair Dalia Itzik; Director Hadassah Medical Center Ein Kerem, Prof Yaniv Sherer. The ribbon was cut Wednesday (Feb. 11) on Israel’s […]
HMO Doctor’s Decision Paves Way for Maya to Walk Again
During her long‑awaited post‑army backpacking trip in Guatemala, 21‑year‑old Jerusalem native Maya Avnun suffered a devastating spinal fracture that left her unable to move her body. Local doctors recommended immediate emergency surgery — a procedure that carried a high risk of permanent paralysis. But a decisive intervention by Prof. Josh Schroeder, Director of the Spine […]