Chaim Scheiber (later Sheba) was born in Frasin, near Gurahumora, Bukovina, then in Austria-Hungary (now Suceava County, Romania), to the well known Scheiber Hasidic family, a descendant of the Hasidic court of Ruzhin.

He fulfilled this position until 1953, when he moved on to become the director of the Tel HaShomer Hospital (today Chaim Sheba Medical Center, named in his honor).

[1] In addition, from 1949 Sheba served as Professor of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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.