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
Rambam Researchers: Cannabis May Help Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients
Researchers in the Center for Cannabis Research at Rambam Health Care Campus, led by the center’s Director Dr. Igal Louria-Hayon, hope to study the effects of cannabis use on severely ill COVID-19 patients in clinical trials
When Friends Come Together for a Joint Mission…
ISCAR, one of Rambam’s major supporters, provided an innovative solution for the hospital’s ventilator shortage during the COVID-19 crisis. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Operations and Maintenance at Rambam Health Care
New York Times Article Cites Study Authored by Rambam’s Professor Itai Shavit
Professor Itai Shavit, Director of the Cheryl Spencer Pediatric Emergency Department in Rambam Health Care Campus’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, is the senior author on a study cited in a New York Times article about the
Team Led by Rambam Doctor Creates Map Identifying High-Risk Areas for COVID-19 Outbreaks.
A platform created by a team jointly led by Rambam’s Dr. Oren Caspi and others enables authorities to identify geographic locations at high risk for COVID-19 outbreaks. A joint research team from Rambam Health Care Campus, the B. Rappaport
Recent Events
Achinoam “Noa” Nini and Gil Dor to Give Virtual Performance in Support of Rambam Health Care Campus
Achinoam and Gil have performed for audiences around the world and now the duo are committed to supporting Rambam! They are planning a very special concert, which will be broadcast live on Wednesday, April 22nd at 2:30 PM (EST)
The Brain: The Next Frontier in Health
On February 20, in Beverly Hills, California, Prof. David Tanne, Director of Rambam’s Stroke and Cognition Institute led an engaging presentation on The Brain: The Next Frontier in Health. The event and dessert reception hosted at
Chanukah Candle-lighting at Rambam Dedicated to Today’s Heroes
A Chanukah candle-lighting ceremony held at Rambam Health Care Campus honored Israel’s wounded and fallen, as well as their families. As one of the many holiday-related events taking place at Rambam Health Care Campus during the
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.
