Our Services
A helping hand and hopeful spirit.
Chaim Medical Resource is a non-profit organization providing support to individuals and families facing the devastating effects of medical crises. Guiding them through the maze of doctors, specialists, hospitals, and any treatment options available, we support them in every way possible and find hope in the most impossible places.
Medical Referrals
Direct connection to medical professionals
When a friend is carrying the physical and emotional weight of serious illness, we ease the confusion by matching patients’ unique challenges with the most fitting professionals from the correct medical field. With years of experience and a vast network of resources, our dedicated experts search all reaches of the globe for the perfect doctor, surgeon, hospital, or specialty facility for the need at hand.
Global Research
The knowledge to choose life
At Chaim Medical Resource we conduct extensive phone and in-person interviews with patients and their families to ensure every unique case is understood before pursuing any course of action. From advanced surgical research techniques to select trial programs, we then connect with doctors, exhaust every possibility, and weigh the best options to guide the way towards a healthy future.
Complex Disorders Division
Simply united against complex disorders
Chaim Medical Resource is a non-profit organization providing support to individuals and families facing the devastating effects of medical crises. Guiding them through the maze of doctors, specialists, hospitals, and any treatment options available, we support them in every way possible and find hope in the most impossible places.
Hospital Liaisonship
Definitive link to leading institutions
Chaim Medical Resource fosters strong connections with the highest authorities at hospitals in all fields. We work closely with institutions and staff to grant patients access to premier facilities and monitor any developments in patient progress. As a hospital liaison, we also streamline communication between families, facilities, and the medical experts in the Chaim Medical Resource referral database.
Interfacility Transfer
Cross-institution fluidity to keep care alive
When a treatment plan involves more than one facility or medical team, or when a move is necessary to obtain lifesaving treatment, we arrange seamless interfacility transfer so patients actually receive the highest level of innovative care. This also alleviates the family’s burdens of the highly involved transfer process.
Patient Advocacy
In your corner—in all corners of the globe
We effectively cut through the bureaucracy of the medical community, reaching the field’s most respected physicians and gaining access to appointments. We correspond with experts, consult second and third opinions, promote excellent professional relationships in the medical field, advocate on behalf of patients, and unearth the best treatment plan—wherever its origin.
Physician Network
Vital care communication at its best
Ideal patient care often asks for a cooperation of multiple doctors and specialists. Not only does Chaim Medical Resource enjoy close connection to a diversity of physicians, we also expedite treatment processes that involve multiple moving parts. We facilitate in-person and virtual conferences among physicians, relay critical paperwork, and ensure no opinion goes ignored in the fight for survival.
Transplant Facilitation
Persistence where it matters most
When an organ transplant is a patient’s only hope for recovery, an already dire medical emergency becomes a desperate race against time and resources. At Chaim Medical Resource, our dedicated liaisons never let patients face such a battle alone. We advocate with donor centers around the world on their behalf, drawing on every resource possible to facilitate transplants and save lives.
Professional Support Groups
Together we stand
Chaim Medical Resource offers specialized support groups for patients and families facing the debilitating effects of cancer, chronic illness, and a variety of other medical situations. We make professional, non-professional, social and familial resources available to provide moral and psychological support, lifestyle advice, and help with grief management.
CCC- Crohn’s Colitis Coalition
Improving quality of everyday life
Patients living with Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis, and other chronic gastrointestinal diseases turn to Chaim Medical Resource for guidance and advice. We know that living with Crohn’s is an uphill battle, and even getting an accurate diagnosis can be a challenge. Based on our experience and research, we provide referrals, patient-to-patient support, educational conferences , “Line of Hope” informational hotline, and SCOPE magazine. Our CCC coordinators have a vast knowledge in diets, stress management, and alternative options.
Preemie Links
Dedicated to life—whenever it begins
Families burdened with the devastation of a sick infant know these days can be fraught with angst and confusion. Each premature baby’s journey may take different twists and turns. Preemie Links coordinators, veteran parents, are a trusted source of guidance and reassurance throughout the preemie experience.
Medical Divisions
Cancer is a formidable disease. It is also the most rapidly-advancing field of medicine. Chaim Medical Resource invests extensive resources to conduct research, join medical conferences, and be constantly aware of new advances and clinical trials, so that they can avail patients of treatments that may not be available through mainstream medicine.
Genetics and Metabolism are amongst the most complex fields in medicine – with far-reaching effects on entire family lines. Chaim Medical Resource’s case-by-case molecular genetic research and treatment plans give hope to patients and families suffering from hereditary diseases, chromosomal disorders, metabolic disorders, and other difficult-to-diagnose conditions
Children with complex medical illnesses suffer from a broad range of conditions that require intensive, ongoing medical care – affecting the long-term quality of life of entire families. The diseases, which include neurological and multi-system disorders, are generally beyond the purview of typical practitioners.
When a woman is a high-risk OB/GYN patient, getting the right care at the right time can play a major role in reaching the best possible outcome. Chaim Medical Research has close working relationships with the most respected medical centers and NICUs in the world, and goes to great lengths to support women of all ages with female health issues such as high-risk pregnancy, fetal issues & anomalies, high order multiples pregnancy, gynecologic oncology, women’s cancer and more.
The Gastroenterology division of Chaim Medical Resource fields a large number of calls each week – regarding infants with serious digestive disorders, people with acute or life-threatening conditions, and patients suffering from Crohn’s, Colitis, and other Irritable Bowel Disorders (IBDs). IBDs are especially prevalent in the Jewish community, and Chaim’s Crohn’s Colitis Coalition (CCC) is a lifeline to many; offering seminars, support groups, and top-level referrals and advocacy. The GI department’s network of specialists, surgeons and nutritionists save and better lives every day.
Patients in very critical condition, such as the victims of trauma or medical crises, require intensive intervention that goes way beyond standard care. Chaim Medical Resource’s Critical Care Division ensures that patients get the absolute best intensive care possible – by advocating, monitoring, and getting outside opinions. When COVID-19 struck, the Critical Care Division went into high gear, saving lives under the most impossible circumstances.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, and Chaim Medical Resource’s cardiac team is dedicated to ensuring that patients get the cutting-edge care that makes all the difference – from disease management to surgery. They deal with a large array of conditions, including congenital heart disease, aneurysms, and much more; and work closely with specialists and surgeons across the country.
Chaim Medical Resource serves hundreds of patients with hormonal (Endocrinology) or immune (Immunology) disorders – from the relatively simple to the extremely complex. Our expert coordinators support patients dealing with a large range of conditions, including diabetes, immune deficiency, and many others.
Neurological disorders are often debilitating and life-changing – and affect a tremendous number of people. Its victims suffer from a broad range of conditions, including Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, strokes, Alzheimer’s, brain injury, and many others. Chaim Medical Resource is at the forefront of the neurological medical community, and brings patients the absolute latest in clinical trials, medical research, neurosurgical options, and disease management.
Vision is the most precious physical sense, and the Ophthalmology Division fields hundreds of calls related to vision disorders and emergencies. From eye infections to complex retinal disorders, eye trauma to cataracts, the coordinators work closely with specialists, ophthalmic surgeons, and medical institutions to protect and enhance patients’ vision
Musculoskeletal conditions include a broad range of issues – and have implications for a tremendous number of people. Patients suffering from spinal deformities, bone cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, hip and knee issues, and more turn to Chaim Medical for assistance. Our Orthopedics Division works closely with specialists, surgical teams and medical centers throughout the US, to ensure that patients get the best possible care.
The field of Respiratory Medicine is far-reaching – and the Division of Pulmonology supports patients suffering from a host of serious diseases affecting lung function. These include asthma, pneumonia, emphysema, and more – including cystic fibrosis and other debilitating diseases. Treatment is often complex, and can involve respirators, ventilators, tracheostomies, and surgery. The Pulmonology Division works closely with the Transplant Team, to facilitate lung transplants for the sickest patients.
During COVID-19, the Pulmonology Division worked around the clock, to support patients under the most impossible conditions.
Serious liver disease and kidney disorders are often difficult to treat. Chaim’s Hepatology & Nephrology Division supports patients suffering from chronic and progressive conditions, from hepatitis to liver or kidney failure. The department expends much effort on liver and kidney transplants. Their work includes listing patients on national organ wait lists, advocacy, assisting with diagnosis, disease management, surgical care, and dialysis. They also determine which facilities offer the best chance at survival and recovery – even when mainstream medicine offers little or no hope.
Patients with rheumatic disorders suffer from debilitating arthritis, inflammatory diseases, hormonal conditions, and auto-immune diseases ranging from the painful to the lifethreatening. Chaim Medical’s Rheumatology Division works with physicians, surgeons, and pain management specialists to save and better lives.
The vascular system is critical to life – and treatment for patients with vascular disorders such as blood clots, peripheral artery disease, and high blood pressure is often urgent and life-saving. Chaim Medical’s Vascular Disorders Division works closely with top physicians and surgeons, to treat a host of conditions, from varicose veins to aneurysms.
The ear, nose and throat are vital to health – and the Otolaryngology Division supports patients with a vast range of ENT and head & neck conditions, including pediatric and adult hearing loss, feeding and swallowing disorders, and abnormalities requiring complex surgery. The department works closely with specialists and surgeons, and plays a critical role in assisting the elderly and disabled with airway rehabilitation.
The skin is the largest organ in the body – and patients with skin diseases, injuries and chronic conditions such as psoriasis or blistering often suffer greatly. The Dermatology Division supports patients struggling with debilitating autoimmune conditions, rare diseases, and abnormalities including moles, lumps, burns and infections
The field of urology encompasses five specialties, and Chaim Medical Resource’s Urology Division assists patients dealing with a huge range of conditions, from the relatively simple to the extremely complex. Female pelvic and male prostate issues, urologic cancers and complex reconstruction, and UTIs; the conditions – and their treatments – require expertise, compassion and connections. The Urology team works with world-class facilities and surgeons to grant patients the best possible care.
Common oral surgeries – like root canal and tooth extraction – are familiar to most. Yet many of the patients who reach out to the Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Disorders deal with a far more complex set of conditions. Neurological facial disorders such as Balls Palsy, corrective surgery for cleft palate and facial anomalies, head & neck cancers, and many more complex conditions are all within the purview of the department. The coordinator works closely with surgeons and specialists to ensure that patients can face the world with confidence, and get the best possible outcome.