Chaim Sheba

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Chaim Sheba (1908, Frasin, near Gura Humora, Romania—1971) was an Israeli physician.

Born to the well known Scheiber Hasidic family, in 1929, he ended his medical studies in Vienna and made aliyah in 1933. Until 1936, he served as rural doctor and later in Beilinson Hospital. From 1948 to 1951, he was the Surgeon General to the Israel Defense Forces and later became Director General of the Ministry of Health. During his tenure as Director General, Sheba was responsible for managing the tinea capitis outbreak. The standard treatment at the time involved X-raying the head area. This treatment was eventually discovered to be harmful, and the event became a source of controversy.

Later, Chaim Sheba became head of the Beilinson Hospital and the Tel HaShomer Hospital. In 1968, he won the Israel Prize.

The Chaim Sheba Medical Center is named in his honor.