Saving Lives Today. Transforming Medicine Tomorrow.
American Friends of Rambam Medical Center (AFORAM) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization established to promote and support the Rambam Health Care Campus — the largest medical facility in Northern Israel.
Rambam in the News
Prestigious Grant for Rambam Professor
June 25, 2026 – Prof. Lior Gepstein, Director of the Division of Cardiology and the Division of Research at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC)
Breakthrough Treatment: Opioid-Dependent Patient Reports No Craving After a 20-Minute Treatment with Sound Wave Technology
June 24, 2026 – For the first time in Israel, an opioid-dependent patient was successfully treated with an innovative sound wave technology. Specialists report that the treatment relieved the patient’s opioid craving. A first-of-its-kind treatment in
Israeli Study Reveals Long-Term Health Risks in Children born after Pregnancy-associated Cancer
June 17, 2026 – A pioneering Israeli study has identified a link between pregnancy-associated cancer and an increased risk of long-term illness among offspring. At the recent 2026 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
During the War, Brain Electrodes Removed Deep Underground at Rambam
June 14, 2026 – For patients with epilepsy who undergo advanced brain mapping, identifying the precise source of their seizures is essential for determining the next stage of treatment. Performing even a small neurosurgical procedure at
Showcasing RAMBAM
In the face of war, Rambam is on the front lines treating civilians and wounded Israel Defense Forces (IDF). For this first time during wartime, Rambam was directed by the IDF to open its fortified underground emergency hospital at the start of Operation Swords of Iron. Watch here for inspiring videos about Rambam’s impact.
Recent Events
The Rambam International Summit – October 13-15, 2026
The International Rambam Summit We hope you will join us October 13-15, 2026 in Haifa to experience the future of medicine and celebrate the human spirit at our annual International Rambam Summit. You will witness how
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 84 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.