Newswise — Neptune, NJ – June 9, 2016 – Meridian Health’s annual Research Day will take place at Jersey Shore University Medical Center on Tuesday, June 14, from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in Lance Auditorium.
Jersey Shore, part of Meridian Health, is dedicated to advancing medical knowledge, both as a leading medical research facility and as an academic university-level teaching center. Research Day at Jersey Shore provides opportunities for Meridian Health medical experts to maintain proficiency in evaluating critical scientific data and present their original research studies and examples of practice-based learning to academic and professional communities. Throughout the day, guests also have the chance to view visual displays of research findings and interact with researchers.
Research Day concludes with a keynote address by John W. Denninger, M.D., Ph.D., director of Research, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Denninger’s presentation – Can You Have Your Cake and Eat it Too? Genomic and Economic Advances in Integrative Health – will focus on the role and functions of integrative health and the exciting field of genetics. "Meridian Health Research Day continues to expand, and this year attracted nearly 140 case reports, original research abstracts and quality improvement projects from Meridian Health trainees and faculty," says David Kountz, M.D., MBA, vice president of Academic Affairs, Meridian Health. "Clinical Research is an essential component of the health care continuum that enables Meridian to provide the community with access to novel therapies and cutting-edge treatment and diagnostic possibilities."
Meridian Health, through its office of Clinical Research and undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education programs, is dedicated to advancing medical knowledge and educating physicians in practice with the latest medical information. Meridian’s system-wide research program provides the community with the latest clinical trials (studies) in many clinical areas, especially cancer care and cardiovascular disease.
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. Jersey Shore University Medical Center specializes in cardiovascular care, orthopedics and rehabilitation, cancer care, neuroscience, and women’s specialty services. For more information on Jersey Shore University Medical Center call 1-800-DOCTORS, or visit www.JerseyShoreUniversityMedicalCenter.com.
About Meridian HealthMeridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization in New Jersey, comprising Jersey Shore University Medical Center and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital in Neptune, Ocean Medical Center in Brick, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, Bayshore Community Hospital in Holmdel, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge and Perth Amboy, and Meridian Partner Companies that include home care and hospice services, skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, ambulatory care, ambulance services, fitness and wellness centers, and outpatient centers that allow the full continuum of health care services to be offered locally. In May 2015, Meridian Health and Hackensack University Health Network signed a definitive agreement to merge. Meridian Health has consistently been rated among the top performing health systems in NJ for clinical quality and nationally is the recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety and Quality from The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum. Meridian is one of the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” for six consecutive years. Earlier in 2015, Great Place to Work® and Fortune recognized Meridian Health as one of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care in the nation and the number one Best Place to Work for Women. Meridian is recognized for patient care and nursing excellence, including being the first health system in the country to achieve Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center at all of its original hospitals. Additionally, Meridian’s mission of training the next generation of health care professionals is vital to providing a foundation for sound health in our community. In 2008, Meridian Health launched a four-year nursing program in partnership with Georgian Court University. Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine has also honored Meridian as one of the nation’s 100 Most Wired Health Systems for 16 consecutive years. Meridian Health is a member of AllSpire Health Partners, an interstate consortium of leading health systems, to focus on the sharing of best practices in clinical care and achieving efficiencies. For more information, visit www.MeridianHealth.com.
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