Rambam Leadership
Shaping Visions, Creating Realities
The leadership at Rambam Health Care Campus supports our organization and empowers our dedicated team of over 5,000 employees to fulfill our mission: delivering compassionate patient care by integrating medicine, technology, and humanity.
Professor Michael Halberthal
MD, MHA
Director General​
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Email: m_halberthal@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-777290
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Professor Halberthal, Director General of Rambam Health Care Campus, is a specialist in pediatrics and pediatric intensive care. After completing fellowships at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, he joined Rambam in 1986. In 2009, he joined the hospital's leadership, becoming Director General in 2019. Since then, he has led Northern Israel's only tertiary healthcare and Level-1 trauma center with unwavering dedication and sensitivity.
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Dr. Avi Weissman
Deputy Director​
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​Email: a_weissman@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772912
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Dr. Weissman has served a the Head of Medical Operations at Rambam since January 2014. He is a senior anesthesiologist and the Director of Anesthesia in the Ambulatory Surgery Center. Dr. Weissman holds an MHA degree in Health Systems Administration.
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Dr. Michal Mekel
Deputy Director
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Email: m_mekel@rmc.gov.il
​Phone: 04-7773778
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​Dr. Mekel is responsible for physician affairs and the development of medical fields within Rambam. Dr. Mekel led and developed the field of endocrine surgery within the Department of General Surgery and is a respected and recognized surgeon in her field. She holds a senior clinical lecturer appointment at the Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. In her previous management roles, Dr. Mekel led the hospital’s Quality, Safety, and Risk Management Directorate and served as the Head of the Hospitalization Directorate.
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Professor Yael Shachor-Meyouhas​
Deputy Director
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Email: y_shahor@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7771366
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Professor Shachor-Meyouhas is a senior physician in the Infectious Diseases Unit. She specialized in pediatrics, completed a subspecialty in pediatric infectious diseases, and also specialized in medical administration. She is a clinical associate professor at the Technion. Her research interests include infectious diseases in immunocompromised children, as well as fungal, viral, and hospital-acquired infections.
Nissim Haim​
Deputy Director (C.O.O)
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Email: h_nissim@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7773688
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A graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa, Nissim Haim is a member of the hospital's management and various other committees. He has served as Rambam’s Director of the Human Resources Division and the Director of the Operations and Planning Division. He is also responsible for hospital safety and hygiene systems.
Esther Golan, Ph.D.
​Managing Director of International Relations & Chief of Strategic Development
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Email: e_golan@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7773788
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Dr. Golan joined Rambam HCC in 1984, beginning her tenure as Director of Human Resources. She was appointed C.O.O. in 1995, Deputy Director in 2013, and in 2015, she assumed her current role as Managing Director of International Relations and Chief of Strategic Development. Dr. Golan is integral to driving the hospital's strategic initiatives, overseeing development, and managing marketing efforts. She plays a key role in planning and enhancing new hospital facilities and services. Her relationships with international supporters and fundraising efforts have significantly contributed to transforming the hospital.
​Shlomo Pashkos
C.F.O.
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Email: s_pashkos@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772327
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Prior to joining Rambam, Shlomo Pashkos, hospital C.F.O., served in multiple public positions in the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health. In these capacities, he gained in-depth knowledge of the challenges faced by government medical centers and actively participated in initiatives to improve the healthcare system.
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Gila Hyams
Director of Nursing
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Email: ghyams@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772395
Mrs. Gila Hyams was appointed Director of Nursing at Rambam in 2015. She also directs the Center for Trauma, Emergency Medicine, and Mass Casualty Events and coordinates trauma care, infection prevention, and patient-caregiver relations. Her clinical areas of focus are patient and caregiver relations; trauma, emergency medicine, and mass casualty events; infection prevention, and medical simulation.
Dr. Netanel Horowitz
Director of Operational Hospitalization Logistics Director, Hematology Day Care Unit
Email: n_horowitz@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7771956
Dr. Horowitz is a senior physician, Director of Operational Hospitalization Logistics, and Head of clinical trials at Rambam’s Hematology Institute. He is Israeli board certified in internal medicine and hematology, and specializes in hematological malignancies, diagnosis, and treatment of coagulation and bleeding disorders.
Professor Lior Gepstein
Director, Department of Cardiology
Director, Division of Research
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Email: l_gepstein@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7776110
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Professor Gepstein is the Director of both the Cardiology Department and the Division of Research at Rambam. His research focuses on cardiac electrophysiology, genetic heart diseases, and the use of stem cell technologies, tissue engineering, and genetic engineering to develop innovative treatments for heart diseases. His laboratory was among the pioneers in developing methods for differentiating stem cells to create human heart tissue in the lab. Professor Gepstein completed his Ph.D. research, focusing on the development of a unique system for the electrical mapping of the heart, which is now the leading method for treating cardiac arrhythmias through electrical ablation.
Professor Daniella Magen
Director, Pediatric Division, Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital
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Email: d_magen@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7774271
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Professor Magen is the Director of the Division of Pediatrics and of the Pediatric Nephrology Institute at Rambam. She holds an academic appointment of Clinical Associate Professor in the Technion’s Faculty of Medicine and is a member of the Institutional Review Board (Helsinki Committee). Her research explores the molecular basis of hereditary kidney and metabolic disorders among consanguineous ethnic groups in the north of Israel, with a special focus on inherited renal tubulopathies.
Professor Zaher Azzam
Director, Division of Internal Medicine
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Email: z_azzam@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7771660
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Clinical Associate Professor Azzam is the Director of both the Internal Medicine Division and Internal Medicine B at Rambam. He specialized in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Rambam and completed a two-year research fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago, where he deepened his expertise in pulmonary health. Professor Azzam has also served as the Chair of Rambam’s Internship Committee. His research focuses on the cellular mechanisms of lung edema clearance, heart failure, and medical education, and he has published numerous articles on these subjects.
Professor Yehuda Ullman
Director, Surgical Division
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Email: y_ullmann@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7773966
Dr. Ullmann is the acting director of the Surgical Division and the Burn Unit at Rambam. He is also the founder and director of the Aesthetic Plastic Service at the hospital and a clinical associate professor of Plastic Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion.
Professor Irit Ben Aharon
Director, Joseph Fishman Oncology Center
Principal Investigator, Ben Aharon Lab, CRIR
Email: I_Benaharon@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7776700
Professor Irit Ben-Aharon, director of the Joseph Fishman Oncology Center, leads a skilled multi-disciplinary team and is a world-renowned oncology expert. She completed fellowship training at two top U.S. cancer centers and heads the Young Adult Colorectal Cancer Task Force for the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer. Her research focuses on the side effects of chemotherapy and biological treatments on blood vessels and fertility, immune pathways in gastrointestinal malignancies, as well as the biology of gastrointestinal cancers in young adults.
Dr. Yaron Bar-Lavie
Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine
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Email: y_barlavie@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772601
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Dr. Bar-Lavie, Director of the Division of Critical Care Medicine, is an expert in anesthesia and intensive care with extensive experience in trauma care. Notably, he established and managed the Mobile Intensive Care Unit in Be'er Sheva for five years. He has served as the Director of the Neuro-Surgical Intensive Care Unit and the Intermediate Intensive Care Unit at Rambam. He has been recognized for his contributions to resident education in the USA and for advancing care in respiratory failure, sepsis, and head trauma. He is also a recipient of the Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the American Head Injury Association.
Dr. Hany Bahouth
Director, Emergency Medicine and Trauma System Section
Medical Director, Teaching Center for Trauma, Emergency and Mass Casualty Situations (MCS)
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Email: h_bahouth@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7771831
Dr. Bahouth is the Director of the Emergency Medicine and Trauma System Section. He graduated from Hadassah Medical School at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem and completed his General Surgery residency at Rambam. Dr. Bahouth also completed a fellowship in Trauma and Critical Care at Ryder Trauma Center in Miami, Florida. He is a lecturer at the Technion Faculty of Medicine. His clinical interests include non-operative treatment of splenic injury, antibiotic prophylaxis in trauma, and prevention of venous thromboembolic events.
Dr. Marielle Kaplan
Director, Department of Laboratory Medicine
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Email: m_kaplan@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772622/3767
Dr. Kaplan is the Director of the Laboratory Division and the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory at Rambam HCC. She is also a senior lecturer at the Technion Faculty of Medicine and a member of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry. Her research focuses on understanding the inflammatory processes that lead to atherosclerotic lesions and cardiovascular diseases. She is particularly interested in studying the expression and regulation of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) in arterial wall cells.
Dr. Fuad Basis
Deputy Director, Medical and Research Development
Director, Accreditation Project
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Email: f_basis@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7771878
Dr. Basis is a specialist in emergency and internal medicine and is the Director of the Medical ER at Rambam. He serves as the Treasurer of the Israeli Emergency Medicine Council and is the editor of the print edition of the Israeli Journal of Emergency Medicine. His main fields of research include emergency medicine development, management, leadership, and the development of human resources in the medical system.
Professor Zeev Weiner
Director, Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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Email: z_weiner@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772536
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Clinical Associate Professor Weiner is the Director of the Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Rambam HCC. He specialized in Maternal-Fetal Medicine in the US and previously served as the Director of the Maternal-Fetal Unit at a hospital in Brooklyn, New York. His research focuses on developing ultrasound and doppler techniques for monitoring fetal development. He is also involved in prenatal diagnosis and the management of high-risk pregnancies and fetuses. Professor Weiner has published numerous articles on fetal physiology and prenatal diagnosis.
Professor Mical Paul
Director, Infectious Diseases Institute
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Email: M_Paul@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772991
Professor Paul, completed her residency in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Beilinson Hospital. She was appointed Director of the Infectious Diseases Institute at Rambam in 2012, and is also an Associate Professor at the Technion. Her research focuses on hospital-acquired infections, antibiotic resistance and therapy, decision support systems, and evidence-based medicine. She has published over 130 articles in leading medical journals and holds senior editorial positions at two prominent journals.
Advocate Talia Berman-Kishony
Director, Quality of Service and Patient Relations
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Email: t_berman-kishony@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772639
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The Director of Quality of Service and Patient Relations at Rambam, Berman-Kishony holds interdisciplinary qualifications in law, mediation, teaching, and public policy, which she earned both in Israel and abroad. She is particularly interested in applying mediation within the medical system and in creating a "learning system" to enhance feedback and patient inquiries.
Dr. Ronit Almog
Director, Epidemiology Unit & BioBank
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Email: R_almog@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7771260
Dr. Almog, physician, researcher, and manager, serves as the Director of Rambam's Epidemiology Unit and BioBank. She is responsible for the development of methodological tools, research abilities, and big data infrastructure to facilitate a wide-range of clinical and epidemiological research projects and for promoting rational evidence based policy-making.
Advocate Tal Asaf Moshkovich
Director, Department of Medical Claims Quality and Safety
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Email: T_ASAF@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772866
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Holding both an LL.B and an LL.M, Moshkovich is the Director of the Department of Medical Claims, Quality, and Safety at Rambam HCC. She brings her expertise in tort law and medical malpractice, gained from her experience at a private law firm and Hadassah Medical Center, to her role at Rambam. She also lectures on legal and ethical issues in the fields of law and medicine.
Eli Ben Shlush
Administrative Deputy Director, Organization Methodologies and Projects
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Email: e_benshlush@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772209
Eli Ben Shlush is Administrative Deputy Director of Organization Methodologies and Projects at Rambam HCC. He is responsible for the hospital’s the management of thousands of employees who work 24/7 to provide the best healthcare and service possible to the people of Northern Israel.
Advocate Nardeen Sbait
Attorney General
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Email: n_sbait@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7771154
Nardeen Sbait joined Rambam in 2013 and currently serves as the hospital’s Attorney General. She completed an internship in the Supreme Court, followed by another specialization in civil-commercial litigation, including labor, corporate, communications law, intellectual property, and class actions. She also serves as general counsel for Rambam’s Tender and Procurement Committee, as a legal representative for the Division of Research, and also manages employment diversity initiatives.
Dr. Yael Moshe-Eilon
Internal Auditor
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Email: y_eilon@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7773116
Yael Eilon holds an MA in Nursing, an MA in Health Administration, and a PhD in Epidemiology. She is a member of the quality assurance, risk management, and patient safety team; manager of the hospital’s statistics unit, responsible for patient satisfaction and staff surveys; coordinator of nursing research; and team leader for the hospital’s Joint Commission International accreditation preparation.
Dr. Gidon Berger
Board Member & Director of Internal Medicine B
Email: g_berger@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7773563
Dr. Berger, is a Board Member and the Director of Internal Medicine B. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Pulmonology at Rambam and a research fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago. He has received several prestigious awards from Rambam and the Technion, including Rambam’s Best Young Investigator Award. His research interests include cellular mechanisms of lung edema clearance, pulmonary hypertension, and the lung microbiota.
Sara Tzafrir
Chief Information Officer
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Email: s_tzafrir@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772563
Sara Tzafrir serves as Chief Information Officer and is a member of the hospital’s Senior Management Committee. After a three-year absence, she resumed management of Rambam’s information systems and took on responsibility for the Communications Department, eventually creating the Division of Information, Computing, and Communications. She has led pioneering projects within the Israeli hospital system, including the initiation, development, and integration of the “Prometheus” computerized medical records system, which has been adopted nationwide.
Nora Libes Shnaid
Director, Economics and Business Development Department
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Email: nshnaid@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772075
As Director of the Economics and Business Development Department, Nora Libes Shnaid, B.Sc, MBA is responsible for overseeing the hospitals financial activities, providing economic support for the development of new medical services, expanding existing activities, creating business partnerships, agreements, and contracts, and managing regulatory reporting.
Kobi Bossel
Director, Engineering and Construction
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Email: k_bossel@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7771722
Kobi Bossel is a member of the hospitals management team and serves as the Director of Engineering and Construction. As Chief Engineer and in other roles he manages the establishment of the hospital’s western campus.
Roee Atlas, Ph.D
CEO, Rambam MedTech
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Email: R_ATLAS@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7771348
Prior to his current position as CEO of Rambam MedTech, Dr. Atlas led a Pharma Incubator program at Ben-Gurion University in the Negev. Prior to that, he led various projects at acclaimed biotech companies. Dr. Atlas studied molecular biology and completed a Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute, followed by a postdoc at Columbia Medical School, New York.
David Ratner
Spokesperson
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Email: d_ratner@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772718
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Hospital spokesperson, David Ratner, has been with Rambam since 2006. The Spokesperson’s Office manages relationships with local, national, and international media and works closely with Rambam's public relations and marketing teams to advance both marketing and informational initiatives for the broader community and hospital staff.
Zahava Talmor
Assistant to the Director General
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Email: z_talmor@rmc.gov.il
Phone: 04-7772389
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Zahava Talmor holds an M.A. in Health Systems Administration. She is a member of the hospital's management team and serves as the Assistant to Professor Michael Halberthal, Rambam’s Director General. Talmor began her career at Rambam in 1984 and has since held various administrative roles within senior management before assuming her current position.
