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Canadian Friends of Rambam (CFRAM) is a national not for profit organization. Our mission is to further the name and generate support for Rambam Health Care Campus to the Canadian public.
Rambam Health Care Campus is the largest academic medical center in Northern Israel, providing a variety of services ranging from patient care, training of medical professionals in a variety of specialties, to collaborative international research impacting Jews, Arabs, Christians and the world of medicine.
Rambam in the News
Another FUS Breakthrough for Parkinson’s Disease at Rambam Helps Patient Walk Again
February 21 2024February 21, 2024 – Complications resulting from a common Parkinson’s treatment left Tatiana Sablina in a wheelchair. Thanks to another
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child – Rambam Promotes Remote Collaborations with Community Pediatricians
February 06 2024February 5, 2024 – A new WhatsApp group provides timely consultations and possible diagnoses between medical professionals at Rambam Health Care
Treating Lymphoma Without Bone Marrow Transplant
February 06 2024January 31, 2024 – Until recently, most patients with lymphoma who did not respond well to chemotherapy had a grim diagnosis
Rambam Social Workers Help Soldiers with PTSD
January 22 2024January 22, 2024 – Since the events of October 7, wounded IDF soldiers dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have
Rambam Research Offers New Hope to Fibromyalgia Patients
January 16 2024January 16, 2024 – Groundbreaking research led by a physician-scientist and pain management specialist at Rambam Healthcare Campus (Rambam) in
100 Days Later – Rambam Rallies in Support
January 16 2024January 15, 2024 – The October 7 massacre resulted in 1,200 deaths and 240 hostages being held in Gaza; 136
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Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital
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Turning Tears to Smiles
The Joseph Fishman Oncology Center
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Rambam Facts
Named for 12th century physician-philosopher Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides/ the RAMBAM), Rambam Health Care Campus is located in Haifa, a city known for cultural and religious pluralism and tolerance.
Rambam is Northern Israel’s largest and most advanced medical campus, serving more than two million people and the referral center for twelve district hospitals.
Rambam treats more trauma patients than any other hospital in the nation, and its percentage of trauma survivors is the highest in Israel.
Located only 25 miles from the northern border, we are the referral hospital for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command, the US Navy Sixth Fleet, and the UN Peacekeeping Forces posted in the region.
The Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital at Rambam is the largest of its kind in the world.
More than 3,000 health professionals from 61 countries have trained at our Teaching Center for Trauma Emergency and Mass Casualty Situations.
The world’s first human embryonic stem cell line was co-developed at Rambam, and the world’s first cardiac stem cells were created here. The world’s first human embryonic stem cell line was co-developed at Rambam, and the world’s first cardiac stem cells were created here.
The Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal (RMMJ), launched in 2010, is the first ever medical center affiliated scientific journal to be published in Israel.
Sick children from neighboring Arab countries receive medical treatment unavailable to them at home, thanks to our Middle East outreach program.
The Prometheus computerized patient-record system for paperless hospital quality management and monitoring of patient medical files was developed and marketed by Rambam.
Israel’s first Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004) laureates, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Professors Ciechanover and Hershko, have nurtured their scientific curiosity and achievements here, on the Rambam campus.
Rambam’s proximity to Northern Israel’s high tech scientific industrial parks has enabled R&D partnerships that have contributed to the country’s eminence in biomedicine and the life sciences.
For the first time in Israel, doctors at Rambam Medical Center performed a breakthrough procedure to treat Essential Tremor (ET), developed by InSightec, using MRI-guided ultrasound rather than performing surgery.