Head of Unit: Prof. Orly Elpeleg

Division on Pediatrics

Hadassah University Hospital

Tel: 02-6779307

02-6779018

The Metabolic Diseases Unit comprises physicians, investigators and laboratory technicians who are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from metabolic diseases.

The Unit is located on the 3^rd floor of the central building at the Hadassah Ein Karem campus.

Within the Unit there are three laboratories which provide diagnostic services and also perform research: the metabolite laboratory, the enzymology laboratory and the molecular genetics laboratory.

The team:

Prof. Orly Elpeleg

Dr. Stanley Korman

Dr. Ann Saada (Reisch)

Dr. Varda Barash

Dr. Avraham Shaag

Rachel Fisher

Polina Ilin

Corinne Belaiche

Rozi Schwarz

Stella Yosha

Elena Fatala

Sara Weissman

Jana Borstein

Shiri Anza

Diagnostic services

Research topics:

1. Discovery of novel genes causing mitochondrial diseases
2. Development of new therapeutic approaches to mitochondrial diseases
3. Identification of the genetic basis for rare disorders