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When a Fertility Specialist Becomes the Patient
December 10, 2025 – One of Rambam’s reproductive endocrinologists and fertility specialists, Dr. Ola Gutzeit, recently chose to undergo fertility preservation after years of caring for women facing the same decision. Moving from physician to patient gave her a deeply personal understanding of the fears, practical challenges, and emotional complexity faced by many women during this process. As the head of the Fertility Preservation Clinic and an attending physician in the Division of Gynecology and…
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After Viral Tweet, Rambam Dermatologist Sets the Record Straight on Melanoma Risks
December 7, 2025 – Following a widely circulated tweet questioning the link between sun exposure and melanoma, Dr. Emily Avitan-Hersh clarifies the scientific evidence and reinforces the importance of proper sun protection. A viral social media post by one of Israel’s most widely listened-to podcasters, Matan Hakimi, sparked public debate last week after he wrote: “So you’re telling me that sunscreen was invented in the 1940s, people these days spend 90 percent of their time…
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Invisible Battles: Rambam Stands with Veterans on the Road to Healing
December 4, 2025 – Together with the Nazarian family, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) has opened the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Mental Health and Wellness Clinic in Haifa’s City Center Mall, which marks a major expansion of mental health services for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veterans coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat-related mental health conditions. The new Younes and Soraya Mental Health and Wellness Clinic was made possible through the vision and generosity of the Nazarian family. Long-time friends…
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Rambam Experts Identify Rare Cases of Cave Fever After Two Teens Suffer from Mystery Illness
November 25, 2025 – Two 16-year-old boys from the Western Galilee were treated at Rambam Health Care Campus with a rare ocular complication of cave fever, a bacterial illness caused by Borrelia persica and transmitted by soft ticks living in animal burrows. The diagnosis was made only after both teens arrived with unexplained high fevers and rapidly worsening vision. Itamar Franco and his friend, Noam Chen, both age 16, set out to explore a cave tunnel near…
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Rambam Introduces the Affera™ System — A Major Technological Leap in Electrophysiology
November 23, 2025 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) is the first medical center in Northern Israel to integrate Medtronic’s state-of-the-art Affera™ mapping and ablation system—a groundbreaking advancement in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Rambam acquired a device with new transformative technology that enables more precise, safe, and effective treatment for patients suffering from arrhythmias—particularly in complex cases previously untreatable using conventional methods. The Affera system features a uniquely designed spherical catheter tip equipped with…
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Global First at Rambam: A 3D Printed Cornea Restores Sight
November 20, 2025 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) is proud to be part of historic breakthrough in ophthalmology and regenerative medicine in Haifa, Israel: the world’s first successful transplantation of a fully 3D-bio-printed, cell-based corneal implant. In late October 2025, Rambam Eye Institute’s Cornea Unit performed the world’s first transplantation of a fully 3D-bio-fabricated, cell-based corneal implant. The procedure was carried out on a patient who was legally blind in the treated eye, marking…
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Rambam Takes an Unconventional Approach in Two Patients with Rare Conditions
November 18, 2025 – At Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), advanced robotic technology is transforming surgical care, making complex, high-risk procedures safer and less invasive than ever before. The da Vinci Robotic Surgical System, one of the most advanced tools in modern medicine, allows surgeons to perform intricate operations with exceptional precision and minimal trauma. At Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), growing expertise with this technology is expanding treatment options and improving outcomes—even in challenging…
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Honoring 50 Years of Cancer Research: ICRF Delegation Visits Rambam
November 16, 2025 – A distinguished delegation from the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) visited Rambam Health Care Campus, highlighting a shared commitment to advancing innovative cancer research and honoring five decades of the Fund’s impact in Israel. A delegation from the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) visited Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) as part of the organization’s 50th-anniversary mission to Israel. ICRF is the largest nongovernmental source of cancer research funding in Israel and is…
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Rambam Research Reveals the Dangers of Flying Soon After Cosmetic Surgery
November 9, 2025 – An increasing number of Israelis are drawn to low-cost cosmetic procedure packages in countries such as Turkey, Thailand, and Eastern Europe—only to return with severe, sometimes life-threatening complications triggered by flying shortly after surgery. Three Israeli women have recently been hospitalized in serious condition at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), following significant medical complications linked to air travel after undergoing cosmetic procedures abroad. “We are treating three patients with severe complications…
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Rambam’s Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital Joins Prestigious Pediatric Oncology Consortium
November 5, 2025 – Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital’s Joan and Sanford Weill Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) has been invited to join a prestigious North American pediatric oncology research consortium. Led by Dr. Nira Arad-Cohen, the Joan and Sanford Weill Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation (the Division), Northern Israel’s only pediatric hematology-oncology department, has been invited to Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Investigators’ Consortium…
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Rambam Lays Cornerstone for Israel’s Most Advanced Fortified Critical Care Medicine Division
November 2, 2025 – Today, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) laid the cornerstone for what will become Israel’s most advanced intensive care unit—the Fortified Critical Care Medicine Division. Designed to significantly increase capacity for critically ill patients, the new facility will be fully fortified against missile attacks, ensuring uninterrupted care even in times of crisis. A special ceremony was held today, marking the beginning of a transformative project in critical care. Scheduled for completion in…
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Announcing Rambam’s New Director General
Dr. Michal Mekel is the new Director General of Rambam Health Care Campus, the largest and the only tertiary hospital in Northern Israel, consisting of 1,062 beds and 6,500 employees. Dr. Mekel, who began her term in November 2025, is the first woman to head Rambam since the hospital’s founding in 1938. Born in 1973, Dr. Mekel is married and the mother of three. A surgeon by training, she studied medicine at the Ruth and…
