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Rambam-published Journal Reveals Antisemitism in US Medical School Graduations
February 2, 2025 – A new study has been published on antisemitic acts by medical students in the US at their graduation studies. The paper appeared in the international, peer-reviewed, Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal – proudly published by Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel. Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal is an Open Access peer-reviewed publication that seeks to expand the knowledge base of medicine, science, humanity and ethics throughout the world, flavored by the salt of the 800-year-old…
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Prestigious European Commission Grant Awarded to Top Rambam Researcher
January 27, 2025 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, is proud to announce that a prestigious European Commission grant has been awarded to a Rambam clinician-researcher, Professor Lior Gepstein, to fight the most common cardiac arrhythmia – atrial fibrillation. Professor Lior Gepstein, the director of the Department of Cardiology and the Division of Research at Rambam and the Edna and Jonathan Sohnis Chair in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at the Ruth and…
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Record Number of Studies Presented at “Rambam Research Day”
January 27, 2025 – After a hiatus in 2024 due to the Swords of Iron war, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, hosted its annual Research Day, showcasing an unprecedented, record number of studies initiated by the hospital’s clinician-researchers across various medical disciplines. Rambam Research Day, held on January 23, provides a window into the future of medicine. Organized this year by Dr. Yaniv Dotan, the director of the hospital’s Pulmonology Institute, it…
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First in the World: Pancreatic Surgery on Pregnant Woman at Rambam
January 26, 2023 – In a groundbreaking medical achievement, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel successfully performed the world’s first pancreatic surgery on a pregnant woman to treat life-threatening hypoglycemia. The patient who was six months pregnant, underwent a series of unprecedented surgical procedures that saved her life and the life of her unborn child. Meshi Portal (23), diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and wheelchair-bound, conceived through in vitro fertilization after facing fertility challenges.…
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Rambam Reports Surge in Cases Linked to Popular Recreational Drug
January 19, 2024 – Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, whipping gas, or galaxy gas, has become a popular recreational drug due to its easy availability. In 2024, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, recorded a sharp rise in patients requiring medical care after using the drug. Nitrous oxide (N2O) is used legally in the food industry to produce whipped cream; in healthcare it is diluted and used as an anesthetic, sedative,…
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Rambam and KI Participate in International Collaborative Study in Over One Million Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
January 12, 2025 – Seven Israeli researchers from Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa and from the KI Research Institute in Kfar Malal joined another 17 international experts in a groundbreaking study analyzing data from over one million inflammatory bowel disease patients. The study aimed to comprehensively characterize these patients and develop more effective treatment approaches globally. The recent research could bring new hope to patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Notable for its scale,…
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The Lancet Publishes Rambam Physician’s Response to War Claim Article
January 8, 2025 – Days ago, The Lancet published a response authored by Dr. Danny Epstein, attending physician in the Division of Critical Care at Rambam Health Care Campus and Dr. Daniel King from the Critical Care Unit at Bnei Zion Medical Center, in Haifa, Israel. to a piece originally published in August, 2024 accusing Israel for its actions in Gaza as unjust and a brutal attack on civilian targets. The original article titled “Trauma…
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Beyond the War: 2024 at Rambam
January 5, 2025 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, is Northern Israel’s major referral center. In 2024, the hospital faced unique challenges: a significant increase in traumatic injuries and patient care under extraordinary conditions while contending with hundreds of staff called to reserve duty and persistent air raid sirens. Rambam is committed to delivering the highest level of medical care. Upon instruction, the hospital relocated to its fortified underground emergency facility, maintaining…
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Rambam Record: 35 Nursing Scholarships Awarded at Annual Ceremony
January 2, 2025 – Advancing nursing education is a top priority at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. This year’s annual nursing scholarship award ceremony saw 35 nurses receive scholarships to pursue advanced, specialized education. This marks a record-breaking number of nursing scholarships awarded in a single year. Nursing scholarships awarded by Rambam were first established by the Spencer family in the USA and are primarily supported by them and, since 2022, the…
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Rambam Adapts Existing Radiation Therapy to Treat Cardiac Arrhythmia
December 29, 2024 – In his early twenties, Nazia Matar, now 63, was diagnosed with a serious heart condition that progressively worsened. Twice daily, a pacemaker delivered electric shocks to his heart to manage his arrhythmia. However, as his health declined, Matar lost hope until physicians at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel suggested a procedure that saved his life. Every effort to stabilize Matar’s cardiac arrhythmia had failed, prompting his physicians to…
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Deadly Malaria Parasite: Life-Saving Care at Rambam
December 23, 2024 – Sharon and Oren Goldstein, a couple from Yokneam, south-east of Haifa, recently faced a life-threatening battle with malaria after visiting their daughter in a remote village in Ghana. Despite being advised by a travel clinic in Israel to take anti-malaria medication, the couple chose not to follow through, relying instead on local assurances that there was no risk of contracting the disease. The couple had traveled to Ghana to visit their…
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Rambam Researchers Discover Genetic Mutation Linked to Autism in Ashkenazi Jews
December 19, 2024 – Pre-pregnancy genetic screening typically covers many hereditary diseases and hundreds of mutations. Two physician-scientists at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, have discovered a new mutation linked to a specific type of autism that occurs most frequently in Ashkenazi Jews. Pre-natal testing for this gene has now been added to the national health basket. Dr. Sharon Bratman-Morag, a genetic counselor at Rambam’s Genetics Institute, together with Dr. Karin Weiss,…
