Dr. Alona Raucher Sternfeld was born in Israel but completed her High School education in St. Louis, Missouri.
She returned to Israel to serve in the army, followed by medical school at Tel Aviv University. She continued her residency in pediatrics at the Wolfson Medical Center. In 1999, she was certified with high honors by the Israeli Board of Pediatrics.
Later she completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology and was certified by the Israeli Board of Pediatric Cardiology, again with high honors. Dr. Raucher is an active participant in Save A Child's Heart organization for the past 10 years. Since 2005, she is in charge medically of all the Save a Child's Heart patients, since their arrival in Israel and until they return home, dealing daily with all their cardiac and general pediatric problems.
She takes part in the weekly Palestinian pediatric cardiology clinic and in the pediatric cardiac catheterizations. Dr. Raucher Sternfeld is fully devoted to the Save a Child's Heart project and recently went on a mission to Zanzibar and the Tanzanian mainland, evaluating 220 patients. She also joined Dr. Tamir on a screening mission of Iraqi children in Amman, Jordan.
Dr. Raucher is on staff as a pediatric cardiologist and attending physician in Wolfson Medical Center, is married and a mother of 2 young daughters.