New Appointment: Orit Koppelman, Director of Nursing

Ms. Koppelman, 57, is a mother of three children and holds an MA summa cum laude degree in Health Networks Management from Ben Gurion University of the Negev and a BA degree in Nursing from Tel Aviv University. She has 35 years nursing experience which began within the framework of her military service. She has fulfilled various nursing roles at Beilinson Hospital, and for the past 17 years, was a member of the hospital's nursing administration. In 2014, she was appointed Director of Nursing for the Inpatients Division at Beilinson during which time, she let the sector to much achievement, initiated and advanced many processes and established two new departments for day care hospitalization and home hospitalization.

Dr. Efrat Bron-Harlev, CEO of Schneider Children's, stated that "we are very excited to have Orit join our hospital, the one and only of its kind in Israel, and bid farewell to Nurit Barch you headed the nursing division at Schneider Children's for many years with great dedication and professionalism and though fruitful collaboration between the various sectors. We wish Orit much success in this most important and key role in the hospital and we are sure that her rich experience and capabilities alongside her personal attributes will greatly contribute to staff, and patients and their families. We wish Nurit success in her future and thank her deeply for her years of activity filled with excellence and with relentless aspiration to improve and attain even more from the best."

Orit Koppelman added that "I am thrilled to join the team at Schneider Children's which serves as the spearhead for children's health in Israel and is a source of national and international pride. It is a great privilege to be part of an enterprise that goes above and beyond in order to provide the best treatment for each and every child."