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Strengthening Clinical Capabilities and Deepening Medical Partnership
January 25, 2026 – Earlier this month, specialist physicians from Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) traveled to Ethiopia to train local medical teams in advanced head and neck surgery, strengthening a growing international partnership and expanding access to life-changing care. Three years ago, during a visit to Rambam, representatives of St. Peter’s Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, signed a cooperation agreement under which Rambam specialists would travel to St. Peter’s to train local medical…
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Rambam Research Day 2026: Innovation, AI, and the Future of Medicine
January 22, 2026 – Today, hundreds of physicians, nurses, scientists, and other professionals gathered for the Annual Research Day at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam)—an event that marked more than a yearly milestone. Now in its 19th year, Rambam Research Day highlights studies that are pushing the boundaries of modern medicine. Poster presentations in the hospital lobby allow passersby to appreciate the vast scale of research carried out at Rambam Rambam’s leading researchers took center…
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AI Misidentification Led to a Critical Snakebite—Rambam’s ER Team Saved Her Life
January 18, 2026 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) recently saved the life of an 18-year-old woman airlifted in critical condition after a venomous snakebite in the Jordan Valley. The snake was misidentified as harmless by AI platforms. A group of young women was enjoying an evening outing in the Jordan Valley. After discovering a snake curled among bushes near their outdoor gathering, they photographed it and uploaded the images to several artificial intelligence (AI)…
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16 Years of Pain—Dana’s Long Road to Diagnosis
January 15, 2026 — After sixteen years of unexplained and intense pain, physicians at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) finally identified the rare syndrome affecting Dana—one that strikes fewer than one percent of the population. Thirty-five-year-old Dana* from Northern Israel began suffering at age 19, with recurring headaches, earache, facial pain, and other unexplained sensations, without any apparent cause. The pain was so intense that at one point she had to stop doing what she…
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First in Israel: Rambam Implements Dual-Target Deep Brain Stimulation for Severe, Treatment-Resistant OCD
January 13, 2026 – Rambam Health Care Campus is one of only a few medical centers in Israel offering deep brain stimulation for complex neurological conditions that defy traditional therapies. For 40-year-old Shoshana, a slightly different approach represented her final hope. Recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established therapy for extreme cases of treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in adults, and Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) is one…
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Rambam Leads Israel in Internal Medicine
January 11, 2026 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) sets the national standard for excellence in internal medicine, highlighting outstanding clinical care, staffing, and patient outcomes. The Division of Internal Medicine at Rambam comprising of 227 beds, 102 physicians, and 202 nurses, received the highest scores in a Ministry of Health report last week, which evaluates service improvement and quality-of-care indicators in internal medicine departments in public hospitals nationwide. In four of the five indicators,…
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Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, Leader of Druze community in Israel, Visits Syrian Druze Patients at Rambam
January 8, 2026 – In a gesture of solidarity, a delegation of senior public officials and community leaders, led by Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of Israel’s Druze community, visited Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) to meet with Syrian Druze patients evacuated from Syria for medical care in Israel. Earlier this week, Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, accompanied by Yasser Ghadban, Head of the Kisra-Sumei Local Council Authorities; Dr. Osama Sheikh, an anesthesiologist at the Galilee Medical Center; Khaled…
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Jessica: A Four-Legged Favorite in Rambam’s Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
January 4, 2026 – When Peleg Sasson, 20, was admitted to the Frania Goldhar Department of Cardiac Intensive Care at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), he worried about his faithful canine companion, Jessica, but a heartwarming solution was soon found. Peleg Sasson, originally from a community in the Gaza envelope and now a physics student at the Technion, was admitted to the Frania Goldhar Department of Cardiac Intensive Care at the Eyal Ofer Heart Hospital…
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Ten Years After a Rare Surgery at Rambam, a Young Girl Walks Without Limits
December 23, 2025 – Born with a rare genetic disease that caused a severe deformity in her leg, a girl from Northern Israel underwent a unique surgical procedure at Rambam Health Care Campus. Ten years after the initial intervention, the complex, long-term treatment is complete, resulting in a full life without physical limitations. Rasil Zuyhad, a 15-year-old girl from Beit Jann in Northern Israel, was born with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a rare genetic condition…
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Beutler Symposium Marks a Decade of Genomic Medicine Research at Rambam
December 18, 2025 – Today, Rambam Health Care Campus hosted the final Beutler Symposium: Israel’s Frontiers in Genomic Medicine, concluding a long-time scientific initiative that has shaped Israel’s genomic research landscape and strengthened the bridge between discovery and clinical care. The Beutler Symposium, a biennial scientific conference supported by the Ernest and Bonnie Beutler Research Program of Excellence in Genomic Medicine, brought together leading scientists and clinicians from across Israel, alongside Nobel Laureate Professor Bruce Beutler,…
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Celebrating 50 Years of Nursing Scholarships at Rambam
December 16, 2025 – Rambam Health Care Campus marks 50 years of the Cheryl Spencer Nursing Scholarship Program, honoring five decades of continuous investment in nursing education and professional excellence. The annual ceremony, held during Hanukkah, reflects Rambam’s commitment to its diverse workforce and shared values of gratitude, hope, and resilience. The Cheryl Spencer Nursing Scholarship Program was established at Rambam by Aaron Spencer and his late wife, Irma of the United States in memory…
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Breakthrough Therapies at Rambam Offer New Hope for Prostate Cancer Patients
December 14, 2025 – Each year, around 3,300 men in Israel are diagnosed with prostate cancer—the most common cancer among men. If detected early, the chances of full recovery are high. Breakthrough therapies, developed by or employed at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), are improving life expectancy and quality of life for many patients. The prostate is a small but sensitive gland surrounded by the urethra and nerves involved in sexual function. Hence, every treatment…
