High Impact Solutions for 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.
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Northern Israel’s Second Line of Defense
Innovation
Shaping the Future of Medicine
Medical Excellence
Care Without Compromise
Honoring Life
The Universal Gift of Life
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.
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Changing the World through the Gift of Life
Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital
Supporting the 2000 Bed Campaign
The Cardiovascular 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 Health Discovery Tower
Shaping the Future of Medicine
Rambam in the News
Swim from the Heart
June 13 2018Bay Area Swimmers Participate in “Swim From the Heart” Meet in Haifa
On May 29, 2018, Bay area residents, Levy
Women Who Inspire Luncheon
June 11 2018The Women Who Inspire Luncheon on Friday, May 11, 2018, at the magnificent Filoli Gardens south of San Francisco, attracted
Rambam Inaugurates the Command Center in the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital
May 08 2018Ready for any scenario
Rambam Inaugurates the Command Center in the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital
In the shadow
American Friends of Rambam Medical Center Honors Helmsley Trust and Sloan Kettering’s Prof. Hedvig Hricak at New York Gala
April 26 2018More than 200 guests attended the American Friends of Rambam Medical Center Gala on April 26 in New York. The
2017 Maimonides Best Published Original Research Prize
March 22 2018The Maimonides Best Published Original Research Prize, an initiative of Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, was awarded for a study that
Rambam & Stanford Medicine Conclude Joint Future of Medicine Symposium
March 12 2018Stanford Medicine and Rambam Health Care Campus have just concluded the first joint Symposium on Planning for the Next Generation
Israeli doctors save lives of Syrian mother, child
March 09 2018HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) –After two weeks hospitalization in Rambam’s maternity ward, a young woman returned home March 7
Rambam’s Department of Otolaryngology Noted for Excellence in Israel
March 06 2018Israel’s Ministry of Health recently published data indicating that Rambam’s Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery is
Israeli researcher on PTSD gives presentations in Miami
March 02 2018A researcher in the fields of suicide prevention and post-traumatic stress disorder who was also the private physician of
The Third Beutler Symposium: The Medical Genomics Revolution
February 27 2018The Third Beutler Symposium, held on February 27 at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, brought together Nobel Laureate
Rambam Physician Discovers New Cause of Vision Loss in Diabetics
February 26 2018Professor Shehadeh, Director of Rambam’s Diabetes Institute, found that vision is impaired in hyperglycemic people exposed to certain light
Machines Learn with Rambam Physicians
February 22 2018The Technion and Rambam Health Care Campus hosted a joint conference in February on “Machine Learning in Medicine”
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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.
