News and Events

It was recently announced by The Israeli Movement for Freedom of Information that Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel is a national leader in encouraging natural childbirth and reducing spontaneous Caesarean births, as per data published by them.

Israel's inflammatory bowel disease cases have surged in recent years, associated with changes in lifestyle and eating habits. Researchers at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel, are fighting this alarming trend with the microbiome.

August 9, 2023 – Recently, a delegation from the Teaching Center for Trauma, Emergency, and Mass Casualty Situations (MCS) at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, led a workshop in Poland to provide local healthcare workers with MCS training. 

Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel has a long collaboration with the Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) in Boston, which includes the Haifa-Boston Connection, a well-known community project.  In a heart-warming ceremony on Tuesday at Rambam, hospital employees from the local Ethiopian community, and children of employees were awarded scholarships towards their academic studies.

July 31, 2023 - The first ever treatment for cognitive and functional deterioration associated with Alzheimer's disease is to be reviewed with Professor Judith Aaron-Peretz, Senior Physician at the Cognitive Neurology Unit at Rambam Medical Center (Rambam) and Chief Scientific Advisor to EMDA (The Alzheimer's Association of Israel) and the Israel Neurological Association.

July 27, 2023 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel is recognized as a world leader in performing clinical trials on new drug therapies. Patient volunteers are drawn from all corners of Israel to participate in hundreds of clinical trials performed annually.

July 24, 2023 - Patients at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel are able to receive specialized pelvic floor physiotherapy to relieve the debilitating symptoms of various urinary tract disorders to restore their quality of life.

July 20, 2023 - When a regional hospital outside of Haifa could not make a diagnosis, seven-year-old David* was recently evacuated to Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, for emergency treatment that saved his life.

July 17, 2023 – New, groundbreaking technology was presented at last week’s third Israel Biodesign conference at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. Among other projects presented, technology can now help new mothers interpret their baby’s cries and deal with postpartum depression.

About thirty percent of newborns are born with outer ear anomalies that go undetected during pregnancy. Some of these are temporary and resolve as the child gets older, but others need medical intervention – surgical and non-surgical. Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, offers a highly successful non-surgical intervention.

Sometimes, a person’s health needs cannot be addressed in their own country. In these cases, help from specialist physicians is sought elsewhere. Amal*, a seven-year-old girl from Amman in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, was treated at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, for a congenital orthopedic deformity.

Professor Irit Ben Aharon, director of the Oncology Division at the Joseph Fishman Oncology Center at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel has been appointed editor-in-chief of the ESMO Gastrointestinal Oncology journal, a peer reviewed, open access journal.

A general power failure interrupted the life-saving surgery being performed in Ethiopia by a delegation of surgeons from Rambam Health Care Campus. The ventilator stopped and lights went out. The doctors’ quick thinking and mobile phone flashlights enabled successful completion of the procedure on their three-year-old patient.

The Israeli Ministry of Health has given Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, approval to use advanced optical genome mapping to help determine the best treatments for patients with blood cancer.

Reducing radiation exposure is a welcoming option for prostate cancer patients who usually require 30–40 radiation sessions. Now, Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, offers prostate cancer patients a one-time treatment followed by a few brief follow-up sessions. This novel procedure is safe and has very few side effects.

Two years ago, after many attempts to treat her condition, 10-year-old Agam Eini was brought to Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, hoping for a solution that would allow her to walk again. Her delighted father shares Agam’s amazing recovery and is thankful to the healthcare professionals who made it possible.

Alopecia areata, a genetic autoimmune disease causing body baldness, is psychologically devastating and difficult to treat. A recent collaborative research project between Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), both in Haifa, Israel, physician-scientists have revealed another possible cause.

On Monday, June 19, Israel's security forces were involved in clashes with Palestinian militants in the West Bank town of Jenin. Seven soldiers from Israel's elite paratroop brigade, the border police, and a dog handler from the Oketz (Sting) canine unit were wounded.

When parents receive a diagnosis that their infant or young child is critically ill, it is devastating. At times like this, the spiritual care service at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, steps in to offer emotional support.

Israel’s first case of progeria, a rare genetic syndrome causing rapid aging in children, was recently diagnosed at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. Few individuals with progeria exceed 13 years of age. There is no known cure, but a new drug could extend the life of this patient – a three-month-old girl.