Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Israeli Healthcare

In this exciting lecture, Dr. Rafi Beyar, CEO of Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, will talk about the current hot trends in healthcare and the trends in the foreseeable future. He will also share his rich experience in establishing healthcare companies.

Rafi Beyar, MD, DSc, MPH, is the Director General of Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, the major academic hospital serving northern Israel. Dr. Beyar's research and clinical interests range from mathematical simulation to imaging and analysis of the cardiovascular system. He was nominated to the prestigious Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars and developed the world's first robotic catheterization system. The system has been FDA approved, and it is now being used in clinical practice. As the CEO of Rambam, Beyar has taken the hospital through a massive development plan with a vision that emphasizes the intertwining of superb medical care with education, research, and innovation. His most recent achievement has been the establishment of the technology transfer company, Rambam MedTech, and MindUP, the incubator program on Digital Health (Rambam, Medtronic's, IBM and VC Pitango) that aspires to be the leading hub of digital health innovation in Israel.

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