Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)
Oren Shebolet
Organ Transplantation Unit at Sourasky Medical Center has a special service for patients with liver failure stage 3. Specialists apply MARS system. It performs a function of “artificial liver”, so patients who need a liver transplant may wait longer for a donor. The Head of the Department is Prof. Richard Nakache. He is one of the leading specialists in a liver transplant in Israel. Two teams of doctors (a surgeon, hepatologist, pulmonologist, and cardiologist) perform a procedure. Usually, the first team conducts a surgery for a recipient, the second - for a donor. Patients discharge from a hospital in 10-20 days.