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Medicine Crosses Borders: Rambam Doctor Travels to Qatar
A delegation of Israeli physicians, led by Dr. Ran Steinberg, Director of Pediatric Surgery at Rambam Health Care Campus, traveled to Qatar to participate in an international medical conference. In the last few years, countries bordering the Persian Gulf have been more inclined to establish ties with Israel. Whether it be for business networking or
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World AIDS Day 2019: A Decrease in the Number of New Patients at Rambam’s AIDS Institute
World AIDS Day is being marked today, Sunday, December 1, 2019, worldwide. At Rambam Health Care Campus’s Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and AIDS Institute, this year’s data shows a decline in the number of new patients admitted during 2019, following several years of a mainly upward trend. This data brings the Institute into alignment with the
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Advanced Robotic System in Rambam Pharmacy Improves Efficiency
Rambam Health Care Campus has started to use an advanced robotic system in its pharmacy. One of the most advanced of its kind on the market, the system is used to store and deliver tens of thousands of medications throughout the hospital, representing marked savings in time and increased efficiency. Rambam’s pharmacy has just installed
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Around the World: Rambam Strengthen Ties with India, Brazil, and NATO
Within a few days of each other, Rambam hosted leading medical professionals from India, a diplomatic delegation from Brazil headed by its president’s son, and NATO military personnel in a training drill for emergency evacuation to a large hospital. Although the guests came from many different countries, learning about trauma care was the common denominator
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The Lancet Oncology Publishes Paper by Doctors in a Unique Rambam-Augusta Victoria Hospital Cancer Training Program
An article in The Lancet by doctors from Rambam Health Care Campus and Augusta Victoria Hospital focuses on Palestinian cancer care and Rambam’s role in helping to train Palestinian oncologists, as well as the launching of a new program for training healthcare providers. In its November 2019 issue, the well-known medical journal The Lancet Oncology
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Rambam Holds Dedication Ceremony for the Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein z”l Shock Trauma Room
A dedication ceremony was held at Rambam Health Care Campus for the Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Z”L Shock Trauma Room, honoring the memory of Rabbi Eckstein, founder of the International Fellowship for Christians and Jews (IFCJ). As a dear friend and supporter of Rambam, Rabbi Eckstein supported the establishment of the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency
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Brazilian Soccer Legends Visit Hospitalized Children at Rambam Health Care Campus
Several of Brazil’s most well-known soccer legends visited Rambam, taking time out of their busy schedule revolving around a friendly “Peace Game” to meet with young Israeli and Palestinian patients in Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital. Former Brazilian soccer players Cafu, Emerson, Aldair, César Sampaio, Amoroso, and Anderson Polga, and Brazilian footvolley player Natalia Guitler—who are
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Hysterectomy Performed at Rambam Transmitted Live to Hundreds of Doctors
For the first time, a live hysterectomy was passed live to hundreds of doctors at an international conference. The surgery took place at the Rambam Medical Center, led by Prof. Lior Levenstein using the vNOTES method – an innovative technology that uses the natural openings in the body to perform the surgery. The surgery was
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Research: A very important tool for excellence in medicine
Jerusalem Post, October 22, 2019, by Alan Rosenbaum Any physician who is engaged in research does not accept things as they are,” says Prof. Yehuda Chowers, director of both the Division of Research at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, and the hospital’s Gastroenterology Institute. “Research is a very central theme in the life of
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Rambam Delegation Participates in Mass Casualty Trauma Drill in Shanghai
A trauma drill concluded a three-phase training project undertaken by Rambam at the request of Shanghai’s Ruijin Hospital. The training also included lectures about medical innovation and research. A delegation from Rambam Health Care Campus recently traveled to Shanghai, China, to participate in the third and final phase of a joint cooperation training project on
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Rambam Uses Immunotherapy to Treat Rare Case of Pediatric Colon Cancer
Zakaria was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer at age 16. When chemotherapy and surgery proved ineffectual, Rambam’s doctors discovered a gene mutation and switched to immunotherapy. Two years later, Zakaria no longer has cancer symptoms. September 18, 2019 – Three years ago, after eating a meal with his family, Zakaria started having stomach pains and began
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Multicultural Kidney Donor Chain Saves Lives at Rambam
Israel and Hanan, a Jewish man and an Arab woman who each needed kidney transplants, had waited for years for surgery. With the help of a kidney donor chain that also brings together Jews and Arabs, compatible donors were found and their lives were saved. September 22, 2019 – Relations between Arabs and Jews in Israel
