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An innovative joint project carried out by the National Maritime Museum and Rambam Health Care Campus resulted in two ancient Egyptian mummies being examined using CT scans to determine their content. A palpable sense of excitement recently pervaded the Department of Medical Imaging at Rambam Health Care Campus, when two ancient Egyptian mummies, long part…
100 Days Later – Rambam Rallies in Support
January 15, 2024 – The October 7 massacre resulted in 1,200 deaths and 240 hostages being held in Gaza; 136 remain in captivity. Sunday, January 14, nationwide solidarity rallies were held to mark 100 days since the massacre. Hundreds of employees from Rambam Healthcare Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, gathered to express their solidarity. Dr….
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Professor Gill Sviri, M.D., MSc, Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and the Head of the Skull Base and Pituitary Program at Rambam, gave an informative and exciting presentation before a rapt audience of faculty and students from Florida Atlantic University’s medical school, which also included interested members from the Boca Raton community. The event…
Rambam Uses Immunotherapy to Treat Rare Case of Pediatric Colon Cancer
Zakaria was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer at age 16. When chemotherapy and surgery proved ineffectual, Rambam’s doctors discovered a gene mutation and switched to immunotherapy. Two years later, Zakaria no longer has cancer symptoms. September 18, 2019 – Three years ago, after eating a meal with his family, Zakaria started having stomach pains and began…
