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
Around the World: Rambam Strengthen Ties with India, Brazil, and NATO
Within a few days of each other, Rambam hosted leading medical professionals from India, a diplomatic delegation from Brazil headed by its president’s son, and NATO military personnel in a training drill for emergency evacuation to
The Lancet Oncology Publishes Paper by Doctors in a Unique Rambam-Augusta Victoria Hospital Cancer Training Program
An article in The Lancet by doctors from Rambam Health Care Campus and Augusta Victoria Hospital focuses on Palestinian cancer care and Rambam’s role in helping to train Palestinian oncologists, as well as the launching of
Rambam Holds Dedication Ceremony for the Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein z”l Shock Trauma Room
A dedication ceremony was held at Rambam Health Care Campus for the Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Z”L Shock Trauma Room, honoring the memory of Rabbi Eckstein, founder of the International Fellowship for Christians and Jews (IFCJ). As
Brazilian Soccer Legends Visit Hospitalized Children at Rambam Health Care Campus
Several of Brazil’s most well-known soccer legends visited Rambam, taking time out of their busy schedule revolving around a friendly “Peace Game” to meet with young Israeli and Palestinian patients in Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital. Former
Recent Events
Guy Cohen Continues to Inspire Us in his Pursuit to Raise Support and Awareness about SCD
Guy Cohen, a three-time participant in Rambam’s annual Swim From the Heart event and fundraiser for sudden cardiac death, is attempting the final swim of the Triple Crown Open Water. Starting at midnight on July 18th, Israeli open
The World of Innovation at Rambam Health Care Campus
At the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, on June 16, Prof. Rafi Beyar, immediate former CEO of Rambam Health Care Campus, reported on the new developments at the sprawling hospital campus in Haifa. A
Presentation on Oncology – in View of Time
On June 12, in Palo Alto, California, a full house indicated the relevance of the topic “Oncology – In View of Time” presented by Prof. Irit Ben Aharon, head of oncology at Rambam Health Care Campus.
Rambam Stanford Collaboration Dinner
On June 6, in Stanford, California, American Friends of Rambam supporters, Miki and David Donoho, graciously hosted a kick-off dinner to celebrate the Stanford Medicine and Rambam Healthcare Campus multifaceted health sciences collaboration. The evening focused
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.
