At Sheba Medical Center, the Josef Buchmann Gynecology and Maternity Center is Israel's leading center for obstetrics and gynecology. Directed by Prof. Shali Mazaki-Tovi, it treats more than 17,500 inpatients and 56,000 outpatients every year. Newsweek and Statista selected it for the World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2027 list.
During pregnancy, the center covers everything from routine follow-up to the most complex cases. Its Maternal Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics Unit brings together perinatologists trained at leading hospitals abroad, geneticists and perinatal nurses. At the Institute for Obstetric and Gynecologic Imaging, directed by Prof. Boaz Weisz, a baby's anatomy can be examined in detail from as early as 13 weeks. And if a problem is found, some treatments begin before birth, such as laser therapy or intrauterine blood transfusions.
For high-risk pregnancies, care does not stop at the hospital door. The Hybrid Antepartum High-Risk Pregnancy Unit, led by Dr. Avi Tsur, pairs remote observation with AI tools that support clinical judgment, and hundreds of women have received ward-level monitoring without leaving home. As Prof. Mazaki-Tovi puts it, this care “follows the patient home through a program that exists nowhere else in the world.”
Many women need help before a pregnancy even begins. The Fertility and IVF Center, directed by Prof. Hadar Amir Levy, performs more than 1,000 procedures a year, from ICSI and preimplantation genetic diagnosis to embryo cryopreservation. The Gynecology Department adds prevention, minimally invasive surgery and dedicated clinics. And when a condition proves malignant, the Department of Gynecologic Oncology, led by Director Prof. Jacob Korach and Deputy Director Prof. Limor Helpman, brings diagnosis, surgery and chemotherapy together in one team.
Behind the clinical work stand research and teaching. Affiliated with Tel Aviv University's Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, the Buchmann Center is one of Israel's largest academic OB/GYN faculties: it trains medical students from Israeli and American programs and regularly publishes dozens of articles in international journals. At the imaging institute, Prof. Weisz's team is generating human organoids from amniotic fluid, work that could pave the way to organ engineering.
Whether the need is urgent or routine, the center welcomes patients and physician referrals from around the world.