Professor Kerem is the head of the pediatric division of Hadassah Medical Center, including all pediatric and neonatal services at both Hadassah hospitals. He is the founding director of Hadassah’s Center for Children with Chronic Diseases, and is chairman of “Goshen”, an organization promoting childhood community health. Professor Kerem has served as director of the pediatric pulmonary medicine unit, head of the department of pediatrics at Hadassah Medical Center and is a professor of pediatrics at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School.