Rosh Hashanah at Rambam – A toast to the new year
October 5, 2023 – What does the human body do with the medications and drug therapies it ingests? How does under or over-dosing affect clinical outcomes? Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel is now offering a service that personalizes drug doses to each patient’s specific needs. Precision and individualized medicine are influencing the future…
Rambam physicians discover that acute kidney injury is a common complication of near drownings, due to lack of oxygen and the fight-or-flight response. Their research points to men being at highest risk for this complication. According to the World Health Organization, drowning is the third leading cause of accidental death globally, with males especially susceptible….
November 15, 2023 – Since the excruciating events on October 7, 2023, many people with a strong connection to Israel, living abroad have returned here to join in the war effort. Having served in the IDF when he was younger, Dr. Jonathan Herdevall knew that many healthcare workers would be called up to the military…
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…
February 23, 2023 – Just a few short months after the death of her husband, Ilana Siman-Tov Doodles, CPR head nurse and coordinator at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, was determined to do something for the community. She mobilized members of her family who arranged the donation of ten automatic CPR defibrillators….
ISCAR, one of Rambam’s major supporters, provided an innovative solution for the hospital’s ventilator shortage during the COVID-19 crisis. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Operations and Maintenance at Rambam Health Care Campus discovered that seven of the hospital’s 125 ventilators were faulty. Given the restrictions in place as well as…