Rambam Medical Center
Haifa
, Israel
4
reviews
Price level Medium
JCI American Accreditation of Medical Institutions
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>800000
patients per year
1938
year of foundation
1000
beds
52000
surgery per year
About clinic
Rambam Medical Center in Haifa is a state university multidisciplinary clinic of international importance. This is the clinical base of the Faculty of Medicine of Technion University and the medical base of the Israeli Army and US Navy, which are located in this region. In Rambam “under one roof” you can get highly specialized care in all areas of medicine.
The international standard of medical services and hospital services in Rambam is confirmed by JCI accreditation. The main specializations demanded by foreign patients include oncology, all types of surgery, pediatrics, cardiology, and check-up.
Treatment at Rambam Integrated Oncology Center
The center is accredited by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). It provides patients with comprehensive treatment for all stages of cancer, including advanced, recurrent or inoperable forms. Rambam's collaboration with cancer research centers in the United States and Europe made it possible to introduce innovative and highly effective cancer treatment technologies into clinical practice:
- minimally invasive and robotic surgery;
- intraoperative radio- and chemotherapy, including HIPEC;
- brachytherapy and radiosurgery (NanoKnife and CyberKnife);
- radioactive iodine treatment (I-131 MIBG);
- hyperthermia and photodynamic therapy;
- radiotherapy with innovative radiation technologies such as IMRT.
In Rambam, the packages “Surgical treatment of intestinal cancer” and “Surgical treatment of gastric cancer” are available. Hospitalization lasts only 7-10 days.
Neurosurgery in Rambam
Every year, surgeons perform 1,300 operations on the brain and spinal cord, including deep brain stimulation in the case of Parkinson's disease, surgical treatment of epilepsy, surgery for lesions of the brain stem, and endovascular interventions on the vessels. The neurosurgical department has high-tech equipment that allows performing operations of high complexity. During surgery, neurosurgeons use:
- ultrasonic navigation and navigation system StealthStation™ S8;
- 5-ALK fluorescence method for tumor visualization;
- KINEVO® 900 robotic visualization system;
- neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring.
To treat malignant tumors, surgeons place intraoperative implantations with a chemotherapy drug.
The department has a unique tremor treatment clinic. This is the first clinic in Israel and the second in the world where neurosurgeons perform high-precision and non-invasive intracerebral intervention using MRI-guided ultrasound waves.
Head and neck surgery, ENT surgery in a specialized department
The department is one of the largest departments with this specialization in Israel. According to a report from the Ministry of Health, for the past three years, this department has performed the largest number of elective and plastic surgeries in the head, neck, and ENT areas in Israel.
Patients of all ages with diseases and tumors of the nose, paranasal sinuses, ears, oral cavity, throat, pharynx, head, neck, and base of the skull are treated here. Surgeons use the most modern surgical techniques and minimally invasive methods to preserve organs. The department offers the possibility of free choice of the operating surgeon.
Treatment of Children in Rambam
The new Ruth Rappoport Children's Multidisciplinary Hospital was built in 2014 and is one of the most well-equipped pediatric clinics in the world today. Huge diagnostic and therapeutic resources for the treatment of congenital and acquired diseases in children have been collected “under one roof”. Only in this department in Israel, surgeons perform minimally invasive and robotic operations on children. Ruth Rappaport works closely with the Children's Hospital in Boston (Massachusetts, USA), which allows it to use the advanced pediatric experience of American specialists in the treatment of its patients.
Rambam in numbers
Medical Center features:
- opened in 1938;
- 36 stationary departments;
- 45 medical and diagnostic departments;
- 10 institutes and specialized centers;
- 6 laboratories;
- 4,000 employees, 715 doctors, and 1,407 nurses.
- 75,000 patients are hospitalized annually.
Benefits of treatment at Rambam
Turning to Rambam, foreign patients can count on world-class diagnostics and treatment in all areas of medicine, the academic level of the attending physicians, an interdisciplinary personalized approach to any medical problem, and the support of a coordinator-translator.
To undergo diagnostics and treatment at Rambam, fill out the application form on the website for an Experts Medical specialist who will contact you as soon as possible.
The best specialties of the hospital
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Cardiosurgery
Endocrinology
Gatroenterology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Oncology
Orthopedy
Pulmonology
Rheumatology
Surgery
Urology, nephrology
Mikhail Igorevich
5/5
Clinic: Rambam Medical Center
Diagnosis: Stomach cancer
When I was diagnosed with stomach cancer in Moscow, I thought that this was the end of my life. I did not know where to go, what to do? After a brief search of information on the Internet, I decided to contact the Israeli clinic “Rambam”. Price / result are just great!
20/05/2018
Leah Krais
4/5
Clinic: Rambam Medical Center
Diagnosis: Pediatric Diagnostic
Very convenient to get to hospital. Separately, a children’s center, which looks like a palace, is spacious and comfortable. Sea is near.
10/03/2018
Pakhom Zvodchenko
5/5
Clinic: Rambam Medical Center
Diagnosis: Heart disease
Hello! People often don’t believe in miracles, now I believe. Our daughter, 3 years old, was diagnosed a heart disease. I began to look for solutions, my colleague advised me to contact RAMBAM Medical Center (mother-in-law was treated there). We did not have to think for a long time, collected all the money and went. My daughter was immediately sent for a diagnosis and then an urgent operation. The operation lasted 8 hours. The operating doctor came out – All is well, will live !!! Now our princess is growing and enjoying life. RANBAM is a place where people believe in life.
10/12/2017
Ekaterina Stepanovna
5/5
Clinic: Rambam Medical Center
Diagnosis: Breast cancer
I want to share my diagnostic experience in Rambam. There was a suspicion of breast cancer. It was necessary to confirm the diagnosis. I sent them a request on January 2. They said how the process of organizing treatment works. After 3 days I got a call from the clinic. A week later, i had the first consultation of the mammologist Droma. The total price for all came out to $ 5,500. All diagnostics took 3 days. Then 5 more days I waited for the results of the biopsy. As a result, there was another meeting where the diagnosis was confirmed. But now I know exactly what and how to treat me! But I have an initial stage and no metastasis. There is hope for a cure.
10/10/2017
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Cost of diagnostics and operations
Diagnostics
| Specialist advice | 200 - 400$ | Enquire price |
| Correspondence consultation | 370$ | Enquire price |
| PET CT | 2100 - 3500 $ | Enquire price |
| Coronary angiography | 5000 - 6500 $ | Enquire price |
| MRI | 800 - 1500$ | Enquire price |
| CT with contrast | 600 - 1000$ | Enquire price |
| Laboratory research | 50 - 1000 $ | Enquire price |
| Histology review | 300 - 1000 $ | Enquire price |
Oncology
| TrueBeam (Radiotherapy) | 9 000 - 13 000 $ | Enquire price |
| High-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation | 77000 - 130 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Chemotherapy | 6500 - 9300 $ | Enquire price |
| Biopsy of the internal organs tumor | 7500 - 12 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Histology review | 300 - 1000 $ | Enquire price |
| Absentee second opinion | 370 $ | Enquire price |
| MIBG | 4000 - 5500 $ | Enquire price |
| PET CT | 2100 - 3500 $ | Enquire price |
| Mastectomy | 12000 - 14 800 $ | Enquire price |
| Immunotherapy | 60 000 - 256 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Da Vinci's Robotic System | 17800 - 23 500 $ | Enquire price |
| Removal of cervical tumors | 12000 - 18000 $ | Enquire price |
| (Transurethral resection of the prostate) TUR | 12 000 - 17 500 $ | Enquire price |
Oncohematology
| Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (related donor) | 174 000 - 271000 $ | Enquire price |
| Bone marrow biopsy | 5000 - 7500 $ | Enquire price |
| High-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation | 80 000 - 93 000 $ | Enquire price |
| PET CT | 2100 - 3500 $ | Enquire price |
Cardiosurgery
| Coronary angiography | 3800 - 6700 $ | Enquire price |
| Coronary stenting | 15 000 - 18 300 $ | Enquire price |
| Coronary artery bypass surgery | 21 000 - 24 000$ | Enquire price |
| Heart valve replacement | 23 200 - 26 700 $ | Enquire price |
| MRI of the heart | 800 - 1500 $ | Enquire price |
| Consultation of a cardiologist | 380 $ | Enquire price |
Neurosurgery
| Surgical treatment of intervertebral hernia | 15 300 - 17 500$ | Enquire price |
| MRI of the brain | 800 - 1500 $ | Enquire price |
| Removal of spinal cord tumor | 23 300 - 27 500 $ | Enquire price |
| Lumbar discectomy | 10 500 - 14 130 $ | Enquire price |
Orthopedics
| Hip replacement | 12 300 - 16 900 $ | Enquire price |
| Knee replacement | 10 400 - 13 100 $ | Enquire price |
| Ankle arthroscopy | 6300 - 9500 $ | Enquire price |
| Bioelectric prostheses of the upper limbs | 45 000 - 50 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Scoliosis surgery | 42 000 - 49 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Stem cell therapy for arthrosis | 6 880 - 19 300 $ | Enquire price |
| Consultation of the orthopedist - traumatologist | 350 - 450 $ | Enquire price |
Plastic surgery
| Breast augmentation | 5 700 - 9400$ | Enquire price |
| Abdominoplasty | 6300 - 8300 $ | Enquire price |
| Liposuction | 6300 - 85 00$ | Enquire price |
| Bleforoplasty | 4 200 - 5300 $ | Enquire price |
| Face lifting | 10 300 - 15 900$ | Enquire price |
| Hair transplantation | 5 400 - 6 400 $ | Enquire price |
| Rhinoplasty | 6 350 - 7 400 $ | Enquire price |
Ophthalmology
| Replacing the lens (cataract treatment) | 5300 - 7500$ | Enquire price |
| Keratoplasty (corneal transplantation) | 8 300 - 9 400$ | Enquire price |
| Croslinking for 1 eye | 7 300 - 8 200 $ | Enquire price |
| I Lasik (2 eyes) | 4 200 - 5 500 $ | Enquire price |
| Eye prosthesis | 3 500 - 4 500$ | Enquire price |
| PRK Photorefractive keratectomy (for 2 eyes) | 4 800 - 5500 $ | Enquire price |
Neurology
| Full diagnosis of epilepsy | 8 200 - 9 300 $ | Enquire price |
| Deep brain stimulation | 20 000 - 28 000 $ | Enquire price |
| Diagnosis and conservative treatment of multiple sclerosis | 2 300 - 3 900 $ | Enquire price |
| Parkinson's disease treatment | 2 100 - 3 600 $ | Enquire price |
Best clinic's doctors
Professor Gilad E. Amiel
Urologist
Work experience:
20 years
Achievements:
Serving as the chairman of the Advisory Board to the AACE, and is a member of the American Urological Association (AUA), the Urology Research Foundation (URS), the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), the Israel Medical Association (IMA), and several other organizations. Associate editor of the Journal of Cancer Education. He is also a reviewer for several urological, educational, and bioengineering journals. He has additionally co-written more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
Professor Ziv Gil
Otolaryngologist
Work experience:
17 years
Achievements:
Director of the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Rambam Heath Care Campus. Member of the editorial board of multiple journals, has written 4 books and more than 200 scientific publications. He additionally established the first comprehensive Head and Neck Center in Israel at Rambam in 2014. Prof. Gil is the leader of several international consortia on head and neck cancer, including the International Consortium for Outcome Research (ICOR).
Professor Mark Eidelman
Pediatric orthopedic
Work experience:
17 years
Achievements:
Works in the Pediatric Orthopedic Unit at Rambam since 2002. His main areas of orthopedic interest are limb-lengthening and deformity corrections, clubfoot corrections, pelvic
osteotomies, and pediatric trauma. Membership in the Israeli Orthopedic Association and the European Pediatric Orthopedics Society. Prof. Eidelman was the first to introduce the Taylor Spatial Frame in Israel, beginning in 2003.
Doctor Ilana Schlesinger
Neurologist
Work experience:
21 years
Achievements:
The doctor provides effective treatment for epilepsy, meningitis and behavioral disorders, and provides assistance to patients with Alzheimer’s disease, pinched nerves, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis.
Education:
- Hebrew University, Israel.
- University of Massachusetts, USA.
- Specialization in neurology at Hadassah Medical Center.
Ilana Schlesinger, together with the Department of Neurosurgery of the Rambam Clinic, created the Department of Movement Disorders. Currently, she is its director and treats movement disorders with focused ultrasound.
Professor Gil Bolotin
Cardiac Surgeon
Work experience:
17 years
Achievements:
Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery. Leading specialist in cardiac surgery and operations . Conducted extensive research regarding heart valve repair and replacement, surgery of the aorta, surgical treatments for heart failure, robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
Doctor Aviad Hoffman
Surgical oncologist
Work experience:
19 years
Achievements:
Board membership of:
- American Society of Abdominal Tumors,
- Israeli Society of Surgical Oncology,
- Israeli Society of Breast Disease,
- Society for Surgery of the Digestive System.
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Why do patients choose Rambam Medical Center?
Rambam Medical Center is a leading multidisciplinary public hospital in Israel. It is located in Haifa at Technion University. It is considered the flagship of medicine. 3 Nobel Prize winners work here. The hospital is financed and controlled by the Israeli Ministry of Health. The clinic is UN accredited.
The structure of the medical center includes:
- 36 specialized departments for 1,000 seats;
- 1,500 medical staff, including 700 doctors.
Advantages:
- It is included in the TOP 3 hospitals in Israel.
- It collaborates with Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University.
- Advanced medical technology is used.
- The best specialists of Israel work in the hospital.
- It has access to the International Donor Bank.
- On the basis of the clinic, scientific research is carried out, 1,315 developments are in the active phase.
- The structure of the clinic includes some of the best hospitals in the world:
- Joseph Fishman Cancer Center;
- Burn Hospital;
- Ruth Rappoport Children’s Hospital.
- A foreign department has been opened at the hospital to provide services to patients from abroad.
- Telemedicine is available for international patients.
- Location on the Mediterranean coast allows combining treatment with relaxation.
What are the most popular referrals at Rambam Hospital?
Among the leading areas of the clinic:
- diagnostics;
- oncology;
- oncohematology;
- cardiology;
- cardiovascular surgery;
- pediatrics;
- orthopedics and traumatology;
- urology and others.
What are the features of oncology treatment at Rambam Medical Center?
Oncology Center specialists use complex treatment of all types of cancer using advanced techniques: various types of biotherapy modulated by the intensity of radiotherapy, intraoperative chemotherapy, robotic surgery, and others.
Several protocols are developed for each patient. This improves the effectiveness of the treatment. Oncologists of the center apply:
- Surgery. It is based on the gold standard: minimally invasive organ-preserving operations. Including the use of endoscopic and laparoscopic operations.
- Radiation therapy. The following types are used:
- remote: using linear accelerators;
- contact (brachytherapy) – the doctor implants a capsule with radioactive material into the affected organ.
- Chemotherapy. Depending on the goals, they carry out:
- curative (basic): effective at the initial and late stages;
- preoperative: to reduce the size of the tumor before surgery;
- prophylactic: to destroy the remnants of cancer cells and prevent recurrence.
- Immune therapy. It involves stimulating the immune system to fight cancer cells.
- Targeted therapy. The drugs target the affected cells while not affecting the healthy ones.
- Bone marrow transplantation. All types of transplantations are carried out. It is a leading clinic in Israel for TCM (100 transplantations annually).
- Ablations. Gentle surgical procedures to destroy cancer cells. Radiofrequency, cryo-, laser, microwave, and chemoablation are carried out.
Only the latest effective drugs that have minimal toxicity are used in the center.
Achievements of the Cancer Center:
- 99% diagnostic accuracy;
- 95% of patients are completely cured of prostate cancer;
- 92% cure rate for blood cancer and more than 90% for cancer of the lymphatic system and skin;
- 3 times increased survival rate for pancreatic cancer;
- first place in the world in terms of survival rates for breast and colon cancer.
The hospital is developing and testing new cancer drugs. A cancer vaccine is being developed.
What are the advantages of cardiac surgery at Rambam Hospital?
The Cardiac Surgery Center brings together all the best achievements of the industry, including medical staff – the world elite of the medical community. Achievements of cardiac surgeons:
- 500+ successful surgeries annually, most of which were performed in a minimally invasive way on a beating heart;
- the lowest complication rate in the country;
- for the first time in the world, a hybrid treatment of arrhythmia was carried out (simultaneous cauterization of the source of the disease from the outside and inside), which made it possible to completely return the work of the heart rhythm to normal;
- there are many world-famous surgeons among the staff: Dr. Victor Kertsman, Professor Gil Bolotin and others.
In Rambam Hospital, great attention is paid to early diagnosis. The department is equipped with the latest equipment, with the help of which the doctor gets a complete picture of the work of the heart as quickly as possible.
Patients undergo ECG, MRI, CT, cardiac ultrasound, PET-CT, bicycle ergometry, transthoracic echocardiography with ultrasound, MRI angiography, Holter monitoring, coronary angiography, and other examinations.
Doctors of Rambam Medical Center are known in the world for their advanced techniques:
- Mitral valve treatment with the Mitra Clip device.
- Treatment of atrial fibrillation using the Labyrinth technique.
- Treatment of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
- Implantation of the CoRolla mechanism for the normalization of cardio-diastolic function.
- Treatment of arrhythmias with ablation.
- Coronary angiography through the vessels of the hands (instead of the femoral arteries) with simultaneous balloon angioplasty or stenting in case of detection of stenosis.
- Coronary artery bypass grafting through small incisions in the intercostal spaces on the beating heart.
- Stenting under local anesthesia for 1 hour.
- Use of the thoracic arteries for implantation but not the vessels of the lower extremities, and so on.
Cardiac surgeons use only the latest generation pacemakers in the form of capsules 2.5 cm long. They do not require the connection of electrodes and have a validity period of 12 years or more.
To treat chronic heart failure, instead of a pacemaker, the Smart Optimizer system is used, which normalizes the strength of heart contractions.
When stenting, stents made of metal or biodegradable drug-eluting material are used. They guarantee the long-term functioning of blood vessels and minimize the appearance of plaques and blood clots.
Prices in the cardiology center are generally 25% lower than in US clinics, while the level of cardiac surgery in Israel is one of the best in the world.
What technologies are used in neurosurgery at the Rambam Medical Center?
Neurosurgeons of the center annually perform 1,300 complex operations on the brain and spinal cord, blood vessels, and spine. For maximum accuracy in complex operations, a neuronavigation system is used. More than 95% of procedures are performed using gentle endoscopic techniques.
Doctors have extensive experience in conducting:
- awake craniotomy;
- transnasal surgery;
- implantation of electrodes connected to the neurostimulator;
- VP SHUNT shunting for hydrocephalus and other pathologies.
The combination of focused ultrasound and deep brain stimulation techniques can almost completely eliminate the manifestations of Parkinson’s disease.
The center is equipped with a Da Vinci robotic unit and the Spine Assist system, which guarantee 100% accuracy of the procedure and minimal tissue trauma. These devices are used for the surgical treatment of intervertebral hernias, scoliosis, epilepsy, and the removal of tumors.
The Center for Neurosurgery has the only tremor treatment unit in Israel. In it, under the control of MRI, non-invasive procedures are performed on the brain.
What modern techniques are used by Rambam Medical Center surgeons?
In 95% of cases, sparing techniques are used: laparoscopy, ablation, and robotic surgery. The priority is organ-preserving operations.
Thanks to the latest equipment and the availability of our own laboratories, the accuracy of diagnostics reaches 100%. For example, in 20% of patients who were examined at home, the diagnosis is not confirmed.
Surgical procedures are most in demand in the following areas:
- Surgeons perform 80% of organ-preserving operations. In more than 90% of cases, it is possible to bring the patient into stable remission.
- Organs of the abdominal cavity. Cavity operations are performed extremely rarely. The most popular include laparoscopy (through 3 punctures); SILS technique (through 1 puncture in the navel), ablation, cryodestruction, laser, and robotic technologies. The hospital has a liver surgery clinic, whose specialists have achieved great success in the treatment of bile ducts and portal hypertension.
- The priority of surgeons is the health of the woman and the preservation of childbearing function. In 90% of cases, after interventions in the center, women can have children. For example, when treating stage 1 cervical tumors, doctors remove only the affected area, preserving the uterus. While with others, the organ is completely removed.
- Operations on the prostate gland and bladder are performed endoscopically, through the urethra. During interventions on the genitals, nerve endings and the possibility of ejaculation are preserved. When removing the urethra or ureter, reconstruction is carried out.
What are the advantages of the Orthopedics Department at Rambam Hospital?
Orthopedic surgeons perform most operations using a minimally invasive method. For example, in the surgical treatment of scoliosis, an incision is made 1 cm long, with discectomy (surgery of an intervertebral hernia) 2 cm. The most popular procedures for the treatment of joints in such diseases include arthritis, arthrosis, osteoporosis, trauma, and birth defects.
Doctors perform hundreds of surgeries for complete and partial replacement of joints and repeated endoprosthetics when prostheses wear out. They use biologically compatible prostheses made of a special type of plastic. To fix and stabilize the prosthesis, strong bone cement, and the patient’s own ligaments are used.
The hospital also performs arthroplasty of the joints of the upper limbs, ankles, and toes. Surgical treatment of the upper extremities is carried out most often with the help of arthroscopy and microsurgery. To restore the appearance of the limbs, orthopedic plastic surgery is performed.
Surgeons have gained extensive experience in performing orthopedic transplantations. The procedure allows to form bone tissue in areas of complex fractures, in the event of destruction of the joints, after resection of a part of the bone. Donor sites are predominantly taken from the fibula.
When cartilage is damaged, a small amount of cartilage cells is taken and the required volume is grown in the laboratory. The new cartilage cells are then transplanted using arthroscopy.
Nerve transplantation is performed in cases where they cannot be restored. This technology allows to effectively treat paralysis of the limbs.
What are the conditions for treating children at Rambam Medical Center?
Children are treated at the pioneering Ruth Rappoport Hospital, a national leader in pediatrics. It collaborates with Children’s Hospital in Boston. The clinic was designed for children, so it has a cinema hall, a science museum, classrooms, comfortable recreation areas, and a healing garden. The center is guarded by protection systems against all types of weapons.
The hospital consists of 7 departments and 20 specialized services that cover all medical areas. The clinic is equipped with modern equipment:
- own laboratory;
- department of visual diagnostics;
- Da Vinci installations;
- boxes after the BMT procedure.
Ruth Rappoport Hospital is a world leader in the development and implementation of pain and sedation technologies. All procedures are painless for the child.
How can I go to Rambam Hospital in Haifa for treatment?
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