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Rambam-Technion Hackathon: “Doing Good”
May 8, 2023 – Developing technological solutions to issues encountered by patients in pediatric hospitals is challenging. Solving real problems, addressing social issues, and improving quality of life was the purpose of the recent “Doing Good” CS Hackathon, held at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in close cooperation with Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in
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Life-changing Treatment for Pediatric Patients with Growth Disorder now at Rambam
May 4, 2023 – A life-changing treatment for children with Schmid type of metaphyseal chondrodysplasia (SMCD) – a rare, genetic condition resulting in stunted growth and orthopedic deformities, is now being offered at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. Professor Mark Eidelman, director of the Pediatric Orthopedics Unit in the Ruth Rappaport Children’s
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Rambam Performs Novel Weight Loss Study via Social Media
April 27, 2023 – Dr. Irit Hochberg, acting director of the Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Institute at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel, recently led a novel weight-lost study using data collected on social media. We all want to look our best, and mostly, we are willing to put in the effort. Weight
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Rambam Physician Organizes International Cancer Conference
May 1, 2023 – Professor Irit Ben-Aharon, director of the Division of Oncology at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, organized a globally-renowned, annual cancer-research conference which took place in Tel Aviv from April 19–21. The Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Group of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) is one
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Rambam Physician Honored to Participate at Israel’s 75th National Independence Day Celebration
April 25, 2023 – Dr. Khetam Hussein, Director of the Infection Control Service at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel, has been chosen to light one of 12 torches in the country’s official Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem on April 25, 2023. Dr. Khetam Hussein has an impressive list of qualifications, appointments, national
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Couple Marry at Rambam ICU so Mom Can Attend
April 20, 2023 – Staff of Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, helped a couple marry in the presence of the bride’s mother, a critically ill hospital patient. Maor Charney (32), a Haifa resident, and her fiancée, Nissan Yehezkiel, had been planning their dream wedding for months. The wedding ceremony was set for
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Holocaust Memorial – Rambam Mission
For the First Time a Rambam Delegation Participates in “The March of the Living” – Teaching us About the Sanctity of Life and the Need for Mutual Respect The first of its kind, a delegation from Rambam Healthcare Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, will participate in the “March of the Living” in Poland; Jews, Muslims,
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Phone’s Life-saving Role for Rambam’s First Shock-Trauma ICU Patient
April 17, 2023 – After being shot at close range, 37-year-old Yoram* was rushed to the Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Z” L Shock Trauma Room at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. The doctors found that Yoram’s mobile phone had incidentally saved him from serious injury. Yoram, a resident of Northern Israel, had been
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Another World First: Rambam–Technion Collaboration Develops a Biological Defibrillator for Cardiac Arrhythmias
April 13, 2023 – A research collaboration between Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), both in Haifa, Israel, has successfully used genetic engineering to treat cardiac arrhythmias. Marking a world first, Rambam’s physician scientists have collaborated with Technion researchers to develop a bioengineered receptor that initiates a biological process
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Rambam Expands International Relationships
March 30, 2023 – Following multiple medical-training missions in Ethiopia, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, has signed an agreement of cooperation with St. Peter’s Specialized Hospital (St. Peter’s) in Addis Ababa. Rambam’s medical-training missions in Addis Ababa significantly impact the developing country’s healthcare services. Over the years, Rambam’s expert physicians have trained
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First Hugs: Rambam Volunteers Provide Warmth and Love to Abandoned Babies
March 27, 2023 – Every year, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, treats more than 20 abandoned babies—those who are hospitalized for long periods of time with no relative to care for them, in the neonatal, intensive care, oncology and other hospital wards. These babies suffer from severe diseases, birth defects or injuries.
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36 New Beds to Make Rambam‘s Neurology Section the Largest of Its Kind in Israel
March 24, 2023 – The country wide reality of a shortage in hospital beds is placing enormous pressure on Israel’s public healthcare system. In a dramatic move, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, has increased its number of inpatient beds by three-and-a-half percent. Rambam is the tertiary referral center for 12 regional hospitals.
