Supporting High Impact Solutions to Medical and Humanitarian
Challenges in Israel and Worldwide
The American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center is
an organization established to promote and support the
Rambam Health Care Campus — a premier medical institution in Israel.
Rambam in the News
From Lab to Life — Heart Implantation instead of Transplantation
Today, more than ever, artificial heart implantation is becoming an excellent, accessible solution for people suffering from extreme heart failure, the epidemic of the Western world. Patients no longer have to wait years for a donor
Pediatric Emergency Care: Simulation Challenge – A first ever in Israel competition
Pediatric emergency care encompasses a huge body of professional knowledge and expertise administered with compassion. A first ever in Israel competition is being held to promote excellence and professionalism in these critical skills — for the
Professor Rafi Beyar – Different Role, Same Vision
Dear Friends of Rambam, I have had the honor and great privilege of serving as the Director and CEO of Rambam Health Care Campus for the last thirteen years. In February 2006, after completing an outstanding
New Treatment Protects Prostate Cancer Patients from Intestinal Damage during Radiation Therapy
M., a prostate cancer patient, needed to undergo radiation treatment. However, as a carrier of a genetic mutation, this form of treatment could also endanger his health and cause intestinal tumors. A new methodology recently introduced
Recent Events
Rambam’s Chief of Neurosurgery Shares his Expertise at Florida Atlantic University
Professor Gill Sviri, M.D., MSc, Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and the Head of the Skull Base and Pituitary Program at Rambam, gave an informative and exciting presentation before a rapt audience of faculty and
An American Businessman Born in Haifa Closes a Circle
“To be the biggest unit in the north for maternal and fetal medicine and one of the leaders in its field is a binding reality,” explains Professor Weiner. “We have a great responsibility to provide the
American Friends of Rambam head visits South Florida Israeli Community Leaders
Published by Adventura News: August 2018 Distinguished Israeli business and community leaders of the Israeli Riviera Parliament – comprised of former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers, scientists, professors and medical professionals – attended a presentation by Richard
Swim from the Heart
American Swimmers Participate in “Swim From the Heart” Meet in Haifa On May 29, 2018, American swimmers Levy Gerzberg, Josh Bernstein, Eric Schleelein, Peter Gertler Richard Gluck, Jamin Gluck and Rick Hirschhaut, traveled to Israel to
Showcasing RAMBAM
Rambam Health Care Campus provides a variety of services ranging from patient care, training of medical professionals, in a variety of specialties, to collaborative international research impacting the world of medicine.
Video Gallery
Changing the World through the Gift of Life
Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital
Supporting the 2000 Bed Campaign
The Eyal Ofer Heart Hospital
Keeping Hearts Beating
The Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital
Turning Tears to Smiles
The Joseph Fishman Oncology Center
Supporting Cancer Care with Dignity
The Helmsley Health Discovery Tower
Shaping the Future of Medicine
Rambam Facts
Named for 12th century physician-philosopher Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides/ the RAMBAM), Rambam Health Care Campus is located in Haifa, a city known for cultural and religious pluralism and tolerance.
Rambam is Northern Israel’s largest and most advanced medical campus, serving more than two million people and the referral center for twelve district hospitals.
Rambam treats more trauma patients than any other hospital in the nation, and its percentage of trauma survivors is the highest in Israel.
Located only 25 miles from the northern border, we are the referral hospital for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command, the US Navy Sixth Fleet, and the UN Peacekeeping Forces posted in the region.
The Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital at Rambam is the largest of its kind in the world.
More than 3,000 health professionals from 61 countries have trained at our Teaching Center for Trauma Emergency and Mass Casualty Situations.
The world’s first human embryonic stem cell line was co-developed at Rambam, and the world’s first cardiac stem cells were created here. The world’s first human embryonic stem cell line was co-developed at Rambam, and the world’s first cardiac stem cells were created here.
The Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal (RMMJ), launched in 2010, is the first ever medical center affiliated scientific journal to be published in Israel.
Sick children from neighboring Arab countries receive medical treatment unavailable to them at home, thanks to our Middle East outreach program.
The Prometheus computerized patient-record system for paperless hospital quality management and monitoring of patient medical files was developed and marketed by Rambam.
Israel’s first Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004) laureates, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Professors Ciechanover and Hershko, have nurtured their scientific curiosity and achievements here, on the Rambam campus.
Rambam’s proximity to Northern Israel’s high tech scientific industrial parks has enabled R&D partnerships that have contributed to the country’s eminence in biomedicine and the life sciences.
For the first time in Israel, doctors at Rambam Medical Center performed a breakthrough procedure to treat Essential Tremor (ET), developed by InSightec, using MRI-guided ultrasound rather than performing surgery.
