Newswise — Neptune, NJ – June 13, 2016 – Jersey Shore University Medical Center has one of the largest Cardiac Surgery Programs in the state and is the only hospital with these specialized capabilities in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Led by Richard Neibart, M.D., medical director of Meridian CardioVascular Network and chief of Cardiac Surgery, the program continues to expand with the recruitment of Kourosh T. Asgarian, D.O.
Dr. Asgarian joins Jersey Shore’s Cardiac Surgery team, which also includes Brook Dejene, M.D., David Johnson, M.D., and Benjamin Youdelman, M.D. Jersey Shore is rated by U.S. News & World Report as a high performing hospital for its quality of care in heart failure and heart bypass surgery. It has been a recipient of the Healthgrades® Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award™ for three consecutive years (2016, 2015, 2014), which recognizes hospitals for superior outcomes in heart bypass surgery and heart valve surgery. Jersey Shore also has a three star ranking from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in coronary artery bypass surgery, the highest quality ranking granted by the organization.
Prior to joining Jersey Shore, Dr. Asgarian served as chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey, where he developed and directed the TAVR and Structural Heart Program. He also led the minimally invasive cardiac and thoracic surgery programs, and performed robotic cardiac surgery. Previously, he practiced at Staten Island University Hospital in New York and Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey.
He earned his medical degree from The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York; and completed his General Surgery residency at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. He completed a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in New York.
The Cardiac Surgery Program at Jersey Shore started in 1990 and the team has performed about 20,000 surgeries during this period, including: heart valve replacement, heart valve repair, aortic surgery, bypass surgery and TAVR. Jersey Shore performs more than 800 open-heart procedures annually, and offers a level of care and superior outcomes that are well known across the region. “Along with our physician partners and cardiologists in the community, Magnet award-winning nurses, dedicated technicians and caregivers, the addition of Dr. Asgarian helps us further our mission to provide the highest quality of care to ensure our community has access to the very best, most comprehensive heart care, right here at Jersey Shore,” says Dr. Neibart.
Meridian CardioVascular Network is anchored by physicians at the region's leading academic medical center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and leading community hospitals for heart and vascular care, including Bayshore Community Hospital, Raritan Bay Medical Center-Old Bridge, Raritan Bay Medical Center-Perth Amboy, Riverview Medical Center, Ocean Medical Center, and Southern Ocean Medical Center. Meridian CardioVascular Network provides everything to diagnose, treat, and mend virtually all heart and vascular conditions, and the network's specialists are continuously among the first to provide remarkable treatment and surgical options.
About Jersey Shore University Medical Center:Jersey Shore University Medical Center, a member of the Meridian Health family, is a not-for-profit teaching hospital and home to K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital – the first children’s hospital in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Jersey Shore is the regional provider of cardiac surgery, a program which has been ranked among the best in the Northeast, and is home to the only trauma center and stroke rescue center in the region. Through the hospital’s clinical research program, and its affiliation with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Jersey Shore serves as an academic center dedicated to advancing medical knowledge, training future physicians and providing the community with access to promising medical breakthroughs. For more information about Jersey Shore University Medical Center call 1-800-DOCTORS, or visit www.JerseyShoreUniversityMedicalCenter.com.
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