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
First-Ever Hibuki (“Snuggle”) Therapy Pilot Helps Rambam Pediatric Patients Express Their Feelings
July 10, 2025 – A sad-eyed puppy with extra-long arms is giving young patients at Rambam Health Care Campus) a comforting hug—and their voices back—as the hospital becomes the world’s first to weave the evidence-backed Hibuki
From Ultra-Orthodox to a Career in Medicine at Rambam
July 8, 2025— Once a teenage girl navigating the ultra-Orthodox streets of Bnei Brak, Dr. Tovi now walks the halls of Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam). Her journey of stepping beyond her upbringing to graduate at the
Rambam Expert Comments on Cancer Vaccine Research
July 3, 2025 – Two groundbreaking studies published in Nature offer fresh hope in the fight against kidney and pancreatic cancer. For the first time, personalized cancer vaccines—designed to train the immune system to recognize and destroy remaining
Vacation Turns Into Rescue Mission for Rambam Nurse
July 1, 2025—When a child stopped breathing at a Thai resort, a pediatric nurse from Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) and his wife—also a pediatric nurse—didn’t hesitate. Amir Abu Raya was enjoying the final day of
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
Save The Date – Rescheduled 2025 Rambam Summit in Haifa
While we continue to pray for the safe return of the hostages and an end to the Swords of Iron War, we also take time to reflect on what we’ve achieved. At two critical points in
Las Vegas Friends: Join us March 9
Parents of young children are especially encouraged to join us on Sunday, March 9 to learn more about this life-saving topic. The program will be held at a beautiful home in Summerlin and will feature Dr.
Join us for a Remarkable Rambam Summit Experience
The Rambam Summit Experience June 16 – 19, and 22, 2025 What You Can Expect The annual Rambam Summit extends a red carpet to Rambam Health Care Campus’s friends from around the world,
Saving Lives & Healing Hearts in Las Vegas
On December 8, 2024, American Friends of Rambam planned its second lecture in the series Saving Lives & Healing Hearts in Las Vegas. Donors Dr. Lisa Rosenberg and Dr. Neil Braunstein opened their home to 25
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.