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.
Security
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
Rambam in the News
Rambam Treats Seven Victims from the Mount Meron Tragedy
April 30, 2021 – Disaster struck at this year’s Lag B’Omer celebrations on Northern Israel’s Mount Meron, where more than 100,000 people gathered last night to mark the holiday. More than 40 people were killed and
Complex Surgery at Rambam Saves Life of 7-Year-old Gazan Boy
April 18, 2021 – A complex, highly sophisticated medical operation was recently performed at Rambam Health Care Campus to save the life of Madchat Tapash, a seven-year-old boy from the Gaza Strip. Madchat Tapash was born
Rambam Nurse Arranges Reunion Between a Hospitalized Patient and His Pet
April 11, 2021 – What happens when a hospitalized patient misses his beloved pets? The Head Nurse in the Department of Internal Medicine D at Rambam Health Care Campus ensured that one of her patients was
Rambam Works to Raise Awareness of Epilepsy
April 4, 2021 – Epilepsy affects 1 out of every 100 children and adults. It is entirely possible to live with this disease, but it is necessary to understand its manifestations, and to seek appropriate care.
Recent Events
View the Recordings from the Annual Stanford-Rambam Symposium
Rambam Health Care Campus is proud to invite you to view the online recordings from this year’s Annual Stanford-Rambam Symposium, which was held virtually from November 9-11. The Symposium focused on “Disaster Preparedness and Lessons Learned
Virtual Emergency Preparedness Symposium: November 9-11
Please join us for our annual Stanford Medicine–Rambam Health Care Campus Symposium! This year’s theme is Disaster Preparedness and Lessons Learned from the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and aims to examine how our practices,
Rambam Physicians Discuss Biodesign and Israeli Innovation in Webinar Held by AFORAM and CICC
September 8, 2020 – A webinar titled “Strengthening Global Collaboration – How Stanford Biodesign and Rambam Biodesign Programs Help Boost Israeli Innovation” was recently hosted by American Friends of Rambam (AFORAM) and the California Israel Chamber
With headquarters in New York, three regional offices throughout the US, and a dedicated, passionate staff, join American Friends of Rambam for an event near you.
Northeast Region
Ellen Pomerantz, Director, Northeast Region
EPomerantz@aforam.org or (212) 292-4499
Western Region
Sari Katz Arshadnia, Director, Western Region
SArshadnia@aforam.org or (424) 240-8083
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 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 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.
