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  • Severely Injured by Drone in Lebanon, Israeli Reservist Plans Return to His Unit

    Severely Injured by Drone in Lebanon, Israeli Reservist Plans Return to His Unit

    June 11, 2026 — Although no longer required to serve, 50-year-old Sergey Beskorovainy continued answering the call to reserve duty. Severely wounded by a drone near Israel’s northern border, he is now undergoing treatment at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa—and already planning his return to his unit. Master Sergeant (res.) Sergey Beskorovainy, 50, from

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  • First in Northern Israel: Innovative Knee Cartilage Repair Using a Coral-Based Implant

    First in Northern Israel: Innovative Knee Cartilage Repair Using a Coral-Based Implant

    June 7, 2026 — Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) is offering a new surgical option for patients with localized cartilage and bone injuries in the knee: a coral-based biological implant designed to support bone and cartilage regeneration. The Knee and Arthroscopy Unit, part of Rambam’s Orthopedic Surgery Section, brings new hope to residents of Northern Israel

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  • Breakthrough in Pancreatic Cancer Biopsy Technology

    Breakthrough in Pancreatic Cancer Biopsy Technology

    June 4, 2026 – Inspired by the act of coring zucchinis and a pressing clinical need, a Rambam physician helped develop a new medical device that improves tissue sampling for pancreatic cancer diagnosis and is now being used by medical centers in the United States. Professor Iyad Khamaysi, director of the Advanced Endoscopy Unit at

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  • A High-Risk Pregnancy, a Rare Disease, and a Baby Saved at Rambam

    A High-Risk Pregnancy, a Rare Disease, and a Baby Saved at Rambam

    May 31, 2026 – When Gal Tayib’s high-risk pregnancy became a medical emergency at 33 weeks, specialists at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) moved quickly to save two lives: hers and her baby’s. In 2020, physicians diagnosed Netanya resident Gal Tayib (29) with myasthenia gravis, a chronic, potentially life-threatening autoimmune disease that disrupts communication between

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  • World-First at Rambam: An Israeli Innovation that Advances Safer Heart Surgery

    World-First at Rambam: An Israeli Innovation that Advances Safer Heart Surgery

    May 28, 2026 – An Israeli-developed device first implemented at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) is helping make coronary artery bypass surgery safer by a unique innovation that reduces the risk of stroke. Coronary artery bypass surgery is among the most commonly performed cardiac procedures worldwide. While success rates are high and most patients return

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  • From Rambam to Tanzania: Restoring Smiles, Transforming Lives

    From Rambam to Tanzania: Restoring Smiles, Transforming Lives

    May 26, 2026 – For specialized physicians at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), healing knows no borders. Beyond their demanding responsibilities at the hospital, some dedicate their free time and expertise to humanitarian missions around the world. During May, through Operation Smile—a global volunteer-based medical training and care organization—Dr. Omri Emodi, Director of the Department of

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  • From Battlefield to Rambam: A Golani Commander’s Legacy Endures

    From Battlefield to Rambam: A Golani Commander’s Legacy Endures

    May 24, 2026 – At Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), the connection between the battlefield and recovery is immediate and deeply personal. Just weeks before he was killed in action, the soon-to-be-wed Captain Maoz Israel Recanati left an active operation in southern Lebanon and came directly to Rambam to visit wounded soldiers under his command.

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  • One of the First: Rambam Installs Advanced StarGuide GX Scanner

    One of the First: Rambam Installs Advanced StarGuide GX Scanner

    May 17, 2026 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) has installed one of the first StarGuide GX systems, an advanced nuclear medicine imaging platform developed by GE HealthCare. The StarGuide GX is designed to improve image quality, shorten examination times, and support the growing field of theranostics, in which molecular imaging and targeted radioactive therapies

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  • Wounded Soldier Heals Through Music: “I Just Want to Go Home”

    Wounded Soldier Heals Through Music: “I Just Want to Go Home”

    May 20, 2026 – Written during his recovery and set to music using AI, a song written by a wounded soldier, treated at Rambam— “I Just Want to go Home”—is both a personal source of healing and a voice for others unable to express their emotions. On April 13, 2026, Sergeant Major (Res.) Nadav Kadishi, a 44-year-old

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  • Inventing the Future of Medicine: Rambam and the Technion Collaborate in T2MED Clinical Challenges Hackathon

    Inventing the Future of Medicine: Rambam and the Technion Collaborate in T2MED Clinical Challenges Hackathon

    May 14, 2026 — Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology recently hosted the T2MED Hackathon, a 48-hour event during which medical students, engineers, and scientists worked together on practical solutions to real clinical challenges. The opening event of the annual medical innovation hackathon of the Ruth and Bruce

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  • CAR-T Cell Therapy May “Reset” the Immune System: Rambam Expert Weighs In

    CAR-T Cell Therapy May “Reset” the Immune System: Rambam Expert Weighs In

    May 10, 2026 – A woman who suffered from three life-threatening autoimmune diseases returned to an almost normal life after cell therapy apparently led to a “reset” of her immune system. Chimeric Antigen Receptor T‑cell (CAR‑T) therapy, a breakthrough treatment that has already transformed outcomes for patients with certain blood cancers, now shows significant potential in

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  • A “Smart” Brush to Improve Cancer Diagnosis

    A “Smart” Brush to Improve Cancer Diagnosis

    May 7, 2026 – In some gastrointestinal and pancreatic cancers, the challenge is not reaching the suspicious area, but collecting enough cells to know whether cancer is present. Professor Iyad Khamaysi at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), working alongside scientists from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, have developed an innovative solution. Physicians often

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