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Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital Holds First Tumor Board with Morocco’s Rabat Children’s Hospital
February 11, 2021 – Doctors from Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital and Rabat Children’s Hospital met virtually for the first time to share knowledge and experience, forging professional ties to facilitate collaboration between the two pediatric medical facilities. For the first time ever, physicians from Rambam Health Care Campus’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital and Rabat Children’s
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Rambam Awarded Prize for Development that Saves 4,000 Staff Hours Each Year
February 7, 2021 – Rambam Health Care Campus recently won an award for logistics in health systems from the Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Health. The second-place award was issued by the National Council for Logistics in Health Systems for 2019 and presented to the Rambam team for implementing an application that helps nursing and
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Rambam Among First Worldwide to Use Pioneering Artificial Skin Technology to Treat Burn Patients
February 3, 2021 – Rambam Health Care Campus is one of the first institutions in the world to use the groundbreaking portable electrospinning wound treatment system. Doctors at Rambam have so far treated dozens of patients suffering from a variety of burns ranging in size and severity. Ilan S., age 42, was brought to Rambam
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Successful Surgery at Rambam Enables Boy to Walk for the First Time
A nine-year-old boy born with a rare genetic defect that left him unable to move his joints is now learning to walk, following a successful surgery performed by doctors in the Pediatric Orthopedics Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus. January 28, 2021 – Nine-year-old Michael was born in Uzbekistan with a rare genetic disorder called Arthrogryposis,
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New at Rambam: Clinic for Treating Narrowing Carotid Arteries and Stroke Prevention
January 17, 2021 – A new clinic is the first of its kind in Northern Israel, providing treatment for narrowing carotid arteries and stroke prevention that was, until now, unavailable in this part of the country. Rambam Health Care Campus has inaugurated a clinic for treating narrowing of the carotid arteries and stroke prevention, which
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Rambam Joins Efforts to Develop Israeli COVID-19 Vaccine
January 10, 2020 – Israel currently has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the world, and more than 4,000 of Rambam’s approximately 5,300 employees have already received the first dose of Pfizer vaccines. Last week, the Clinical Trials Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus (in Rambam’s Research & Development Unit), headed by Dr. Avivit Peer,
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Celebrating the Lives of Young Cancer Survivors
Despite the pandemic, Haifa is celebrating the annual Holiday of Holidays – honoring religious celebrations that fall in December. In conjunction with these celebrations, Rambam Health Care Campus recently hosted the Kites of Hope event for survivors of pediatric cancer, who got to make their own kites and decorate them with messages of hope. “Larger
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Within Days: Two Rare Strokes Treated at Rambam
Rambam Health Care Campus has gained a great deal of experience in treating strokes, with a focus on those that require invasive intervention through cerebral catheterization. However, a phenomenon presented at Rambam in recent days managed to surprise the doctors, especially in light of the fact that not one, but two such patients were rushed
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Decreased Number of New Patients at Rambam’s AIDS Institute
Recent years have seen a trend of declining numbers of new HIV diagnoses. However, there has been a concomitant increase in alarming symptoms related to this high-risk group. December 1, 2020 marked the observance of World AIDS Day, which highlights the international battle against HIV, shows support for people living with AIDS, and commemorates those
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Castanets and Giving Birth: Flamenco Dancing in the Delivery Room
At the suggestion of her midwife, an expectant mother danced through her labor pains and experienced a smooth delivery. Natalie Taviv, age 35, never lets anything interfere with her dancing, not even labor pains. Following her recent arrival at Rambam Health Care Campus, she was seen dancing the flamenco to the beat of the “Gipsy
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Innovating Collaboration on Disaster Preparedness and Lessons Learned from the First Wave of COVID-19
November 12, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected travel worldwide. This has impacted families, business, and medical research collaborations. Digital meetings have become essential for staying in touch. Hence, the annual Stanford Medicine-Rambam Health Care Campus Symposium was held live – online this year on a particularly relevant topic: Disaster Preparedness and Lessons
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Rambam Surgeons Perform First Surgery of its Kind in Israel: Jaw Restoration using a Shoulder Bone
Surgeons at Rambam Health Care Campus operated for 12 straight hours to restore the jawbone of a man who had undergone a massive resection of a large tumor. Technological innovations and a new treatment modality allowed them to use the patient’s shoulder bone and restore his hope for quality of life. About two years ago,
