HEALTH SERVICES
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
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Abramson Center for Jewish Life
1425 Horsham Road • North Wales, PA 19454
215-371-3400 or 1-888-340-0080 • Fax: 215-371-3030
info@abramsoncenter.org • abramsoncenter.org
Birnhak Transitional Care
Comprehensive rehabilitative care focused on safely returning patients
to their homes after a hospital stay. Services include: therapy available
up to seven days a week; post-orthopedic surgery care; physical, occu-
pational and speech therapy; pain management; wound care, advanced
intravenous therapy; nutrition management; head or spinal cord injury
care; respiratory care; frequent assessments and treatment reviews;
recreational and therapeutic activities; patient and family education;
case management; discharge planning. Amenities include: therapy gym,
private rooms, TVs, wireless internet access, etc. Additional location:
Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA 19090.
Abramson Senior Care
The Edna Young Gordon Healthy Brain and Memory Center
135 S. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 110 • Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
844-897-2099 • 610-525-0383
info@abramsoncenter.org • abramsonseniorcare.org
Offers a full primary care practice as well as memory support for patients
facing cognitive challenges. The center is an outpatient memory pro-
gram, managing the disease beyond diagnosis, customizing services to
meet the needs and partnering with the family to adjust interventions
over time. Intensive care management, wraparound medical and social
services, support groups and educational programs are also provided.
Einstein Healthcare Network
5501 Old York Road • Philadelphia, PA 19141 • 1-800-EINSTEIN • einstein.edu
Major healthcare system offering services through the sites listed below. The
network also includes outpatient care centers and a network of primary care
physicians and specialists throughout the region.
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Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
5501 Old York Road • Philadelphia, PA 19141 • 1-800-EINSTEIN
A tertiary care hospital specializing in women’s services, organ disease
and transplantation, heart care, orthopedics, neurology, neurosurgery
and geriatric medicine. Einstein Medical Center is an independent
academic medical center which trains health professional students and
residents in numerous accredited programs.
Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park
60 Township Line Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027 • 215-663-6000
Full service medical and surgical specialty hospital. Robotic surgery
for urologic and gynecologic procedures and minimally invasive
spine and joint replacement surgery. Services include: Einstein
Bariatrics ® , radiology, cardiology, neurology, ophthalmology,
neuro-ophthalmology, and more.
Einstein at Germantown
One Penn Blvd. • Philadelphia, PA 19144 • 215-951-8000
Offers primary, cardiology, cardiac rehab and OB/GYN services; and
a Crisis Response Center (emergency psychiatric care) for children,
adolescents and adults.
Einstein Center One
559 W. Germantown Pike • East Norriton, PA 19403
484-622-1000 • einsteinmontgomery.com
A technologically advanced, tertiary care medical center offers a full
range of medical and surgical care. Services include: a full-service mater-
nity unit with the Level III Arthur and Lea Powell Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit; 24-hour emergency medicine at the Leonard and Madlyn
Abramson Family Emergency Department; advanced heart care, includ-
ing cardiac catheterization, open heart surgery and electrophysiology
intervention; cutting-edge cancer care; orthopedics and bariatric surgery.
Primary care services are provided by Einstein Physicians, a network of
physicians, nurses and healthcare specialists.
MossRehab 60 Township Line Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027
1-800-CALL-MOSS or 215-663-6000 • mossrehab.com
Provides inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation for stroke and neuro-
logical disorders, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, amputation,
orthopedic and other conditions. Treatment is personalized and can
include physical, occupational, and speech therapy, as well as mainte-
nance and support programs to re-establish independence. MossRehab
offers rehabilitation robotics, helping patients to rehabilitate and transi-
tion through inpatient and outpatient care. MossRehab operates six
inpatient units and 15 outpatient locations in Philadelphia, Montgomery,
and lower Bucks counties, as well as in New Jersey and Delaware.
Outpatient Mental Health Services
Einstein Healthcare Network
1200 W. Tabor Road, Suite 100 • Philadelphia, PA 19141 • 1-800-EINSTEIN
and Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park
60 Township Line Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027 • 215-663-6077
Board-certified psychiatrists, psychologists and psychotherapists offer
outpatient services for children, adolescents, adults and older adults.
Services include: comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, psychotherapy
for individuals, families, couples and groups, and medication manage-
ment. Willowcrest
Einstein Healthcare Network
5501 Old York Road • Philadelphia, PA 19141
1-800-EINSTEIN • 215-456-8637 or 215-456-8638
Short-term sub-acute facility provides skilled nursing and comprehensive
rehabilitation to assist patients in returning to independence following
hospitalization for joint replacement, surgery, pre-prosthetic training
for amputation, illness or injury.
Philadelphia Hatzalah
P.O. Box 18182 • Philadelphia, PA 19116 • 215-677-6700 (emergency hotline)
info@PhiladelphiaHatzalah.org • philadelphiahatzalah.org.
Provides immediate emergency medical care until local mandated EMS
resources can arrive on the scene. Offers state certified volunteers available
around the clock. The majority of Hatzolah team members are fluently multi-
lingual, especially in Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish, Ukrainian and English.
The Shabbat Suite at Lankenau Medical Center
100 E. Lancaster Ave. • Wynnewood, PA • 484-476-2020 • mainlinehealth.org
Offers a space for families to observe Shabbat and religious holidays while a
loved one is hospitalized. Provides sleeping accommodations for the loved ones
of hospitalized patients who wish to stay at Lankenau during the Sabbath and
religious holidays. Families also have 24-hour access to a private kitchen, pantry
and a lounge for their comfort seven days a week.
9880 Bustleton Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19115 • 215-827-1600
Ambulatory care center offers a wide array of outpatient services using
the latest minimally invasive surgical techniques for breast surgery,
gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology and orthopedics. Medical
services include primary care, oncology, diagnostic radiology, cardiology,
gastroenterology, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics and psychiatry.
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Temple Dental at KleinLife
KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia • 10100 Jamison Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-464-1704 • kleinlife.org/health-wellness/dental-center/
Run by Temple University Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry. A fully
licensed general dentist is on-site. The clinic offers referrals to its main clinics
for patients who require specialized care. Many forms of dental insurance
and Medicaid are accepted. All current patient records remain with the clinic,
ensuring that patients will receive continuity of care under the clinic’s manage-
ment. J ewish G enetic D iseases
Jewish genetic diseases are a group of diseases for which screening is
recommended in the Ashkenazi population. One in five Ashkenazi Jews is
a carrier for at least one of the current 19 preventable and life-threatening
diseases. Tay-Sachs is an inherited genetic disorder — invariably fatal —
that mainly affects Jewish infants. It is inherited from two healthy parents
who both carry the gene, and there is a one-in-four chance that a baby will
develop the disease if both parents are carriers. A simple blood test can
determine whether an individual carries the Tay-Sachs gene. All Jewish
people considering having children should arrange for Tay-Sachs testing.
Late onset Tay-Sachs disease is a degenerative genetic disorder that causes
debilitating physical and/or mental symptoms.
Gaucher Treatment Center
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Metabolic Diseases
Wood Center • 3501 Civil Center Blvd., sixth floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104 • 215-590-3376 • Fax: 215-590-4297
ficicioglu@email.chop.edu • chop.edu
Offers diagnostic testing and patient evaluation for qualified persons in collabo-
ration with the National Gaucher Foundation. Two-thirds of Gaucher patients
are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases
Association of the Delaware Valley
P.O. Box 441 • Jenkintown, PA 19046
215-887-0877 • Fax: 215-887-1931 • info@tay-sachs.org • tay-sachs.org
Nonprofit voluntary health organization devoted to eliminating Tay-Sachs,
Canavan disease and other fatal degenerative disorders through programs
of prevention, education, research and carrier screenings.
Victor Center for the Prevention
of Jewish Genetic Diseases
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
5501 Old York Road, Levy 2 West • Philadelphia, PA 19141
877-401-1093 • victorcenter@einstein.edu • einstein.edu
The Center’s mission is to prevent life-threatening genetic diseases through
preconception genetic screening, education, and counseling of individuals and
couples with Jewish ancestry. The aim is advocacy, partnerships and outreach
to expand access to services, to promote screening and counseling as standard
practice among healthcare providers, and to educate adults of childbearing age.
SERVICES FOR NEW
AMERICANS HIAS Pennsylvania
2100 Arch St., third floor • Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-832-0900 • Fax: 215-832-0919 • hiaspa.org
Provides legal and supportive services to immigrants, refugees and asylum
seekers from all backgrounds in order to assure their fair treatment and full
integration into American society. Programs include: Representation and legal
counseling before immigration agencies and courts; Citizenship, refugee reset-
tlement and other social services to assist newly arriving immigrants, refugees
and those recently granted asylum; and, advocacy and education related to
immigrant issues and rights.
JEVS Center for New Americans
2770 Red Lion Road • Philadelphia, PA 19114
215-728-4210 • Fax: 215-728-4227 • CNA@jevs.og • jevshumanservices.org
Offers time-eligible refugees, asylees and victims of trafficking free services
in the following areas: employment counseling, job development and job
placement/job search/job retention workshops; Vocational English
Language Training (VELT) and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes;
computer skills classes, acculturation workshops, case management and
individualized assistance in developing and/or improving verbal language
skills. Use of a driving simulator is offered. Participants are served in
Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.
New American Outreach Program
KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia • 10100 Jamison Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-698-7300, ext. 175 • kleinlife.org
Sponsors a variety of programs for Russian-speaking Jews, including religious,
social, cultural and recreational activities. Offers activities for children, such as
Jewish Children’s Theater; Jewish history and tradition classes; ballet, ballroom and
rhythm dance classes; creative development classes for toddlers; music classes; and
swimming instruction. Programs for adults include Torah study; individual rabbin-
ical counseling; Judaica lectures and seminars; senior adult Jewish choir; Shabbat
services; yoga and aerobics classes; ballroom dancing; and a health club. Sponsor-
organized community events such as Chanukah, Purim and Israel Independence
Day celebrations, in addition to children’s concerts. Also provides traditional ser-
vices for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Passover and other Jewish holidays.
New American Russian-Speaking Seniors Program
KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia • 10100 Jamison Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-698-7300, ext. 155 • kleinlife.org
Geared to senior adults whose primary language is Russian. Offers kosher
lunches, computer instruction, cultural and educational programs, citizenship
preparation courses, ESL classes, Shabbat programs and entertainment.
Participants join with other Klein senior-adult participants in activities and
access to social services.
RAJE Philadelphia: Russian American Jewish Experience
Congregation Beth Solomon Community Center
198 Tomlinson Road • Philadelphia, PA 19116 • 215-671-1981
admin@rajephilly.com • raje@cbscommunitycenter.com • rajephilly.com
For men and women ages 18 through 30. Offers a learning experience for those
who want to explore their Jewish heritage, meet friends, participate in Shabbat
meals and more.
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