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Rambam mourns the loss of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, President of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
Rabbi Eckstein founded the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in 1983 and served as its president until his death. He was an American-Israeli activist and sat on the Board of Governors of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, United Israel Appeal, and the Jewish Agency. In addition, he wrote seven books and won several
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Cooperation Between Rambam’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital and the US’s Second Best Pediatric Hospital
An international pediatric genetics conference recently held at Rambam’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital included participants from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) in Ohio. The two institutions signed an official cooperation agreement in 2015. An international pediatric genetics conference was held recently at Rambam’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital. Taking part in the conference were experts
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Three Years after the Carmel Tunnel Bus Crash, Most Severely Wounded Victim Meets the Caregivers Who Saved her Life
Staff in Rambam’s General Intensive Care Unit are used to caring for patients with the most severe, life-threatening conditions. Frequently, they also see these same patients on their path to recovery. But a short time ago, the excitement in the unit was particularly contagious—Natalie Ben-Moshe, one of the most seriously injured people in the horrific
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Rambam Marks its 40th Pediatric Kidney Transplant
In five years, 40 patients have received chances for new lives thanks to the kidney transplant team at Rambam Health Care Campus’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital. Last week, a two-year-old girl joined the ranks of the medical center’s “young transplant family” – the only facility in Northern Israel that performs these surgeries. A pediatric kidney
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First in Human: Doctors Perform Remote-Controlled Cardiac Catheterization Procedure Kilometers Apart from Patient
An Israel-developed robotic heart catheterization system allows the operator to sit kilometers away from the patient lying in the catheterization laboratory. Professor Rafael Beyar, Director of Rambam Health Care Campus, the inventor of this novel robotic system, said: “In the future, we’ll be able to teach the robot how to perform catheterizations by itself.” It’s
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Art Unveiling Ceremony Celebrating Ariela Wertheimer’s Dedication to the Joseph Fishman Oncology Center
Six of artist Ariela Wertheimer’s works of art were unveiled in the Joseph Fishman Oncology Center at Rambam Health Care Campus. Ariela has volunteered in the Radiotherapy Department for fourteen years. The ceremony held on December 25 was an opportunity for the hospital’s Director, Professor Rafi Beyar, and Dr. Esty Golan Managing Director of International Relations
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Underway at Rambam: Helmsley Health Discovery Tower
On Wednesday, December 12, a ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of the first floor for the Helmsley Health Discovery Tower, under construction at the heart of Rambam Health Care Campus. Attending were representatives of Rambam’s administration, Friends of Rambam, University of Haifa, and the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology. Earlier this morning, Rambam completed
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Australian Mystery Donor Gives Hundreds of Hanukkah Presents to Children Hospitalized at Rambam HCC
No child wants to be hospitalized during Hanukkah, a holiday filled with fun, games, laughter, and lighting of the menorah. So you can imagine how excited the children in Rambam’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital were when an anonymous Australian donor sent a transport of toys—just for them! Children hospitalized in Rambam’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital
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Rambam Celebrates 5 Years Promoting Breakthrough Israeli Cancer Research
The fifth Scientific Conference for Excellence in Cancer Research – during the course of which, the Youdim Family Prize was granted to researchers who excel in the field – was recently held at Rambam Health Care Campus. Over the past five years, seven researchers from different Israeli institutions have received the $20,000 prize, awarded for
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Despite Efforts, AIDS is on the Rise in Israel
Since September of 2018, 90 more patients have been diagnosed. AIDS patients admitted to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa doubled between the years of 2008 and 2017, according to a study published in honor International AIDS Day. The majority of the 136 AIDS patients were immigrants from Ethiopia (37 percent) and the former Soviet Union
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Joining with People of Conscience the World Over
Healing the soul, healing the body. We carry that legacy forward, knowing that it takes more than medicine to heal wounds. Joining with people of conscience the world over, the slaughter of Jewish worshipers in Pittsburgh has left the Rambam Medical Center family deeply shaken and profoundly saddened. Our CEO, Prof. Rafael Beyar, who was
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Rambam Lowers Flags to Half-Staff to Honor Victims in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Haifa, Israel, October 27, 2018…Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa has lowered its flags to half-staff to honor the victims in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania synagogue shooting in which 11 people were murdered. Professor Rafi Beyar, CEO and Director of Rambam issued the following statement: On behalf of the entire Rambam family, in Israel and around
