We are accustomed to having blood tests when we go to the hospital, but soon patients at the Hadassah Medical Center will be asked to give DNA samples, too.

Having already identified more than 100 new disease-associated genes, researchers at Hadassah will use these new contributions to enlarge the hospital’s HADASSOME exome database. With 5,000 records, it’s the largest database of genetic variants in Israel.

Through the rebuilding, renovation, and expansion of our Round Building at Hadassah, we will significantly expand our capacity to serve Jerusalem’s growing population, creating a more patient-centered healing environment that provides the necessary resources to support the ground-breaking work of our doctors, researchers, nurses, and staff members.

In 2010, under the direction of Professor Orly Elpeleg, head of the Department of Genetics Hadassah initiated the “Undiagnosed Patient Program,” to identify the causes of diseases that didn’t fall into any known categories.

The Mexican Ambassador to Israel, H. E. Mauricio Escanero, visited Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in March 2022, accompanied by his cultural attaché José Alberto Navarro.
This visit is in conjunction with the recently created Hadassah Health LATAM Ambassadors Forum and its outcome will benefit ties between Hadassah Medical Organization and Mexico.

Scheduled to open in 2024, Hadassah Bosque Real will be a mark of medical excellence in the region, bringing Hadassah’s ardent standards of medical care and technological progress to Mexico.
Experts from Hadassah Hospitals in Jerusalem will provide technical assistance in the design, planning, training, and standardization of medical protocols.

In a historic development for Hadassah International, 15 Latin American (LATAM) Ambassadors in Israel held the first meeting of the recently created Hadassah Health LATAM Ambassadors Forum. This Forum is a result of the successful medical collaborations organized by Hadassah International (HI)and the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) in South America and aims to help to further develop these collaborations with HMO.

Hadassah mounted a coordinated global response—sharing frontline medical expertise, protocols, training, and strategic guidance with governments, hospitals, and medical professionals across continents.

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Surgery is where medical knowledge, technology, and human skill converge in moments that define outcomes—and lives.

The Hadassah hospitals stand among the world’s leading academic medical centers, conducting research that reshapes treatment paradigms across oncology, cardiology, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, and data-driven healthcare.

The events of October 7 and the prolonged war that followed have created one of the most profound mental health crises in Israel’s history.

Zug is a Mexican landmark initiative in preventive medicine through genetic testing—led by the Mexican Jewish community in close partnership with the Hadassah hospitals and facilitated through Hadassah Mexico and Hadassah International.

On September 5, 2021, Hadassah announced the founding of Hadassah Hospital Bosque Real—the first Hadassah hospital in Latin America—within Mexico’s landmark Bosque Real development in the metropolitan area of Mexico City.

At the Hadassah hospitals, rehabilitation has long been an integral part of comprehensive care. It is where survival becomes recovery. It helps patients to return to life, family, work, and community.

Hadassah launched a large-scale medical humanitarian mission to Poland—providing care, coordination, and continuity in one of Europe’s most acute refugee corridors.

#MarchToRecovery was a one-day global event that brought people together in Israel and around the world to express solidarity with Israel’s path to recovery following unprecedented trauma.

Green ORs is a forward-looking initiative addressing one of modern healthcare’s most pressing challenges: the environmental impact of surgical care.

Following the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel’s southern communities, overwhelming evidence documented the use of rape and sexual violence against women and children, as well as against hostages held in Gaza.

Humans of Hadassah is a storytelling and engagement platform that brings forward the human dimension of Hadassah’s global mission.

Words for Hope is a psychosocial initiative created by Young Hadassah members in response to the growing emotional toll of war, crisis, and rising antisemitism on children and adolescents.

Global Pulse is an initiative dedicated to expanding access to life-saving emergency response skills, with a focus on Basic Life Support (BLS) and CPR.

Young Hadassah Without Borders brings together individuals aged 25–45 from diverse professional, cultural, and geographic backgrounds who share a commitment to humanitarian values and global responsibility.

We advance mental health resilience around the World by mobilizing Hadassah hospital’s expertise and connecting it with communities facing acute psychological distress.