About the department
The department functions as an internal medicine department that receives patients from the emergency room and community clinics and provides counseling services to the other departments of the hospital.
The department is specialized in treating patients with various liver diseases and is a referral center for patients with advanced liver and pulmonary diseases who are candidates for transplantation.
Academic and research activities
The diverse interests of the department's physicians contribute to and influence the research and academic activities of the department. The department is affiliated with the Faculty of Medical and health sciences at Tel Aviv University and takes an active part in the teaching of medical students during clinical years and nursing students. The department's research activities include clinical aspects and basic research of viral hepatitis and fatty liver disease, the mechanism that causes cancer by hepatitis viruses, and the pathophysiology as well as early non-invasive markers of portal hypertension.
Days and hours of activity
Providing information to the patient:
Sunday to Thursday from 15:00 to 16:00
Friday and holiday eves from 12:00 to 13:00
Doctor's rounds:
10:30 - 13:30
