At the Hadassah hospitals in Jerusalem, surgical care is delivered at the highest level of complexity, urgency, and innovation. As Israel’s leading tertiary referral center, Hadassah performs some of the country’s most advanced procedures, often under extraordinary clinical conditions.
Hadassah International works globally to strengthen and expand this surgical capacity, ensuring that Hadassah hospitals’ operating rooms, technologies, and teams remain equipped to meet growing demand—today and in the future.
Surgery at the Front Line of Medicine
Hadassah hospitals’ operating rooms are among the most active and complex in Israel. Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and multidisciplinary teams work across specialties including trauma, oncology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, transplantation, pediatrics, and complex reconstructive care.
Hadassah’s surgeons are frequently called upon to treat:
- Patients with multi-system trauma
- Highly complex oncologic cases
- Rare and life-threatening cardiac conditions
- Patients for whom no other surgical option exists
A landmark example includes Israel’s first successful implantation of a fully artificial heart, performed at Hadassah—an unprecedented procedure requiring extreme surgical precision, advanced technology, and multidisciplinary coordination.
Operating Rooms Designed for the Future
To remain one step ahead of demand, HADASSAH HOSPITALS is advancing a major expansion and modernization of its surgical infrastructure—particularly at the Ein Kerem campus.
Planned priorities include:
- New ultra-modern operating rooms, designed for high-complexity surgery
- Advanced imaging and navigation systems integrated directly into the OR
- Robotic and minimally invasive surgical platforms
- Digitally enabled ORs supporting real-time data, imaging, and decision-making
This expansion is essential to:
- Reduce surgical backlogs
- Increase capacity for elective and urgent procedures
- Ensure readiness during national emergencies
- Support next-generation surgical techniques
Patient-Centric Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
Innovative surgery depends not only on the surgeon, but on comprehensive perioperative care.
At Hadassah, anesthesiology is a cornerstone of surgical excellence, extending before, during, and long after the procedure. Under clinical leadership at HADASSAH HOSPITALS, teams are redefining anesthesia through:
- AI-assisted clinical decision-making
- Precision anesthesia tailored to each patient and procedure
- Enhanced recovery pathways that shorten hospital stays
- Specialized approaches for pediatric, geriatric, and high-risk patients
This patient-centric model improves safety, accelerates recovery, and enables patients to return home sooner—often the same day for appropriate procedures.
Training, Leadership, and Global Standards
HADASSAH HOSPITALS hosts Israel’s largest anesthesiology residency program and serves as a national training center for surgical and perioperative excellence. Education is strengthened through:
- Advanced simulation-based training
- International professional exchange
- Participation in global outcome-sharing collaboratives
Hadassah is also the first Israeli hospital to join an international perioperative outcomes consortium, ensuring continuous benchmarking against the world’s leading hospitals .
Why Partnership Is Needed Now
Demand for complex surgery continues to rise—driven by population growth, longer life expectancy, and increasing medical complexity.
To maintain excellence, Hadassah hospitals requires:
- Expanded operating room capacity
- Continued investment in advanced surgical technologies
- Modernized infrastructure resilient to emergency conditions
- Sustained recruitment and training of elite surgical teams
Hadassah International mobilizes global philanthropic partnership to help meet these needs—translating support into tangible surgical capability.
