Main description
The Institute of Rheumatology at the Tel Aviv Medical Center is the largest of its kind in Israel. The institute includes an outpatient clinic, a day-care hospitalization unit holding 6 beds and a laboratory for arthritis research. The institute offers consultation, diagnosis, treatment and follow up for a variety of rheumatic and autoimmune diseases including Sjogren syndrome.

The institute is one of three national units authorized to provide specialization in Rheumatology. The medical staff of the Institute includes seven physicians specialized in internal medicine and in Rheumatology, three residents of rheumatology, and two registered nurses.

medical staff
Prof. Dan Caspi, Head
Prof. Ori Elkayam, Deputy Head of the Institute
Dr. Daphna Paran, Specialist, Rheumatology
Dr. Irena Weigler, Specialist, Rheumatology
Dr. David Levartovsky, specialist, Rheumatology
Dr. Irena Litinsky, Specialist, Rheumatology
Prof. Michael Yaron, Former Head of the Institute

Location
13 Henrietta Szold Street, Tel Aviv, Rehabilitation Building, first floor

Appointments
972-3-6973243 or 972-3-6973244
Fax: 972-3-6916163
rheumal2@tasmc.health.gov.il