Seventeen senior physicians, nurses, social workers, and community workers from eight developing nations came to Rambam on November 10, 2010 in the context of the HIV/AIDS: Innovative Management and Care Programme of Galilee International Management Institute

In December, Dr. David Samadi, one of the best-known surgeons in the world, inaugurated the era of robotic prostate surgery at Rambam using the da Vinci Surgical System, whose $2.6M acquisition has been made possible through the generosity of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, the Wolfson Family Foundation, the Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York, the Crown Family Foundation, Fred and Nader Ohebshalom, Alan C. Mendelson, Meri and Sol Barer, Sohaila Adelipour, and George Feldenkreis.

In January, Patricia and Albert Frank came to campus to congratulate Dr. Yael Kenig, Rambam's first recipient of the Frank Family Fellowship in Nephrology. Pictured are (l to r) Prof. Rafi Beyar, Director and CEO, RHCC; Dr. Suheir Assady, Director, Department of Nephrology; Ido and Lauren Rose, grandson and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank;  Patricia Frank; Dr. Kenig; Albert Frank; and Prof. Karl Skorecki, Director of Medical and Research Development, RHCC.

Pictured on campus in March are (l-r) Prof. Judith Aharon Peretz, Director, Cognitive Neurology Unit, and Prof. Rafi Beyar, RHCC Director and CEO, hosting steadfast supporters  Mr. Arthur Hoffman, President, The Leir Charitable Foundations; Mr. Yair Kagan, Executive Vice President Emeritus, AFORAM; and Ms. Margot Gibis, Program Manager, The Leir Retreat Center.

Every Chanukah, British Friends holds a bazaar whose proceeds benefit the Children's Hospital at Rambam. Pictured are newborn plush puppies and other darling new things sold at this year's event.

Pictured are patients benefiting from 2 of 16 dialysis chairs purchased for the Department of Nephrology by the Operation Wheelchairs Committee through British Friends. The donation was made at the initiative of Bruria Cohen, Honorary President of Israeli Friends of Rambam Medical Center.

Dear Friends of Rambam,

The  Eleventh Annual Oncological Conference of Northern Israel brings to Haifa leading physicians, nurses, physicists, researchers, social workers, and technicians from Israel, France, Germany, Greece, the  Palestinian Authority, Switzerland, and Turkey. The annual conference is an initiative of Prof. Abraham Kuten, Director of the Oncology Institute at Rambam.

A European Friends of Israel (EFI) delegation on their way to Jerusalem for the EFI 2nd Policy Conference is pictured at Rambam on February 4th with Prof. Karl Skorecki, Director of Medical and Research Development at Rambam. The EFI's approximately 1,000 members represent every parliamentary national-Israel friendship group from the EU's 27 member states and from a recently launched Israel friendship group within the European Parliament.

Dear Friends of Rambam,

Pediatrics is an evolving medical field, and the problems a pediatrician needs to solve today are completely different from those of some decades ago.

Senior Physician Dr. Itzhak Ramon and Resident Dr. Zach Sharony of the Department of Plastic Surgery join more than 50 medical personnel from around the world for a 10-day mission to Assam, where delegates provide corrective surgery to over 200 infants and adults with cleft lip or cleft palate. Under the auspices of Operation Smile.

General Surgeon Dr. Kamal Hafiz of Jerash Hospital completes a one-year fellowship at Rambam in acute care surgery. Among his mentors are Prof. Yoram Kluger, Director of the Department of General Surgery; Dr. Hany Bahouth, Director of Acute Care Surgery; and Dr. Arie Arish, Director of the Hepato-Biliary Surgical Service

Flowers and strawberries print the oilcloth covering a seminar table set with diced cucumber and tomatoes, sliced bread, eggs, cheese, hummus, and chocolate spread.

Ruth Rappaport, Donor, Ruth Children's Hospital
Ever since Ruth Rappaport arrived as a child in British Mandatory Palestine, her life has paralleled thelife and growth of the State of Israel.

Each hospital floor will be color coded and decorated to express a particular theme from nature.

MIAMI -- In mid-January, the already friendly border between Canada and the USA  completely dissolved (which is more than can be said for the record snowfalls on both sides of the frontier)  when a dozen American and Canadian Friends of Rambam gathered at the Miami, Florida home of George Feldenkreis.

Operating Room Nurse Yasser Barakat spends two weeks at St. Mary's Hospital, near Durban, as part of a 17-member Operation Abraham Collaborative-sponsored international medical mission. The team conducts more than 160 medical circumcisions on adult men and also trains local medical personnel in the procedure, which is intended to lessen the spread of HIV.

The perfectly formed infant slumbering in the open warmer of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is so tiny that she could be fully cradled in an adult palm.

"Aamal is strong and smart, and everyone loves her at school," says her mother, Laila.  "She has pizzazz and is quick. She likes hearing stories and doing arts and crafts."

An excavator is chewing up the pavement outside the entrance to the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Unit. Indoors, the sounds of night construction are muffled, and as befits a place where children and parents arrive sleepy and anxious, voices are quiet.

The Deputy Mayor of Vinnytsa heads a delegation to Rambam comprised of municipal and university officials, and neurologists. The visitors come to learn from Rambam's experience in establishing a large regional hospital, and in treating patients with serious strokes.