Giora Ram
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Giora Ram (Born March 22, 1947) is an interdisciplinary scientist
in physics
, mathematics
, computer science
and medicine
.
He is graduate of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
, The Weizmann Institute of Science
, Rehovot
and The Royal Postgraduate Medical School
, Hammersmith Hospital
, London
, England
.
His Ph.D.
is in the area of Medical Physics
and Image Processing
, his works were published in International Scientific Journals.
, Hungary
(as Weiser György) to a Hungarian Jewish family. His grandfather was a famous chief hazan-Cantor (Weiser Fulop
of Nyíregyháza
. His songs appeared in records in 1910. Thank to a contribution by George Soros
, two of his songs (#15,#16) appeared on recent CD-Jewish Cantorial Music from Hungary 1906–1929.
His mother (Esther, Hoch=Ram, 1909–1986) a Holocaust
survivor from Auschwitz, who lost her husband and all her eight sisters and two brothers and their children during World War II
, survived the war with her two children (Robert-Dov and Zsuzsi-Rachel (1937–1998), Dov Ram (b. 1935), Res. Brigadier General
Israeli Navy). She married Weiser Salomon (1907–1967), who came back from Siberian labor camp
in 1945. Giora (György) was born in 1947 and his brother Pinchas (Tibor) in 1950.
The Weisers were active Zionists and their house often used as gathering and last stop before leaving the country illegally to Palestine
. In 1949 they tried to escape to Austria
and from there to Israel
. The two eldest children Dov (14) and Rachel (12) joined a youth group who successfully crossed the border and reached Israel
. A few days later the rest of the family with another group tried to leave, but they were captured at the border. Giora (2) was separated from his parents and put in a Monastery
; his parents were imprisoned for about a year and all their property were confiscated by the Hungarian authorities. Giora went to regular school in Budapest and also to 'Cheder
' (alternatively, Cheider, in Hebrew חדר, meaning "room") until 1956, when the family immigrated legally to Israel.
They stayed at the Orthodox
quarter of Viznitz Bnei Brak for about a year, mainly because of their uncle, Rabbi Davidovitz, who later prepared Giora for his Bar Mitzvah. They moved to a new immigrant village north of Netanya
. In 1965 he finished his undergraduate studies at Bar-Ilan high school, Netanya
and was drafted to the Israeli Army (Israel Defense Forces
), where he served in various duties. He was honorably discharged after the "Six Days War" in 1967 (Res. Navy's "Science Officer").
and Statistics
from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(supplement studies in Economics
and Computer Sciences
). To finance his studies, he was employed at the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
by the office of the Prime Minister of Israel
. He worked with Prof. Benjamin Mazar
in Archeology excavating the Temple Mount
. Ram received a special study grant from the Pinchas Sapir
fund.
In his Mathematical studies in the area of Functional Analysis
, he was exposed to the Radon–Nikodym theorem
, which later was used for Computer axial tomography (CAT) in Medical imaging
systems.
Ram was one of the early students of Prof. Amir Pnueli and received his M.Sc. in Computer Sciences
(Image Processing
) from the Weizmann Institute of Science
in Rehovot
in 1973. At the Institute, he was engaged in various scientific activities including research works at the Geophysical Laboratory headed by Prof. Ari Ben-Menahem, developing and implementing computer algorithms and programs to process and analyze seismology
and physics related data. One program for the reconstruction of Astrophysical phenomena from radiation detected data was related to Radon transform
. This was the basis for the Computer axial tomography (CAT) scanner invention led by Godfrey Hounsfield
and Allan M. Cormack from EMI
, England
, who received the Nobel Prize
in 1979. Ram developed compilers and interpreters for FORTRAN
, BASIC
, and LISP
, he also taught gifted children at summer camps at the Weizmann Institute.
In 1973, he was chosen by the European Space Agency
in Germany
from a large number of International candidates, to develop their METEOSAT
satellite
image simulator (Meteosat-1 was launched in 1977). He was also with European Space Research and Technology Centre
in the Netherlands
, and assisted in resolving certain technical problems for their Satellite
system.
In 1975, Ram returned to Israel and joined Elscint
Ltd., to develop the first Nuclear Medicine
data processor and analysis system (DYCOM) connected to a Gamma camera
. He was sent to Elscint's London-based International Sales and Service office in 1978 as a Product Manager
. In London, he was accepted by the British Council for National Academic Awards
for Ph.D. studies in Medical Physics
/Imaging
at The Royal Postgraduate Medical School
and Hammersmith hospital
and collaboration with The Polytechnic of Central London. He earned his degree in 1984, and his work was filed with the British Library
(system number: 011681140) and partially published in various International scientific journals.
At the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, he developed and implemented a unique prototype system for a new imaging modality using Positron Emission Tomography
(PET) method.
In 1980, Ram joined Capintec Inc. (New Jersey, USA), as director of R&D. He was responsible for the development a multi-modality imaging system (PACS
), which was presented at the RSNA
meeting in Chicago
in 1982; he was also involved in the development of a Radiation Therapy
Planning (RTP) system.
In 1983, Ram and his family returned to Israel and continued his research and business activities. Among his many projects implemented are the establishment of the Imaging Laboratory at Tadiran
and the imaging related activities of the Israeli aircraft project for the Israeli Air Force
– the IAI Lavi
.
He was nominated in 1983 as the president of Cardiac Care Units Ltd, in Haifa
, a company in the Cardiac monitoring
area, where he implemented a comprehensive reorganization plan, defined new product line, in Holter ECG monitoring area, received FDA
approval, and in 1986 and 1987 received the "Approved Exporter Award", from Ariel Sharon
, Minister of Industry and Trade. Ram met with Ariel Sharon
several times, first in 1977 when he formed Shlomtzion (political party), and several times between 1984–1987, while Sharon was Minister of Industry and Trade.
Ram is the President and founder of Imexco General Ltd., a medical monitoring innovator in Neurology
, Cardiology
and Pain
since 1987. In 1991 he negotiated and sold a new neuro-brain
monitor – the FDA approved Neuritor, through a license agreement, to a newly formed subsidiary of the Israel Aircraft Industries
that went public in the US by Oscar Gruss in 1993.
Ram speaks Hungarian
, Hebrew, English
and German
, divorced and has three children (Rakefet
(b.1975), Marganit (b. 1981) and Erez
(b. 1994), his hobbies are antiques and collectibles, painting and wood carving.
AHA, ACC, SNM, AAN, RSNA, CARDIOSTIM
• Art web site
• Linked-in
Scientist
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in physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
.
He is graduate of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
, The Weizmann Institute of Science
Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science , known as Machon Weizmann, is a university and research institute in Rehovot, Israel. It differs from other Israeli universities in that it offers only graduate and post-graduate studies in the sciences....
, Rehovot
Rehovot
Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,...
and The Royal Postgraduate Medical School
Royal Postgraduate Medical School
The Royal Postgraduate Medical School was an independent medical school, based primarily at Hammersmith Hospital in west London. In 1988, the school merged with the Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and in 1997 became part of the Imperial College School of Medicine.-History:The medical school...
, Hammersmith Hospital
Hammersmith Hospital
Hammersmith Hospital is a major teaching hospital in West London. It is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and is associated with the Imperial College Faculty of Medicine...
, London
London
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, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
His Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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is in the area of Medical Physics
Medical physics
Medical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare...
and Image Processing
Image processing
In electrical engineering and computer science, image processing is any form of signal processing for which the input is an image, such as a photograph or video frame; the output of image processing may be either an image or, a set of characteristics or parameters related to the image...
, his works were published in International Scientific Journals.
Biography
Giora Ram was born in BudapestBudapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
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(as Weiser György) to a Hungarian Jewish family. His grandfather was a famous chief hazan-Cantor (Weiser Fulop
Weiser Fulop
-Biography:Weiser Fulop was a famous chief Hazan-Cantor of Nyíregyháza, Hungary.He was born in 1879 in Zemplén County, Stropkov district in Hungary...
of Nyíregyháza
Nyíregyháza
- Tourist sights :Nyíregyháza also has several museums and exhibitions, showing the city's rich cultural heritage.* Collection of the International Medallion Art and Small Sculpture Creative Community of Nyíregyháza-Sóstó – periodic exhibitions of works of contemporary artists-Twin towns — Sister...
. His songs appeared in records in 1910. Thank to a contribution by George Soros
George Soros
George Soros is a Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros supports progressive-liberal causes...
, two of his songs (#15,#16) appeared on recent CD-Jewish Cantorial Music from Hungary 1906–1929.
His mother (Esther, Hoch=Ram, 1909–1986) a Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
survivor from Auschwitz, who lost her husband and all her eight sisters and two brothers and their children during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, survived the war with her two children (Robert-Dov and Zsuzsi-Rachel (1937–1998), Dov Ram (b. 1935), Res. Brigadier General
Brigadier General
Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
Israeli Navy). She married Weiser Salomon (1907–1967), who came back from Siberian labor camp
Labor camp
A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons...
in 1945. Giora (György) was born in 1947 and his brother Pinchas (Tibor) in 1950.
The Weisers were active Zionists and their house often used as gathering and last stop before leaving the country illegally to Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
. In 1949 they tried to escape to Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and from there to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. The two eldest children Dov (14) and Rachel (12) joined a youth group who successfully crossed the border and reached Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. A few days later the rest of the family with another group tried to leave, but they were captured at the border. Giora (2) was separated from his parents and put in a Monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
; his parents were imprisoned for about a year and all their property were confiscated by the Hungarian authorities. Giora went to regular school in Budapest and also to 'Cheder
Cheder
A Cheder is a traditional elementary school teaching the basics of Judaism and the Hebrew language.-History:...
' (alternatively, Cheider, in Hebrew חדר, meaning "room") until 1956, when the family immigrated legally to Israel.
They stayed at the Orthodox
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
quarter of Viznitz Bnei Brak for about a year, mainly because of their uncle, Rabbi Davidovitz, who later prepared Giora for his Bar Mitzvah. They moved to a new immigrant village north of Netanya
Netanya
Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...
. In 1965 he finished his undergraduate studies at Bar-Ilan high school, Netanya
Netanya
Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...
and was drafted to the Israeli Army (Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...
), where he served in various duties. He was honorably discharged after the "Six Days War" in 1967 (Res. Navy's "Science Officer").
Education and research works
In 1970 Ram received his B.Sc. in MathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and Statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
(supplement studies in Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and Computer Sciences
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
). To finance his studies, he was employed at the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure.It is headed by a...
by the office of the Prime Minister of Israel
Prime Minister of Israel
The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel . The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem...
. He worked with Prof. Benjamin Mazar
Benjamin Mazar
Benjamin Mazar was a pioneering Israeli historian, recognized as the "dean" of biblical archaeologists. He shared the national passion for the archaeology of Israel that also attracts considerable international interest due to the region's biblical links...
in Archeology excavating the Temple Mount
Temple Mount
The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew as , and in Arabic as the Haram Ash-Sharif , is one of the most important religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. It has been used as a religious site for thousands of years...
. Ram received a special study grant from the Pinchas Sapir
Pinchas Sapir
Pinchas Sapir was an Israeli politician during the first three decades following the country's founding.He held two important ministerial posts, Minister of Finance and Minister of Trade and Industry as well as several other high-ranking governmental posts...
fund.
In his Mathematical studies in the area of Functional Analysis
Functional analysis
Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure and the linear operators acting upon these spaces and respecting these structures in a suitable sense...
, he was exposed to the Radon–Nikodym theorem
Radon–Nikodym theorem
In mathematics, the Radon–Nikodym theorem is a result in measure theory that states that, given a measurable space , if a σ-finite measure ν on is absolutely continuous with respect to a σ-finite measure μ on , then there is a measurable function f on X and taking values in [0,∞), such that\nu =...
, which later was used for Computer axial tomography (CAT) in Medical imaging
Medical imaging
Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...
systems.
Ram was one of the early students of Prof. Amir Pnueli and received his M.Sc. in Computer Sciences
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
(Image Processing
Image processing
In electrical engineering and computer science, image processing is any form of signal processing for which the input is an image, such as a photograph or video frame; the output of image processing may be either an image or, a set of characteristics or parameters related to the image...
) from the Weizmann Institute of Science
Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science , known as Machon Weizmann, is a university and research institute in Rehovot, Israel. It differs from other Israeli universities in that it offers only graduate and post-graduate studies in the sciences....
in Rehovot
Rehovot
Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,...
in 1973. At the Institute, he was engaged in various scientific activities including research works at the Geophysical Laboratory headed by Prof. Ari Ben-Menahem, developing and implementing computer algorithms and programs to process and analyze seismology
Seismology
Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic,...
and physics related data. One program for the reconstruction of Astrophysical phenomena from radiation detected data was related to Radon transform
Radon transform
thumb|right|Radon transform of the [[indicator function]] of two squares shown in the image below. Lighter regions indicate larger function values. Black indicates zero.thumb|right|Original function is equal to one on the white region and zero on the dark region....
. This was the basis for the Computer axial tomography (CAT) scanner invention led by Godfrey Hounsfield
Godfrey Hounsfield
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield CBE, FRS, was an English electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan McLeod Cormack for his part in developing the diagnostic technique of X-ray computed tomography .His name is immortalised in the Hounsfield scale, a...
and Allan M. Cormack from EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, who received the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in 1979. Ram developed compilers and interpreters for FORTRAN
Fortran
Fortran is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing...
, BASIC
BASIC
BASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use - the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code....
, and LISP
Lisp
A lisp is a speech impediment, historically also known as sigmatism. Stereotypically, people with a lisp are unable to pronounce sibilants , and replace them with interdentals , though there are actually several kinds of lisp...
, he also taught gifted children at summer camps at the Weizmann Institute.
In 1973, he was chosen by the European Space Agency
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
from a large number of International candidates, to develop their METEOSAT
Meteosat
The Meteosat series of satellites are geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme and the Meteosat Second Generation program....
satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
image simulator (Meteosat-1 was launched in 1977). He was also with European Space Research and Technology Centre
European Space Research and Technology Centre
The European Space Research and Technology Centre is the European Space Agency's main technology development and test centre for spacecraft and space technology. It is situated in Noordwijk, South Holland, in the western Netherlands....
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, and assisted in resolving certain technical problems for their Satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
system.
In 1975, Ram returned to Israel and joined Elscint
Elscint
Elscint Ltd. was an Israeli technology company that development, manufacture and sold medical imaging solutions, including: Nuclear medicine, computed tomography magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray scanners. Elscint's shares traded on the NASDAQ as well as on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. At its...
Ltd., to develop the first Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine
In nuclear medicine procedures, elemental radionuclides are combined with other elements to form chemical compounds, or else combined with existing pharmaceutical compounds, to form radiopharmaceuticals. These radiopharmaceuticals, once administered to the patient, can localize to specific organs...
data processor and analysis system (DYCOM) connected to a Gamma camera
Gamma camera
A gamma camera, also called a scintillation camera or Anger camera, is a device used to image gamma radiation emitting radioisotopes, a technique known as scintigraphy...
. He was sent to Elscint's London-based International Sales and Service office in 1978 as a Product Manager
Product Manager
A product manager investigates, selects, and develops products for an organization, performing the activities of product management.A product manager considers numerous factors such as intended demographic, the products offered by the competition, and how well the product fits with the company's...
. In London, he was accepted by the British Council for National Academic Awards
Council for National Academic Awards
The Council for National Academic Awards was a degree awarding authority in the United Kingdom from 1965 until 1992. The CNAA awarded academic degrees at polytechnics, Central Institutions and other non-university institutions such as Colleges of Higher Education until they were awarded university...
for Ph.D. studies in Medical Physics
Medical physics
Medical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare...
/Imaging
Medical imaging
Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...
at The Royal Postgraduate Medical School
Royal Postgraduate Medical School
The Royal Postgraduate Medical School was an independent medical school, based primarily at Hammersmith Hospital in west London. In 1988, the school merged with the Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and in 1997 became part of the Imperial College School of Medicine.-History:The medical school...
and Hammersmith hospital
Hammersmith Hospital
Hammersmith Hospital is a major teaching hospital in West London. It is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and is associated with the Imperial College Faculty of Medicine...
and collaboration with The Polytechnic of Central London. He earned his degree in 1984, and his work was filed with the British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
(system number: 011681140) and partially published in various International scientific journals.
At the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, he developed and implemented a unique prototype system for a new imaging modality using Positron Emission Tomography
Positron emission tomography
Positron emission tomography is nuclear medicine imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or picture of functional processes in the body. The system detects pairs of gamma rays emitted indirectly by a positron-emitting radionuclide , which is introduced into the body on a...
(PET) method.
In 1980, Ram joined Capintec Inc. (New Jersey, USA), as director of R&D. He was responsible for the development a multi-modality imaging system (PACS
Picture archiving and communication system
A picture archiving and communication system is a medical imaging technology which provides economical storage of, and convenient access to, images from multiple modalities . Electronic images and reports are transmitted digitally via PACS; this eliminates the need to manually file, retrieve, or...
), which was presented at the RSNA
Radiological Society of North America
The Radiological Society of North America, Inc. is a professional membership society committed to excellence in patient care through education and research...
meeting in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
in 1982; he was also involved in the development of a Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy , radiation oncology, or radiotherapy , sometimes abbreviated to XRT or DXT, is the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells.Radiation therapy is commonly applied to the cancerous tumor because of its ability to control...
Planning (RTP) system.
In 1983, Ram and his family returned to Israel and continued his research and business activities. Among his many projects implemented are the establishment of the Imaging Laboratory at Tadiran
Tadiran
Tadiran refers to a former Israeli conglomerate, which was founded in 1962 by the merger of two companies, Tadir and Ran...
and the imaging related activities of the Israeli aircraft project for the Israeli Air Force
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force is the air force of the State of Israel and the aerial arm of the Israel Defense Forces. It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence...
– the IAI Lavi
IAI Lavi
The IAI Lavi was a combat aircraft developed in Israel in the 1980s. It was a multi-billion dollar fighter aircraft project that was disbanded when the Israeli government concluded it could not finance production on its own, could not achieve a consensus on the Lavi's cost-effectiveness and...
.
He was nominated in 1983 as the president of Cardiac Care Units Ltd, in Haifa
Haifa
Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
, a company in the Cardiac monitoring
Cardiac monitoring
The phrase cardiac monitoring generally refers to continuous monitoring with electrocardiography with assessment of the patients condition relative to their cardiac rhythm. It is different from hemodynamic monitoring, which monitors the pressure and flow of blood within the circulatory system. The...
area, where he implemented a comprehensive reorganization plan, defined new product line, in Holter ECG monitoring area, received FDA
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
approval, and in 1986 and 1987 received the "Approved Exporter Award", from Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
, Minister of Industry and Trade. Ram met with Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
several times, first in 1977 when he formed Shlomtzion (political party), and several times between 1984–1987, while Sharon was Minister of Industry and Trade.
Ram is the President and founder of Imexco General Ltd., a medical monitoring innovator in Neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
, Cardiology
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
and Pain
Pain
Pain is an unpleasant sensation often caused by intense or damaging stimuli such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting iodine on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone."...
since 1987. In 1991 he negotiated and sold a new neuro-brain
Brain
The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals—only a few primitive invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, sea squirts and starfishes do not have one. It is located in the head, usually close to primary sensory apparatus such as vision, hearing,...
monitor – the FDA approved Neuritor, through a license agreement, to a newly formed subsidiary of the Israel Aircraft Industries
Israel Aircraft Industries
Israel Aerospace Industries or IAI is Israel's prime aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial systems for both military and civilian usage. It has 16,000 employees as of 2007...
that went public in the US by Oscar Gruss in 1993.
Ram speaks Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
, Hebrew, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, divorced and has three children (Rakefet
Rakefet
Rakefet is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee near Sakhnin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. The name means "Cyclamen".In 2006 it had a population of 761....
(b.1975), Marganit (b. 1981) and Erez
Erez
Erez , is a kibbutz in south-western Israel. Located in the north-western Negev around 18 kilometres south of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 333.-History:...
(b. 1994), his hobbies are antiques and collectibles, painting and wood carving.
Books
- "ADHD – Children of Tomorrow" http://simania.co.il/bookdetails.php?item_id=407105 Published by "Gvanim", (2010), in Hebrew.
DanaCode (Israeli ISBN)= 0-00860000644-6. - "The House on the Hill" http://www.booknetshop.co.il/prodtxt.asp?id=51224&perur=2&t=313&c=654 Published by "Beit Alim", (2010), in Hebrew – Songs and Love letters.
DanaCode (Israeli ISBN)= 0-08000250081-4. - "My Love, My Wife, My Divorcee" http://www.steimatzky.co.il/Steimatzky/Pages/Product.aspx?ProductID=11784902 Published by "Beit Alim", (2010), in Hebrew – Dating and Mating. DanaCode (Israeli ISBN)= 0-08000250082-1.
- "The Hungarian Connection" http://huncon.imexco.com Published by "Beit Alim", (2010), in EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
- An Autobiographical novel. ISBN=978-965-91623-0-7
Selected publications and research works
- In 1975 he won the ILA/IPA price for the best scientific publication honoring the late David Levine, "Image processing by computers".
- In 2006 he was elected by the US-Israel Science and Technology Foundation – USISTF, under their "Technology Excellence Fellowship Program" and spent few months at The Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers UniversityRutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, USA, where he performed a research related to spinal cord injurySpinal cord injuryA spinal cord injury refers to any injury to the spinal cord that is caused by trauma instead of disease. Depending on where the spinal cord and nerve roots are damaged, the symptoms can vary widely, from pain to paralysis to incontinence...
. - "They Became One Body", GlobesGlobesGlobes is a Hebrew language daily evening financial newspaper, published in Israel. According to TGI 2009 media survey Globes' market share rose 15% over the year to 4.4%. Its main competitors in printed media are TheMarker of Haaretz group and Calcalist published by Yedioth Ahronoth Group...
, April 26, 2009. (In Hebrew). - "The Polygraph of Pain" GlobesGlobesGlobes is a Hebrew language daily evening financial newspaper, published in Israel. According to TGI 2009 media survey Globes' market share rose 15% over the year to 4.4%. Its main competitors in printed media are TheMarker of Haaretz group and Calcalist published by Yedioth Ahronoth Group...
, October 6, 2009. (In Hebrew). IPA's first prize for the best scientific publication 1975. - "The Application of Image Analysis Techniques in Diverse Scientific Fields" – Ph.D. Thesis, Filed with the British Library, The Polytechnic of Central London, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London, England, 1984
- S. Behar, G. M. Ram and H.N. Neufeld, "Real Time Ambulatory Detection Of Cardiac Arrhythmias".
Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, International Symposium, Geneva Switzerland, April, 1985. - "Why Women Live Longer Than Men". A bio-psycho-social research work, considering the new directions in the area of fetal microchimerism. 2008.
Scientific memberships
- Information Processing Association of Israel – IPA, since 1975
- Association for Computing Machinery – ACM, Voting member since 1981
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
– IEEE, Member since 1981 - The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers – SPIE, member since 1982
- The American Association of Physicists in Medicine – AAPM, member since 1982
- Dr. Ram participated in diverse International scientific congresses and meetings, among them:
AHA, ACC, SNM, AAN, RSNA, CARDIOSTIM
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