The Department of Internal Medicine 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 30 beds. It also includes the divisions of liver diseases, diabetes, rheumatology, geriatrics, clinical immunology and allergy, clinical nutrition, research and prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, and Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Nephrology and Pulmonology Services.
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 department's main responsibilities are providing clinical service, graduate and post-graduate training, and basic and clinical research. Each inpatient department has its own department head, and responsible for clinical treatment of patients, training and evaluation of residents and medical students.
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.