History
In 1936 the original hospital of 70 beds was established. Since then, the Rabin Medical Centre, one of the largest university affiliated medical centers in the country, has grown to over 1,300 beds. Since 2004, the care of cancer patients is concentrated at the Davidoff Centre, a free-standing pavilion on the Rabin Campus where 16% of all cancer patients in Israel are treated.
Profile
The Davidoff Centre for the treatment and research of cancer has five functioning divisions:
- Medical Oncology, including in-patient wards, day care, an urgent care center and out-patient clinics.
- Haemato-Oncology: including a haemato-oncology ward, bone marrow transplant ward, day-care, an urgent care center and out-patient clinics.
- Radiotherapy Division: staffed with 34 technicians and 14 physicists, has 5 Linear Accelerators (with on-board imaging facility), brachytherapy and a facility for radio-surgery.
- Supportive Care Division: including a palliative care team of doctors and nurses, 11 social workers; 12 dieticians; a physiotherapist; an occupational therapist, 3 psychologists, 1 psychiatrist and a large unit for complementary and alternative medicine. During active treatments, the center provides patients with complimentary parking, hairstylist/wig service and refreshments. Our in-house information and teaching centre is available to patients and their families throughout their care.
- Our Research Division includes a large clinical trials unit and the Samueli Integrative Cancer Pioneering Institute.
Specialities
The Medical Oncology Division includes designated medical units based on disease origin, including breast, gastrointestinal, skin cancer and melanoma, lung, genito-urinary, gynecology, sarcoma, endocrine and CNS cancers. For each unit a team of specialised oncologists, clinical nurses, social workers and dietitians coordinate holistic care.
The Haemato-Oncology Division includes the following medical units: bone-marrow transplant, myeloma and amyloidosis, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloproliferative disease and a GVHD clinic.
Palliative and Supportive Care
The Pain and Palliative Care Service is staffed by 2 board certified palliative care physicians, 2 palliative medicine fellows and 6 palliative nurse practitioners. The Palliative Care Clinic is open 5 days a week, available to patients at all disease stages, and functions as a "walk in clinic" for patients in urgent need. The palliative team is involved in the care of patients admitted to the centre’s wards and those hospitalised to other departments across the campus. Our philosophy is to be strong advocates for patient's needs and their care goals, and to guide them and their families through the illness pathway.
Last update: August 2024
