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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 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Dr. Zach Sharoni, a senior physician in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and…
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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. As the largest medical center in Northern Israel, Rambam houses specialized trauma and intensive care units. During his visit, Recanati…
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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 are increasingly integrated. The technology uses a highly sensitive ring-shaped detector with simultaneous multi-angle scanning to produce three-dimensional images with…
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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 resident of Kiryat Motzkin, was evacuated to Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) after a military Humvee overturned in the Bint…
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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 Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, T2MED 2026, was a great success. Over the intensive 48‑hour weekend, Rambam and the Technion’s collaborative…
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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 the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases. Professor Fabian Müller from the University Hospital of Erlangen, Germany, recently reported what researchers describe as the…
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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 use brush cytology—a technique in which a small brush is passed over a suspicious area to collect cells for examination…
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Nine-Year-Old Steps into Her Dream of Becoming a Midwife
May 5, 2026 – Nine-year-old Talia Cohen has known for years that she wants to help bring babies into the world. Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) gave her a rare, age-appropriate glimpse into the profession she already dreams of joining. Talia Cohen is already certain about her chosen profession and is pursuing that dream with remarkable determination. She wants to be a midwife. Her mother, Yael, describes her as curious and inquisitive, always asking questions…
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First-of-its-Kind Gene Therapy for Inherited Hearing Loss: Rambam Specialist Weighs In
April 30, 2026 – Until now, many forms of severe inherited hearing loss have been managed with assistive devices such as hearing aids and cochlear implants. Today, a first-of-its-kind gene therapy may offer new hope for patients with a rare mutation in the OTOF gene, which plays an essential role in transmitting sound signals from the inner ear to the brain. Dr. Ksenia Aaron, a leading otolaryngologist at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), offers her…
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Can mRNA Vaccines Help Fight Pancreatic Cancer? A Rambam Expert’s Perspective
April 26, 2026 – Historically, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest malignancies. New data from the six-year follow-up of a clinical trial using a personalized mRNA vaccine offers a measure of hope. Irit Ben-Aharon, a world-renowned oncologist at Rambam Health Care Campus, comments on these findings. Often diagnosed at an advanced stage, pancreatic cancer has a five-year survival rate of less than 13%. No routine screening test exists for early detection, and only about 20% of patients…
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Despite Their Injuries, Wounded Soldiers Take Part in Memorial Day Ceremony
April 21, 2026 – Wounded soldiers and hospital staff gathered at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) to mark the Memorial Day for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Hostile Acts (Yom HaZikaron) 5786 in a deeply moving ceremony. In a powerful reflection of both sacrifice and resilience, IV poles lined the front row, delivering continuous pain relief to soldiers who, despite significant injuries, chose to take part in the Memorial Day ceremony. Two soldiers who…
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Zooming in on 3D Bioprinting at Rambam
April 19, 2026 – With a global shortage of organs for transplantation and many unmet medical challenges, solutions are taking shape via advanced technologies such as 3D bioprinting. At Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), significant breakthroughs are already underway. Imagine a future with an almost-unlimited, ready‑to‑use supply of organs—potentially without the risk of rejection. This vision is moving closer to reality. Rambam’s Applied Medical Technology Research Center (MATRiC) is a leading hub for regenerative medicine.…
