American Friends of Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
Children's Health Alliance for Israel
Children's Health Alliance for Israel
Children's Health Alliance for Israel
Children's Health Alliance for Israel
Children's Health Alliance for Israel
Children's Health Alliance for Israel
Children's Health Alliance for Israel

The American Friends of Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel (AFS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 to support state-of-the art clinical services, research, training, and capital projects at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel. The mission of the American Friends of Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel (AFS) is to offer support to ensure that children receive the finest care that pediatric medicine has to offer at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel. Schneider Children’s is the first and only pediatric tertiary care hospital of its kind in Israel and the Middle East providing comprehensive care to all children, irrespective of race, religion, or nationality. Since its inception, the Medical Center has raised the level of children’s care to the highest standards of medical excellence.

2023 Clalit Outstanding Hospital Award

The 2023 Clalit Outstanding Hospital Award was presented today to Schneider Children's Medical Center. While constantly preparing for an emergency, in these tense days, Clalit's Management decided...

Nadav’s Story

Six months ago, Nadav was rushed to Schneider Children's in a very serious condition after being injured in the terror attack in Ra'anana. For ten days he was sedated and ventilated after suffering...

Parenting Children with Tourette Syndrome

About a month ago, Dr. Noa Ben Aroya Milstein, Director of the Ambulatory Psychological Medicine Unit at Schneider Children's, Prof. Alan After, Director of the Feinberg Center for Research, and Dr....

Dear Dr. Gabi

Yafit and Daniel, Little Malachi's parents, asked us to publish the thank you letter they gave to Dr. Gabi Amir, director of the neonatal cardiac surgery service at Schneider Children's: Dear "Dr....

Building Healthy Futures

As a result of the devastating events that unfolded in Israel beginning October 7th, AFS has launched a $22.5 million Campaign for Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel.  The campaign will...

The SCMCI Innovation Center

Established in 2022, the mission of the SCMCI Innovation Center is to ensure that the children of today become the healthy adults of tomorrow.  SCMCI is achieving  this goal by investing in...

We have a New Name!

Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel (SCMCI) has revolutionized pediatric medicine in Israel and throughout the Middle East since its establishment in 1991. As the only tertiary hospital...

‘We Decided We Won’t Hug, Ask Questions or Touch’

No precedents, no set protocol awaited Dr. Efrat from Gaza immediately after they arrived at who, with her staff, received young hostages freed Children’s Medical Center. There was no margin for...

“I Only Have One Request – That We Will Be Privileged to Treat the Bibas Family Children Soon”

The food that was divided into crumbs so that it would suffice, the long hours that they had to control themselves for the toilets, the severe lack of hygiene, the lice that filled their heads and...

“The Mothers in Captivity Understood That They Had to Take Care of the Spiritual Needs of the Young Children, Not Only Their Bodies”

How did mother's instinct work in captivity? What was the first thing that the mothers asked when they arrived at the hospital? How do they intend to deal with the extraordinary situation for the...

AFS’s puzzle logo, which it proudly shares with the Medical Center, symbolizes the all-encompassing approach to pediatric health care developed and practiced by Schneider Children’s. The puzzle pieces also represent the seven floors of the hospital, each dedicated to a subspecialty of pediatric medicine. Additionally, the puzzle pieces have different colors and shapes, much like the diversity of cultures and ethnicities in the region.

AFS Celebrates the opening of the Mindy Schneider Lesser and Dr. Michael Lesser Pavilion!
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