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Ministers of Defense and Health, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, Visit Rambam to Inaugurate Rambam-IDF COVID-19 Departments
A ceremony marking the opening of IDF-run COVID-19 Departments in the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital was held yesterday at Rambam Health Care Campus. This is the first time that the military is cooperating with an Israeli hospital as well as its first time treating civilians. Following comprehensive preparations, the IDF’s COVID-19 departments were opened yesterday on October 11 as part of “Operation Brotherhood”. The military departments join the COVID-19 A-D Departments already in…
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Top Military Officials Visit Rambam as IDF Prepares to Open COVID-19 Departments in Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital, Marking IDF’s First-ever Cooperation with an Israeli Hospital
The IDF’s Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Medical Officer visit Rambam Health Care Campus as the army’s Medical Corps establish two COVID-19 departments at Rambam. This operation marks the first time that the military is cooperating with an Israeli hospital as well as its first time treating civilians. In cooperation with Rambam Health Care Campus, the IDF Medical Corps is currently in the process of establishing two COVID-19 departments in the Sammy Ofer Fortified…
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Physician-researchers at Rambam Study the Effects of Lockdown on Sexual Function
During the first wave of COVID-19, Israeli citizens were under lockdown for several weeks between March and May, 2020. The lockdown has affected every area of life due the shutdown of the economy; social isolation; anxiety and fear; social distancing; and children remaining at home. This new normal has a number of implications relating to how people’s lives are impacted – including in the bedroom. A preliminary study by Rambam’s Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics…
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Rare and Complex Surgery Saves Life of Two-day-old Preterm Baby
Adi and Avia Bernstein, both residents of Acre, were waiting for the happy moment when their twins would be born. Nothing prepared them for the emotional and medical upheaval they experienced in the last trimester of pregnancy. One of Adi and Avia Bernstein’s twin babies was born with a tumor on his lung. The doctors at Rambam Health Care Campus had never seen anything like it, and performed a complex operation that ultimately saved the…
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Remote Cardiac Rehabilitation Service Facilitates Patient Recovery
COVID-19 is getting on our nerves, but the technology that entered our lives as a result of the pandemic is now being used by doctors in other fields of medicine. One such area is the cardiac rehabilitation offered at Rambam Health Care Campus. Using a special app and an elaborate fitness watch, a remote multidisciplinary team can monitor individuals recovering at home following a heart attack. The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying periods of closure…
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Rambam Physicians Discuss Biodesign and Israeli Innovation in Webinar Held by AFORAM and CICC
September 8, 2020 – A webinar titled “Strengthening Global Collaboration – How Stanford Biodesign and Rambam Biodesign Programs Help Boost Israeli Innovation” was recently hosted by American Friends of Rambam (AFORAM) and the California Israel Chamber of Commerce (CICC). Several Rambam Health Care Campus physicians took part in a fascinating webinar held earlier this week, discussing the impact of Stanford University’s Biodesign program and Rambam’s Biodesign program on global collaboration and Israeli innovation. The event…
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67 Rambam Doctors Receive Awards for Teaching Excellence
September 6, 2020 – Doctors from Rambam Health Care Campus were well represented during an awards ceremony for outstanding lecturers at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology’s Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine. During a recent visit to Rambam Health Care Campus by Professor Elon Eisenberg, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, certificates of excellence were…
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Rambam Research Shows Oncology Patients Not High Risk For COVID-19 Symptoms and Complications
September 3, 2020 – Researchers at Rambam Health Care Campus and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Rappaport Faculty of Medicine have discovered that oncology patients are not at a higher risk of suffering from symptoms or complications of COVID-19 than others who have been exposed to the virus. In a first-of-its-kind research study, physician researchers from Rambam’s Joseph Fishman Oncology Center, Virology Laboratory, and Epidemiology Unit and the Technion – Israel Institute of…
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Will the Israeli Start-Up Nation Change the Way we Treat Skin Cancer?
A comprehensive research study in the Department of Radiology at Rambam Health Care Campus may lead to shorter cancer treatment times. More than 11,000 Israelis are diagnosed each year with various types of skin cancer, including melanoma. In addition to raising awareness of the importance of early diagnosis, the medical world is aggressively exploring new, more effective treatments. Recently, Rambam Health Care Campus began implementing a groundbreaking procedure for the treatment of various types of…
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New at Rambam: Women’s Clinic for Victims of Sexual Violence
A new clinic at Rambam Health Care Campus offers a dedicated framework for victims of sexual assault in order to provide them with follow-up and medical treatment in a manner best suited for them. One in three women is sexually assaulted in their lifetime, according to data collected in recent years. These experiences have a profound impact, and over time, these women must learn to handle a variety of consequences resulting from the ordeal. The…
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Israeli Study Might Mark Beginning of New Era for Medical Privacy
The Jerusalem Post, by Rosella Tercatin A paper published showed that medical research carried out using synthetic data can produce results which are strongly consistent with research using real patients’ data. A new study by Rambam Health Care Campus scientists might mark the beginning of a new era for patients’ privacy. A paper published in the JMIR Medical Informatics Journal showed that medical research carried out using synthetic data can produce results which are strongly…
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Three Lives Saved Following Routine Medical Screening
Every day, dozens of patients come to the Periodic Examinations Institute at Rambam Health Care Campus, to undergo customized screening tests. For three individuals who arrived at the institute on the same day, the routine tests turned out to be a life-saving warning bell. The multidisciplinary Periodic Examinations Institute at Rambam incorporates a number of screening tests for diseases such as cancer and various risk factors, based on the fact that early detection can save…
