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
Cognitive Decline in Adults Linked to Extreme Heat Exposure
September 14, 2023 – Around the world, climate change is resulting in extremely hot days. A neurologist at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel, provides a medical perspective on recent research that looked at
Rambam Advances Healthcare Relations between Israel and Brazil
August 31, 2023 – On a recent visit to Brazil, a delegation from Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, highlighted the need for unity between academia, industry, and healthcare in both countries, as well
New at Rambam: Innovative Imaging Device for More Accurate Breast Reconstruction Surgery
August 31, 2023 – A new ICG (Indocyanine Green) technology enables the use of infrared imaging technology for performing more accurate breast reconstruction surgeries. Now being used at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel,
Rambam Staff Member Saves Neighbors Life at Home
August 20, 2023 – Anton Kroger, a physician’s assistant at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, met his neighbor Michael Frumpkin, a paramedic, recently in the most unexpected way. Michael was in cardiac arrest, but
Recent Events
The 2023 Rambam Summit – The Largest Hospital in Northern Israel Celebrates 85 and Announces a New Vision and Masterplan for 2048
June 1, 2023 – The 2023 Rambam Summit, incorporating the prestigious Rambam Awards Ceremony, was held from May 30th – June 1st, 2023, at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. In addition to celebrating
Join us in Celebrating Rambam’s 85th Anniversary
The Rambam Summit Experience May 30 – June 1, 2023 What You Can Expect The Rambam Summit extends a red carpet to its friends from around the world, with an exciting and event-packed program of riveting
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of David Morovati in Los Angeles
In memory of her husband David, Bita Nuhavandi Morovati planned an emotional fundraiser on March 19, to benefit the Oncology Emergency Room at the Joseph Fishman Oncology Center. Nearly 200 friends and gathered at the beautiful
Haifa: The Israeli Capital for a Bioconvergence Revolution
November 6, 2022 – In Los Altos, California American Friends of Rambam and the American Technion Society co-hosted a dynamic presentation with Rambam’s Yona Vaisbuch, MD, Founder of the Biodesign Israel Center. Dr. Vaisbuch spoke about
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.
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.
