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Staff members of the Zukier Family Comprehensive Epilepsy Center of Excellence. Photography: Rambam HCC

Rambam Works to Raise Awareness of Epilepsy

4/4/2021 10:30 AM

Epilepsy affects 1 out of every 100 children and adults. It is entirely possible to live with this disease, but it is necessary to understand its manifestations, and to seek appropriate care.

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Naomi McCloud and Dr. Ghrayeb, following surgery. Bottom Left: Hip replacement surgery performed at Rambam. Photography: Rambam HCC

Rambam Patient Receives Unique Personalized Implant Following Repeated Hip Surgeries

3/18/2021 10:30 AM

In a rare surgical procedure, doctors at Rambam Health Care Campus performed hip replacement surgery using a customized implant. After years of suffering and several repeat surgeries to treat the problem, Naomi McLeod has renewed hope for quality of life.

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Dr. Ruth Perets. Photography: Rambam HCC

Australian Friends of Rambam and AUSiMED Launch Fundraising Campaign for the Battle Against Ovarian Cancer

3/15/2021 10:30 AM

Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer in the world among women and the 18th most common cancer overall, and researchers are working tirelessly to find solutions that can save lives.

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Top L) Hagar Baruch; Bottom L) Limor Aizenbud; Center) Sara Tazafrir holding her "Outstanding Chief Information Officer" award. Photography: Rambam HCC

Three Rambam Women Receive National Recognition for their Contributions to the Israeli Hospital System

3/11/2021 10:30 AM

Sara Tzafrir, Limor Aizenbud, and Hagar Baruch made the Israeli Ministry of Health’s List of 30 Leading Influential Women for 2021 in the “Government Hospitals” Division. Sara Tzafrir was also named as “Outstanding Chief Information Officer” for 2020 by “People and Computers”.

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Purim festivities at Rambam. Photography: Rambam HCC

Rappelling Soldiers with Sweets, Medical Minions, Clever Clowns and More: Rambam Celebrates Purim

2/25/2021 10:30 AM

Elite soldiers in costume rappelling down the exterior walls of Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital to hand out sweets... Medical clowns… Departments competing in a costume contest for prizes…

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Members of the Purchasing Department deliver Mishloach Manot to IDF soldiers. Photography: Rambam HCC

Rambam’s Purchasing Department Gives Back to the Community for Purim

2/24/2021 10:30 AM

While hospitals in Israel often receive gifts from different organizations and individuals during holiday seasons, one department at Rambam Health Care Campus decided to do the opposite, instead choosing to pay it forward.

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Dr. Sergei Yalonetsky performing a cardiac catheterization. Photography: Rambam HCC

Rare Congenital Heart Defect Successfully Treated at Rambam

2/15/2021 10:30 AM

A patient with a rare congenital heart defect that affects several members of her family was successfully treated at Rambam Health Care Campus. This rare defect occurs in approximately one in 1,000 births.

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Professor Myriam Ben-Arush. Photography: Rambam HCC

Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital Holds First Tumor Board with Morocco’s Rabat Children's Hospital

2/11/2021 10:30 AM

Doctors from Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital and Rabat Children’s Hospital met virtually for the first time to share knowledge and experience, forging professional ties to facilitate collaboration between the two pediatric medical facilities.

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A doctor using the Spincare Wound Care System. Photography: Rambam HCC

Rambam Among First Worldwide to Use Pioneering Artificial Skin Technology to Treat Burn Patients

2/3/2021 10:30 AM

Rambam Health Care Campus is one of the first institutions in the world to use the groundbreaking portable electrospinning wound treatment system. Doctors at Rambam have so far treated dozens of patients suffering from a variety of burns ranging in size and severity.

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Michael and his mother at the Western Wall. Inset: Michael with a photo he drew for Professor Eidelman. Photography: Rambam HCC

Successful Surgery at Rambam Enables Boy to Walk for the First Time

1/28/2021 10:30 AM

A nine-year-old boy born with a rare genetic defect that left him unable to move his joints is now learning to walk, following a successful surgery performed by doctors in the Pediatric Orthopedics Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus.

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R to L: Dr. Sergei Yalonetsky, Yulia Hayit and Dr. Anees Musallam. Photography: Rambam HCC

Rambam Doctors Perform Complex Heart Catheterization on 84-Year-old Woman

1/25/2021 10:30 AM

Physicians in Rambam Health Care Campus’s Unit of Interventional Cardiology successfully performed a heart catheterization on an 84-year-old woman to avert a life-threatening condition, restoring her quality of life.

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Sharon Krauss, Deputy Head Nurse in Rambam’s Department of Internal Medicine D, wearing a mask in memory of Lieutenant Nir Lakrif. Photography: Rambam HCC

Fallen Soldier Commemorated by Internal Medicine Team at Rambam

1/21/2021 10:30 AM

"When I fly remote-controlled model airplanes, I feel alive...” In recent days, members of the Department of Internal Medicine D at Rambam Health Care Campus were seen wearing masks with this quote, emblazoned in blue and white.

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Celebrating Itai Zuckerman's birthdat at Rambam. Photography: Rambam HCC

Ten-year-old “Ninja Israel” Fan Diagnosed with Cancer Receives Encouraging Birthday Messages from Show Participants

1/14/2021 10:30 AM

Participants from the “Ninja Israel” television show are stepping up to provide encouragement to young patients at Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, and even sent birthday wishes to a ten-year-old fan who is currently receiving cancer treatment at Rambam Health Care Campus.

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