The Wolfe Center will serve as a site for medical research and engineering expertise to come together and develop new medical technology.
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology announced earlier this month in conjunction with Rambam Health Care Campus and philanthropists Andi and Larry Wolfe that they intent to establish the Wolfe Center for Translational Medicine and Engineering.
“The new center will allow us to convince doctors who are engaged in the difficult, demanding clinical field to continue to work in a large medical center, by providing opportunities for advanced research.”
Prof. Mikl Halberthal, General Director of Rambam Health Care Campus
The Wolfe Center will serve as a site for medical research and engineering expertise to come together and develop new medical technology. It is intended to encourage collaboration between physicians, scientists and engineers.
“Today, the Technion is creating a revolution aimed at connecting all those disciplines to deal with major challenges in human health, and the Wolfe Center will express the combination of the capabilities of one of Israel’s leading hospitals with a world-renowned scientific-technological university,” explained Technion Presidential Professor Uri Sivan.
Prof. Mikl Halberthal, General Director of Rambam Health Care Campus, echoed Sivan’s sentiments, saying, “The new center will allow us to convince doctors who are engaged in the difficult, demanding clinical field to continue to work in a large medical center, by providing opportunities for advanced research.”
The names behind the initiative: Andi and Larry Wolfe
Andi and Larry Wolfe, Michigan-based philanthropists, have supported a number of past initiatives at both Technion and Rambam via their D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation, named for Andi’s parents. They have funded the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation Pediatric Pulmonary Institute, the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation Center for Interventional Cardiology, and the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation Mechanical School of Engineering. Andi Wolfe is on the Technion Board of Governors and Larry is a member of the American Friends of the Rambam Board of Governors.
“We are very proud and excited to be part of this transformational and collaborative research and innovation initiative between Rambam Health Care and the Technion,” Andi and Larry Wolfe said. “Our gift allows us to continue the legacy, vision and philanthropy of D. Dan and Betty Kahn in Israel.”