November 1, 2005
Larry King asked the following questions...
November 1, 2005
Over five hundred and forty eminent american friends and
patrons of Rabin Medical Center gathered at the Pierre Hotel
on October 30, 2005 to show their solidarity with the State of
Israel and to acknowledge the outstanding accomplishments of
Rabin Medical Center.
November 1, 2005
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center was pleased to
honor Dr. Phillip and Mrs. Patricia Frost at its 2005 New
York Gala Dinner.
October 31, 2005
Professor Bernardo Vidne, Chairman and Director of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Rabin Medical Center and top cardiac surgeon in Israel today, did not follow the mold of those students who were destined to become physicians.
October 28, 2005
Only one day after he became Israel's Minister of Finance in October 2005, Ehud Olmert, the now interim
Prime Minister, visited Rabin Medical Center.
October 28, 2005
In Israel for only two days in October 2005, the former Mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, found time to
visit Rabin Medical Center's Davidoff Center, the largest and most prestigious center for the treatment and
research of cancer in the Middle East, and fulfilled the promise he made at the 2004 NY gala dinner to visit Israel.
September 15, 2005
For Mira Tako, the Davidoff Center was truly a
lifesaver.
September 5, 2005
It's never too late to improve your vision. A 109-year-old
woman, one of the oldest living women in Israel, decided she
wanted to improve her vision.
September 1, 2005
Rabin Medical Center set a
record for organ transplants in
Israel when in a recent 24-hour
period, six transplants were performed,
including one heart,
two lungs, one liver and two
kidneys, thus saving the lives of
six patients.
September 1, 2005
Prof. Yaron Niv, Director of the Institute
of Gastroenterology at Rabin Medical
Center, along with his colleague and
friend, Dr. C. Richard Boland, Chief of
gastroenterology at Baylor University,
have identified a virus that exists in 90
percent of colon cancer cases in Israel.
September 1, 2005
Gene transfer to the heart is no longer a
script for science fiction.
September 1, 2005
While controversy exists in the
USA concerning research with
embryonic stem cells, everyone
agrees that using adult stem
cells are appropriate and efficacious.
September 1, 2005
The Executive Board of the Israel Friends of
Rabin Medical Center (IFRMC) in Israel announces the
appointment of Pinchas (Pini) Cohen as its new
Chairman.
September 1, 2005
The director of the Department of Organ Transplantation at
Rabin Medical Center, Professor Eytan Mor, recently visited New
York City and spoke to American Friends of Rabin Medical Center
supporters of the pioneering work in organ transplantation.
August 15, 2005
Stephen Siegel is jealous of Bill Gates.
August 15, 2005
A picture of three handsome, young soldiers smiling and
embracing hangs framed in front of the bed in full view of
Sergeant Itamar Solomon who just three weeks ago was
admitted to Beilinson Hospital at the Rabin Medical Center.
August 1, 2005
Join Larry King and Middle East
Presidential Envoy Ambassador
Dennis Ross to commemorate Yitzhak Rabin's
life and legacy.
July 9, 2005
A third generation Israeli,
Prof. Ran Tur-Kaspa
makes his home at Rabin
Medical Center as head of
Medicine D and the Liver
Institute.
June 29, 2005
AFRMC hosted Nava Barak from Israel for a series of successful events on behalf of the hospital.
June 1, 2005
A hospital is not just for healing. Sometimes, it is a place
to get reacquainted with long lost friends.
May 15, 2005
As hundreds of white and blue balloons
were released into the sky, the first
cancer patients walked through the
doors of the Davidoff Center on that
beautiful Sunday of May 8, 2005.
May 1, 2005
For some people, Passover vacation is a time for picnics, traveling and visiting friends and family. Yet for others, it is the perfect time to do a mitzvah.
May 1, 2005
If seventeen years ago, anyone told Benny Savitch
that he would win a gold medal in swimming at
the age of 60, he would not have believed it.
March 1, 2005
Dr. Robert Bregman and Helen Franco organized the
AFRMC Florida chapter to sponsor a community forum in
Boca Raton, Florida, with Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon as
keynote speaker on February 24, 2005.