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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 the subject of trauma care at the city’s Ruijin Hospital. The project was initiated by Professor Chen Erzhen, a Chinese…
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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 to vomit. His doctor thought he had a virus and sent him home. His situation worsened, and when tests eventually…
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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 are often complex, but at Rambam Health Care Campus, these issues remain firmly outside the gates – even against the…
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Rambam Establishing CAR T-cell Immunotherapy Service for Cancer Treatment
A cutting-edge immunotherapy treatment will soon be offered at Rambam Health Care Campus using genetically engineered T-cells to kill cancer cells. Rambam will be the first and only medical center in Northern Israel to provide this service. September 15, 2019 – Rambam Health Care Campus’s Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation is launching a new service to treat several different types of cancer using altered T‑cells. The service will be headed by the department’s director, Professor…
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Rambam Establishes Center for Cannabis Research
Rambam Health Care Campus has opened a cannabis research center, focusing on the role of cannabis in intercellular communication in morbidity situations. September 12, 2019 – Rambam Health Care Campus has established the Medical Cannabis Research and Innovation Center in its Research Division, led by Dr. Igal Louria-Hayon, head of the hospital’s Leukemia Research and Cancer Signaling Lab. The aim is to study the role of cannabinoids during communication between cells under various morbidity conditions. The…
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Nurse’s Chance Coffee Break Saves Patient’s Life at Rambam Health Care Campus
A 46-year-old Haifa resident’s life was saved, thanks to the temporary work assignment of a Rambam nurse and her chance decision to use a public restroom. Lia Gurevich is a nurse in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rambam Health Care Campus. Like every nurse in the department, she works different shifts and is assigned to work at different stations. Last week, Gurevich was assigned to work in the ambulatory section for self-admitted patients. That…
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Hospitalized Pediatric Patients Start the School Year in Rambam Classrooms
More than 100 hospitalized children and youth participated in classes on the first day of school in classrooms at Rambam’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital. Several new educational components are being introduced this year, including a sailing class for the older teens. September 3, 2019 – The school year in Israel starts on September 1st. While most students began the year in their regular classrooms, hospitalized children faced a different reality. Thanks to the Haifa-based BRACHA Education…
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Corindus, Founded by Former Rambam Director Rafi Beyar, Acquired by Siemens Healthineers
Corindus Vascular Robotics is the latest successful initiative to come from Rambam Health Care Campus and the Technion. Earlier this year, Corindus’ technology was used to perform angioplasty and stent placement by a doctor sitting 32 kilometers from the patient. August 26, 2019 Corindus Vascular Robotics, a medtech startup founded by former Rambam Health Care Campus Director Professor Rafael Beyar, was recently acquired by the Munich, Germany-based Siemens Healthineers AG for $1.1 billion. Corindus is currently…
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Rambam Provides Ultrasound Training for Medical Students Traveling to Africa
As part of their internship, students will fly to Uganda to provide humanitarian assistance in a local hospital after receiving unique ultrasound training at Rambam Health Care Campus. A small group of Israeli medical students recently spent a day at Rambam Health Care Campus to receive intensive ultrasound training, prior to their departure for Uganda as part of a humanitarian medical aid mission to Africa. The students will stay in Uganda as part of one…
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Rambam Doctors Discover ADHD Can Be Relevant to Cognitive Decline
A scientific article written by Rambam Health Care Campus’ Cognitive Neurology Institute was recently the feature article in Harefuah (“Medicine”), the leading journal published by the Israeli Medical Association. The article addressed the topic of whether attention deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should be considered in the diagnosis of cognitive complaints among middle-aged and older individuals. Rambam Health Care Campus’ Cognitive Neurology Institute recently conducted a study to examine whether ADHD is relevant to the diagnosis of cognitive…
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Guy Cohen Continues to Inspire Us in his Pursuit to Raise Support and Awareness about SCD
Guy Cohen, a three-time participant in Rambam’s annual Swim From the Heart event and fundraiser for sudden cardiac death, is attempting the final swim of the Triple Crown Open Water. Starting at midnight on July 18th, Israeli open water swimmer Guy Cohen will attempt to swim across California’s Catalina Channel, a distance of 32.5 km/20 miles. This will be Cohen’s third and final leg of the “Triple Crown of Open Water”, which also includes the English Channel…
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Local Archbishop Donates NIS 150,000 to Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital
A delegation led by Father Joseph Mata, Archbishop of the Greek Catholic Church in the Galilee, visited Rambam Health Care Campus. During the course of the visit, delegation members met Rambam Director, Dr. Michael Halberthal, with whom they discussed the hospital’s work in the fields of medicine and research. The delegation also met with the Director of the Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, Professor Myriam Ben-Arush, as well as senior department directors and staff members of…
