New Appointment: Dr. Sivan Achituv

The management of Schneider Children's Medical Center has announced that Dr. Sivan Achituv has been appointed Deputy Director of the hospital and Head of the Unit for Patient Safety and Risk Management. Dr. Achituv will work alongside Dr. Omer Niv, who was appointed Deputy Director in August 2020.

Dr. Achituv, married and mother of 3, is a specialist in Pediatric Hemato-Oncology. She graduated from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University and previously served as the head of the Pediatric Lymphoma Service in the Oncology Department at Tel Aviv Medical Center and as a pediatric hematologist at Hillel-Yaffe Hospital. In addition, Dr. Achituv participated in the establishment of a Neutrophils Function Laboratory at Tel Aviv Medical Center and worked tirelessly to train students, interns and young residents. Her "I believe" is to lead in professionalism and conduct research while simultaneously seeing the world through the eyes of the child and his family.

Dr. Efrat Bron-Harlev, Director of Schneider Children's, said that "the management of Schneider Children's and I congratulate Dr. Sivan Achituv on her appointment. I am sure that her personality, experience and skills will greatly contribute towards the successful treatment of children in the hospital."