The American Friends of Rambam Medical Center 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
Highlights from a Week Underground at Rambam
September 30, 2024 – This past week, the unique underground setting of Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel became a center of learning, creativity, and community support as it hosted an array of activities
Miracles beneath the Surface: 73 New Beginnings in Rambam’s Underground Hospital
September 29, 2024 – In a remarkable display of resilience and adaptability, 73 newborns took their first breath in the protected underground hospital of Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel over the span of
Unprecedented: Rambam Opens Protected Underground Daycare for 450 Children
September 25, 2024 – In response to the escalating security situation in northern Israel, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa has launched a groundbreaking initiative to ensure the safety and continuity of education for young
New Life in Crisis: Nine Babies Born in Rambam’s Underground Hospital
September 24, 2024 – In an unprecedented move aimed at ensuring the safety of mothers and their babies during the current crisis in Northern Israel, Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa has transferred the maternity department
Showcasing RAMBAM
In the face of war, Rambam is on the front lines treating civilians and wounded IDF soldiers. Ordered by the IDF, Rambam opened its fortified underground emergency hospital. Watch here for the latest videos about how Operation Swords of Iron is impacting Rambam.
Recent Events
Rambam Summit Postponed
After careful consideration and evaluation of the current situation and the many challenges faced, Rambam’s leadership has decided to postpone the event. The situation is unpredictable and we will update the website when a new date
Post October 7: Creating Solutions to Save Every Life
For more information and to RSVP, please contact Sari Arshadnia, Western Region at (424) 240-8083 or at Sari@aforam.org. Reservations are required.
2024 YP Kick-off Event at HaSalon NYC
American Friends of Rambam Medical Center (AFORAM) held its first ever young professionals event at the internationally known HaSalon NYC on January 10. The event was organized by new board member, Joyce Chabbott, and Director of
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.