December 29, 2008
For the first time in Israel, and one of the only few times worldwide, Rabin Medical Center achieved a successful heart and kidney transplant, saving a critically ill young man who had only days to live.
December 22, 2008
As if being stricken with cancer isn't enough, there are many cancer patients whose immune systems become so weakened by chemotherapy treatments that they become prone to life threatening infections.
December 15, 2008
It has practically never happened in the Israeli Druze community. Maybe once or twice says Sheik Mohammed Heitib, the grandfather of Hommede Heitib.
November 21, 2008
From the moment they were born 24 years ago, Amir and Tal Askenazi, identical twin brothers, shared everything in their lives including their friends, an apartment, their workplace and sadly their affliction with cystic fibrosis.
October 31, 2008
What happens when caffeine and Plavix (a common blood thinning medication used by heart patients) come together?
October 1, 2008
As Smadar Alon prepares to celebrate
her daughter's first birthday, she cannot
help but remember how they both
almost lost their lives.
September 30, 2008
Israel's Rabin Medical Center of Petach Tikvah treats victims of
terror and war, accidents and catastrophes, whether they are
Jews, Arabs, Israelis or foreigners.
September 25, 2008
Dr. Mustafa Yassin, an orthopedist from the Rabin Medical
Center, and Dr. Kassis Shukri, a plastic surgeon from Ziv
Medical Center in Safed, worked for two and a half intensive days
with a Palestinian medical team at Shifa Hospital, Gaza's main
medical facility.
August 25, 2008
A pained heart often evokes romantic associations. However, for people who suffer from chronic heart conditions, a heart in pain may reflect a physiological disorder that severely impacts quality of life.
August 18, 2008
Is there a doctor in the house, or in this case, on the airplane?
June 30, 2008
On June 25, 2008, American Friends of Rabin Medical Center
held the first event of a newly-formed group, Wall Street,
High Tech and Life Sciences industries (WHALE), to benefit the
new Emergency and Trauma Center at Rabin Medical Center.
June 25, 2008
When Dr. Irene Litvan, Director of the Movement Disorder Program at the University convened the First International Brainstorming Conference on Parkinson's Disease in Louisville on June 17-18, her reputation as a scientist and researcher drew experts from around the world to the conclave.
May 30, 2008
Abu Chadaid Nabil, an 11 year
old Arab boy from Khan Yunes, in
the Gaza Strip, underwent a lung
transplant at Rabin Medical Center
in April 2008.
May 9, 2008
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC) held its
Second Annual charity Golf Tournament on May 5, 2008, at the
prestigious Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York, under
the outstanding leadership of Stephen Siegel, the global chairman
of CB Richard Ellis, and AFRMC Board President.
April 11, 2008
In continued support and
friendship with Rabin Medical
Center, Harold and Tamar
Snyder have generously funded
an internship in the field of
gynecology.
April 2, 2008
With little time to spare in his
busy schedule as the Head
of the Department of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery and Burn
Unit at Rabin Medical Center, Dr.
Dean Ad-El found his way to
India to spend two weeks operating
on Indian children born
with a cleft lip and palate.
March 21, 2008
One of the major roles of genetic testing
in today's modern world is to provide a
simple and easy method of diagnosing
genetic diseases in order to save lives.
March 15, 2008
The Rabin Medical Center Emergency Department, a national
Level One trauma center located in the highly populated center
of Israel, had not been updated since the 1960s.
March 15, 2008
The annual American Friends of Rabin
Medical Center Women's Luncheon was
hosted by the Israeli ambassador to the United
Nations and his wife, Ambassador Dan and
Janice Gillerman, in their Manhattan home.
March 15, 2008
Professor Israel Meizner, head of
the Ultrasound Unit at Rabin
Medical Center's Hospital for
Women, has performed thousands
of ultrasounds and invasive procedures
on pregnant women throughout
his long career, but nothing like
the extraordinary ultrasound of
Limor Agamy.
February 4, 2008
On January 30, 2008, the American Physician
Friends of Rabin Medical Center hosted a
presentation by Dr. Moshe Salai, the Director
of the Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery at the
Rabin Medical Center.
January 3, 2008
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