The Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases

The Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases serves children with disorders of the digestive system, liver, pancreas and nutrition. The Institute is the largest of its kind in Israel and treats children from all over the country. It aims to be a home for its patients and to continue to be among the leading medical institutions in the world through encouragement and advanced professional training and research of the highest standards.

 
Location: 6th Floor
Hours: Sundays to Thursdays, 08:00-16:00
Tel: 972-3-9253673 - Between 08:00-14:00
Fax: 972-3-9253104
Appointments: 972-3-9253210, Sunday-Thursday 08:00-15:00; Holiday eves and intermediary holidays, 08:00-12:00

Director of the Institute
Prof. Raanan Shamir

Senior Physicians

Dr. Yael Mozer-Glassberg - Director of the Pediatric Liver Transplantation Unit

Prof. Orit Waisbourd-Zinman - Head, Pediatric liver diseases service 

Dr. Noam Zevit - Director - Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Service

Dr. Anat Guz-Mark - Director of Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation Service

Dr. Lev Dorfman - Director of Neurogastroenterology and Motility Disorders Center

Dr. Manar Matar - Coordinator, Intestinal Ultrasound Imaging in IBD care

Dr. Michael Gurevich – Head of the Pediatric Transplantation Surgery Unit

Dr. Vered Nachmias-Friedler

Dr. Michal Rozenfeld Bar-Lev

Head Nurse

Dalit Binyamin Ohana

Medical Services

• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• National referral center
• Pre- and post-colon transplantation
• GI hemorrhaging
• Recurrent or chronic abdominal pain
• Eosinophilic esophagitis and gastroenteropathy
• Inflammatory diseases such as Crohn’s, colitis
• Intestinal diseases such as Celiac
• Malabsorption disorders
• Constipation
• Esophageal infections and reflux (GERD)
• Chronic diarrhea
• Hyperlipidemia
• Intestinal dysfunction
• Growth deficiency and malnutrition
• Polyps

Liver Disorders

• Liver transplantation
• Liver diseases
  
  

Nutritional Disorders

• Treatment and research of intestinal problems
• Bowel failure (pre- and post-transplantation)
• TPN (Parenteral Nutrition or IV Nutrition)
• Nutrition during infections of the bowel and prevention
• Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol and triglycerides)
• Food allergies
  
  

Liver Transplantation Clinic

The clinic treats liver recipient before and after transplantation and provides long-term follow-up.
Hours: Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 08:00-12:30
Appointments: 972-3-9253673, 08:00-15:00

Minimal Invasive Diagnostic Procedures
The majority of diagnostic techniques and treatment are conductive with instrumentation specially adapted for children, with the emphasis upon non-invasive procedures.
Upper and lower endoscopy
Endoscopic gastrostomy
Video capsule endoscopy
Biopsies of the digestive tract and liver
Bowel polypectomies
Dilation of narrowed vessels
Varicose veins ligation
Manometry (pressure and motility)
PH-metry
Lactose and fructose intolerance
Metabolic REE tests (Resting Energy Expenditure)
Body composition tests (BIA Air, plethysmography)

Research

Institute staff actively conducts a broad range of research, and regularly publishes papers in leading medical journals and makes presentations at local and international medical conferences. The Institute is also active in training medical students,
pediatricians and residents in all aspects of gastroenterology, liver diseases and nutrition. Over and above the research and training program, the Institute’s diagnostic laboratory performs most of the tests for gastrointestinal anomalies.

 

Referrals

Letter from the community physician or communications technician, together with the payment guarantee
Referral from doctors at Schneider Children’s