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First in Northern Israel: A New Service for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Liver Diseases
April 11, 2022 – Leading the new service will be Professor Ronen Arnon, an internationally recognized pediatric liver disease specialist who recently joined Rambam Health Care Campus as a senior physician and Head of the Pediatric Liver, Gastroenterology and Pediatric Nutrition Institute in Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital. To meet the growing needs of Northern Israel,
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Mother and Daughter Give Birth within Days of Each Other
April 7, 2022 – Twice the joy at Rambam Health Care Campus: A Haifa resident gave birth to a son and then became a grandmother when her daughter gave birth to a baby girl one week later. Patricia Rachel Ben Dahan, 43, a resident of Haifa, visited the Obstetrics & Gynecology Division at Rambam twice
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Professor Irit Ben-Aharon Awarded Grant for Pancreatic Cancer Research
April 4, 2022 – Metastatic pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease with low life expectancy and especially poor quality of life. A new research grant will seek ways to improve those statistics. Professor Irit Ben-Aharon, Director of the Joseph Fishman Oncology Center at Rambam Health Care Campus, has been awarded a research grant of €250,000
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Near and Far: Rambam Employees Play Key Role in Mental Health Hotline for Ukrainians
March 28, 2022 – For almost four weeks now, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals have been volunteering 24/7 to staff a hotline for Ukrainian residents in need of mental health support. Jenia Pukshansky, a social worker and psychotherapist, is behind a private initiative to create a hotline offering psychological support for Ukrainian
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Visits Elite Fighters Hospitalized at Rambam
April 4, 2022 – Today’s visit by Prime Minister Bennett—who was accompanied by the Border Police Chief, the Deputy Police Commissioner, the Commander of Israel’s National Counter Terror Unit, and the Commander of the Commando Brigade—follows a visit on Saturday by Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spent time at Rambam Health
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From Superheroes to Rubik’s Cubes: Purim Celebrations at Rambam
March 16, 2022 – In Israel, the days leading up to Purim are filled with merriment, and many of the staff members and patients at Rambam Health Care Campus were happy to join in the fun! Festivities have been held across the campus, and some of the highlights are below. A Costume for Every Child
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Bonds of Friendship: Rambam Employee Rescues Son of Childhood Friend from Ukraine and Brings Him to Israel
March 14, 2022 – Rambam Health Care Campus Nursing Administration employee Masha Bozhko speaks to the Israeli Hebrew-language news site “ynet”, sharing how she decided to rescue the son of her childhood friend from the war zone in Ukraine. Alexander “Sasha” Artushenko, a 16-year-old boy from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, has been left alone
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Toys, Warm Clothes and Lots of Love: Rambam Employees Donate to Refugees from Ukraine
March 10, 2022 – The delivery, a donation intended for refugees from the war in Ukraine, who will be receiving assistance from the absorption center, is the second to leave Rambam for this important cause. Yesterday, dozens of boxes containing clothing, blankets, toys, toiletries, and other essentials made their way from Rambam Health Care Campus
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“Technion-Rambam Hack: Machine Learning in Healthcare” Conference Held at Rambam Health Care Campus
March 9, 2022 –The conference was the first event held by the newly established Technion-Rambam Center for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. MIT Professor Leo Anthony Celi addressed the conference on the topic of ensuring that machine learning for healthcare works for everyone. Rambam Health Care Campus and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology are
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Delegation of Moldovan Government and Medical Officials Visit Rambam to Study Emergency Situation Management
March 3, 2022 – Against the background of the war that broke out in Eastern Europe, a delegation of senior officials from Moldova visited Rambam Health Care Campus in order to understand how a hospital is run during emergency situations. A senior delegation from Moldova recently visited Rambam Health Care Campus to learn how the
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Fastest in the North, Fastest in Israel, and Fastest Worldwide – Lung Cancer Diagnosis at Rambam
February 15, 2022 – Rambam Health Care Campus recently opened a center for rapid lung cancer diagnosis, shortening the diagnostic process for patients suspected of having lung cancer to just 14 days from the patient’s first appointment until treatment begins. Until now, the average length of time for this process in Israel is three to
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Rambam 2021 Gunshot Victim Statistics Show Increase in Northern Israel Shooting Incidents
February 10, 2022 – Rambam’s Trauma and Emergency Center, managed by Director Dr. Hany Bahouth, is one of the busiest trauma centers in Israel. Recently, several hours after doctors from the Trauma and Emergency Center at Rambam Health Care Campus presented a summary of the data regarding gunshot wound patients that the hospital received in
