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Rambam Healthcare Campus – making a difference
By ALAN ROSENBAUM 06/13/2019 Prof. Rafael (Rafi) Beyar bubbles with enthusiasm about the new developments and leadership at the sprawling hospital campus in Haifa. The former director of Rambam Healthcare Campus, recently retired after 13 years, enthuses, “Rambam is close to my heart, and my associate, Dr. Miki Halberthal, the hospital’s director, is doing a
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From the North with Love to the Children of the South
Israelis living near the Gaza border have been suffering from rocket and mortar shell fire at their communities for years, and must remain on high alert to save lives. Children born into this complex reality are often forced to deal with difficult, stressful scenes in security rooms and bomb shelters with no real ability to
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Rare Surgery Performed on Baby during Birth
When Sima Sanbeto learned that her unborn baby had a respiratory obstruction, she never expected that during the birthing process, it would undergo one of the rarest and most complex surgeries ever conducted at Rambam Health Care Campus. On May 27, 2019, more than twenty doctors, nurses and technicians crowded into the operating room to
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Rambam’s ‘Swim from the Heart’ Raises Funds for Sudden Cardiac Death
For the fourth year in a row, “Swim From the Heart – Cape Carmel”, an international non-competitive swimming event, took place on Haifa’s beaches on May 24. The swim is a joint initiative between Rambam, the Municipality of Haifa, Shvoong and others, and is dedicated to raising awareness of and mobilizing funding for groundbreaking research
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Rambam Holds Successful Gala Fundraising Event in London
On May 21, a special fundraising gala event, attended by more than 400 people, was held at London’s Cineworld Empire in Leicester Square, with all income designated for allocation to the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in Rambam’s Eyal Ofer Heart Hospital. The highlight of this red-carpet event was the world pre-premiere of “Rocketman”, which was shown
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Rambam Neuroradiologists Improve Stroke Patient Care
Stroke specialists at Rambam are using AI technology for early identification and diagnosis of stroke patients. The platform enables larger stroke centers to be connected to smaller hospitals in order to ensure that these patients can be treated as quickly as possible at the most suitable medical center. Dr. Rotem Sivan-Hoffmann is an interventional neuroradiologist
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Rambam Breakthrough May Lead to Diabetes Cure
Rambam Medical Center is cooperating with Orgenesis, a bio-tech company, to begin testing a new method of cell manipulation that may present a cure for Diabetes. More than 425 million people worldwide have diabetes, and these numbers continue to rise. Orgenesis developed a method to re-program liver beta cells to produce insulin. The first stage
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Working to Improve Patient Experiences at Rambam
Combining forces: Philips Israel, Rambam Health Care Campus, and the BeWell.il community are working together to improve patients’ hospitalization experiences. Philips, a global leader in health technologies, Rambam Health Care Campus, and the BeWell.il Digital Health Community recently held the Philips Innovation Hackathon under the title “Patient Experience.” The two-day hackathon was held at Philips’
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Rambam Doctor Travels to India for Six Days to Perform Surgery
Dr. Tzach Sharoni, a senior plastic surgeon at the Rambam Health Care Campus, who was also the Israeli representative in an international delegation to India, restored smiles to patients who had undergone previously unsuccessful surgeries. Dr. Tzach Sharoni, a senior physician in Rambam’s Department of Plastic Surgery, recently visited Vijayawada, India, as a member of
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Rambam Team Participates in Trauma Seminar in Shanghai
A small delegation from Rambam Health Care Campus participated in a two-day workshop at Shanghai’s Ruijin Hospital. The workshop – part of a larger project – was initiated by a graduate of Rambam’s trauma management training program. Three senior members of Rambam’s medical staff were recently in Shanghai to provide trauma guidance for the medical
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Mass Casualty Drill Held at Rambam
A drill was conducted yesterday (April 10th) at Rambam Health Care Campus by the IDF Home Front Command, the Emergency Division of the Ministry of Health, and peer review professionals from other hospitals. Drills of this type take place once a year, and as such, a large number of processes are examined. In the current
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Los Angeles Event with Sinai Temple’s Rabbi David Wolpe and Prof. Rafi Beyar
On Sunday, March 31, in Los Angeles, Sinai Temple’s Rabbi David Wolpe and Rambam’s Prof. Rafi Beyar explored how Rambam is creating new paradigms for a safer and healthier world. The audience learned of Rambam’s impact on innovation, Israel’s national security, medical research and top medical care. After an intriguing presentation and dialogue between Wolpe
