The Department of Anesthesiology was  founded in 1943

The Intensive Care Unit opened in 1972 

The Pain Management Service opened in 1978

The Mount Scopus Anesthesiology Unit was established in 1986.

The department serves 21 operating rooms at Hadassah - Ein Kerem and six operating rooms at Hadassah - Mt. Scopus. Anesthesia and sedation services are also provided in several other locations such as the School of Dentistry, the Department of Psychiatry and the Radiology Institute.

The department of Anesthesiology provides resuscitation services throughout the entire Medical Center and administers the Pain Clinic and Acute Pain Service.

The General Intensive Care Unit 

Critical Care Medicine: Over 50 critically ill or massively traumatized patients are admitted each month from the Emergency Room, Trauma Unit, hospital wards and other hospitals and receive critical care treatment. 

The Pain Management Clinic

A multidisciplinary clinic offering the combined expertise of physicians and other medical personnel from a variety of departments such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, oncology, rehabilitation, and psychiatry. The clinic treats patients of all ages from throughout the country who suffer acute or chronic pain, post-operative or post-traumatic pain and any type of chronic pain whose source is malignant or benign.

A variety of non-invasive and invasive techniques are used to treat patients in the clinic, day facilities or in-hospital facilities such as x-ray, operating and recovery rooms. The pain service also has dedicated in-hospital beds for patients who require prolonged treatment.

The Acute Pain Service

Postoperative pain is controlled in all the surgical departments using  epidural narcotic agents and intravenous patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps.