The Department of Medicine of the Hadassah
University Hospital at Ein Kerem consists of 3 inpatient departments
comprising 105 beds, a Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU),
with 9 intensive-care beds, and a Day Care (ambulatory) Unit,
comprising 24 beds. It also includes the divisions of liver
diseases, diabetes, rheumatology, geriatrics, clinical immunology
and allergy, clinical nutrition, research, prevention and
treatment of atherosclerosis, biobehavioral medicine, a student
health service, and the Departments of gastroenterology, endocrinology
and nephrology. The Department of Medicine serves as a tertiary
care center for internal medicine and for basic bio-medical
and clinical research, and engages in developing and promoting
its centers of excellence. The Department already operates
a number of multidisciplinary centers of excellence in the
fields of diabetes, clinical immunology and rheumatology,
nephrology and SLE. In addition, there are a number of planned
centers of excellence in the field of geriatrics, gastroenterology,
and liver tumors. The main responsibilities and endeavors
of the Department are providing clinical service, and engaging
in under- and post-graduate teaching, as well as basic and
clinical research. Each inpatient department has its own department
head, who is responsible for clinical treatment of inpatients,
training and evaluation of residents and medical students,
in addition to his/her administrative duties. These departments
admit patients suffering from a variety of internal diseases.
They cooperate closely with the various medical divisions
of the Department of Medicine, creating an interdisciplinary
team approach that combines healing, teaching and research
under one departmental roof. Internists, specialists, sub-specialists
and residents work together, addressing a wide spectrum of
medical problems.
The Hadassah
approach is comprehensive, treating the whole person, the whole
range of problems, utilizing the latest techniques, and
the most recent research results. Patients benefit from the
multiplicity of backgrounds and experience, the ongoing investigations
of the researchers and the emotional comfort of knowing that
someone is in charge, coordinating the treatment.
