Shaare Zedek Medical Center

New robot helps Israeli surgeons crush kidney stones without the splash

But now there is an even better method to crush kidney stones, and Israel is one of only about 11 countries around the world that have the new technology.

 Margolin Bros. project at Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Ambulances are seen at the entrance to the emergency room at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, August 23, 2026.

Two children hospitalized in Jerusalem after severe poisoning from THC-infused cannabis candies

Dr. Ariel Orbach (L), Co-Founder and CEO of GentaGel, Prof. Avi Domb (M), Inventor of GentaGel-LR Technology, and Eli Lerner (R), Co-founder and COO of GentaGel.

Targeted antibiotic gel helps 80% of pilot patients avoid foot amputation, Jerusalem trial finds

IDF responds to terror stabbing attack near a Palestinian town in the Jordan Valley, August 23, 2026.

Duvdevan captures 16-year-old terrorist who stabbed an off-duty soldier in Jericho


This eye doctor has spent 40 years training and treating people in Jerusalem

Over the course of those nearly 40 years, Seelenfreund helped to train 80 resident eye doctors and treated thousands of Jerusalemites.

 Dr. Morty Seelenfreund, 84 From Englewood, New Jersey to Jerusalem, 1980

Hamas ambushes IDF troops, killing three, wounding others

The Hamas attacker fired the missile on the structure where the soldiers were basing themselves at the time.

 IDF soldiers carry out ground operations in the Gaza Strip.

Ministries argue over giving Israeli hospitals permission to purchase more imaging devices

Tamar Chin, health liaison in the Treasury’s budget division, replied that her ministry weighs budget versus needs and that per-capita rates were recently updated.

A radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancer prevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille

This week in Jerusalem: No more tickets

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 A Jerusalem municipal inspector writes out a parking ticket.

Jerusalem doctors save IDF combat soldier by leaving shrapnel in heart

Amit Bar-Ze'ev, a combat soldier from the north, was rushed from the battlefield to SZMC about a week after the IDF moved into Gaza.

 Photo of Amit Bar-Ze’ev

Israeli medical center, investment group establish healthcare innovation hub

The Shaare Zedek Arieli Innovation Hub – whose acronym is SHAAR –will focus on transformative startups, advancing innovative technologies, and supporting pioneering research and development.

 From Left to Right: Renana Ofan, deputy director-general of Shaare Zedek Medical; Prof. Ofer Merin, SZMC director-general; Eli Renov, cofounder and CEO of Arieli; Prof. Dan Turner, vice president for Research and Development at SZMC

Shaare Zedek to add 18-story, 900-bed hospital tower to campus

The aim is to provide high-level medical care not only to Jerusalem residents, but also to Beit Shemesh, Givat Ze’ev, Betar Illit, Gush Etzion, the Binyamin region, and Modi’in.

 Shaare Zedek hospital.

For one Jewish family, education about family cancer history pays dividends

Knowledge of her family history also made all the difference for her daughter.

 A 3D rendering of cancer cells (Illustrative).

Shaare Zedek, Jerusalem municipality fly patriotic flags on hospital’s chimney tower

The project was managed by Marom F.G.P. and their rappelling team who scaled the tower to ensure the safe installation of the flags.

Israeli flags are hung on Shaare Zedek's chimney tower as a symbol of solidarity for the victims of the Hamas terror attacks and their friends and family.

What is your brain's iron level? New Israeli non-invasive tech can find out

The “groundbreaking” MRI technology promises to revolutionize scientists’ understanding of iron homeostasis in the human brain. 

 Non-invasive approach for assessment of normal and impaired iron homeostasis in the brain.