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Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation, a private, not-for-profit organization that has raised millions of dollars to support various health care services at Raritan Bay Medical Center, appointed Andrew Citron, M.D., director of the Division of Anesthesiology at the hospital, as chairman of the Board of Trustees. This is the first time in the Foundation’s history that a physician has served in this leadership role.

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Dr. Sable was awarded a certificate of completion in Advanced Health Care Leadership from the program’s academic partner Seton Hall University by Aline Holmes, RN, MSN, DNP, sr. vice president of Clinical Affairs on behalf of Betsy Ryan, Esq., president and CEO of New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA), Larry Downs, Esq., CEO of the Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ) and Ward Sanders, Esq., president of the New Jersey Association of Health Plans (NJAHP).

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel and Ocean Medical Center in Brick have received the American College of Cardiology's NCDR ACTION Registry - Get with the Guidelines Platinum Achievement Award for outstanding care for cardiac patients.

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On July 28, Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation hosted the Third Annual Signature Social, raising nearly $200,000 in support of programs and services at Southern Ocean Medical Center. The cocktail reception took place at Bonnet Island Estate on Long Beach Island where more than 200 guests joined in celebration of the hospital.

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Dr. Bonita Stanton, founding dean of the Seton Hall- Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, was recently appointed to the Robert C. and Laura C. Garrett Endowed Chair for the School of Medicine Dean, a $2.65 million gift in honor of her lifetime achievements in medicine and education

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Hospitals which earn the award must meet specific criteria and standards of performance for the quick and appropriate treatment of patients suffering severe heart attacks to re-establish blood flow to blocked arteries.

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David Works, a nationally recognized senior executive who worked at McKinsey & Company and played vital roles at Sears and other major organizations, was named acting chief human resources officer effective immediately.

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Hackensack Meridian Health's new podcasts will feature health experts, such as Co-CEO's Robert C. Garrett and John K. Lloyd, along with community leaders taking on the topics of the day that are revolutionizing health care.

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Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals honored for implementing the most timely and research-based standards outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation's prevention guidelines.

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center are the first hospitals in New Jersey to be recognized by the NJBC for breastfeeding supportive practices. This includes providing the availability of reasonable breaks for mothers to express milk or to nurse their child, and access to a private space for expressing milk or nursing their child.

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On July 10, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation’s 34th Annual Golf Classic raised a record-breaking amount, bringing in more than $570,000 in support of cardiovascular care and other programs and services at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. The sold out golf outing was chaired by Robert Mullen, CEO of Structure Tone Organization, and vice-chaired by Burt Barham, Jr., project manager of The Barham Group and Robert Smith, CEO of The Allied Group. The tournament took place at Deal Golf and Country Club and Hollywood Golf Club where more than 260 golfers participated in support of Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center announced today that it has been awarded a $225,000 grant from The Nicholson Foundation to implement the Cherokee Health Systems model of providing integrated behavioral health interventions in primary care settings. Jersey Shore University Medical Center is one of six New Jersey health care organizations selected for this initiative.

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All members of the community are invited to attend Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation’s Third Annual Signature Social fundraising event. The cocktail reception takes place on Friday, July 28, 2017 at Bonnet Island Estate on Long Beach Island from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Proceeds will support programs and services at Southern Ocean Medical Center.

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The Fifth Annual Family Fireworks on the Navesink to support Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center Foundation took place on Saturday, June 24. This fun-filled family event was once again held at the DiPiero home, on the picturesque Navesink River, where more than 320 guests joined in celebration of Riverview.

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Riverview Medical Center has been named as the second most beautiful hospital in the U.S. through an annual competition run by Soliant Health, a leading specialty health care staffing provider and part of Adecco Group.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center Foundation raised a record $165,000 net during its 27th Annual Golf Classic on June 12 at Manasquan River Golf Club in Brielle. Led by Robert Harms, event co-chair and Foundation board chair, and Jason Nitche, M.D., event co-chair and orthopedic surgeon, this year’s Golf Classic welcomed a sold out crowd of 144 golfers to compete in the tournament and raise money for programs and services at Ocean Medical Center.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center today announced it is the first hospital in New Jersey to earn The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement. The advanced certification is for Joint Commission-accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers seeking to elevate the quality, consistency and safety of their services and patient care.

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The Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Family Fireworks on the Navesink to support Riverview Medical Center Foundation. This fun-filled family event will again be held at the DiPiero home, on the picturesque Navesink River, on Saturday, June 24 at 6:30 p.m.

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The region’s most comprehensive pediatric program enhances access to care with expanded pediatric emergency expertise.

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The Women’s Heart Fund will host its signature event, the Heart of Rock and Roll cocktail reception, on Friday, June 2, from 7-10 p.m. at the Asbury Hotel in Asbury Park, NJ. The Women's Heart Fund Board is excited to announce that this year's event will feature special guests Chazz Palminteri of the hit Broadway musical, A Bronx Tale, and his wife Gianna Palminteri, who will serve as honorary chairs. With more than 50 movies to his credit, Bronx-born and raised Chazz was destined to continue the long line of prominent actors in the film industry. Well known for Bullets Over Broadway, The Usual Suspects and A Bronx Tale, he is the only artist who has had his work go from a one-man show to a major motion picture film to a hit Broadway musical.

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Thanks to a very generous $500,000 pledge from the Sansone Foundation founded by Enilda and Paul Sansone, Sr., Riverview Medical Center added a third tomosynthesis breast imaging machine in April 2017. Tomosynthesis, or 3D mammography, is the latest advancement in mammography technology, providing radiologists with clearer and more accurate images of breast tissue.

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In observance of Stroke Awareness Month, Hackensack Meridian Health Neuroscience is kicking off a series of informative community events, providing expert advice, tips, screenings, and the latest information about stroke prevention and treatments. The events will take place at locations throughout Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties.

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Sky Blue FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) officially announced that Hackensack Meridian Health will return in 2017 as the title sponsor of the club.

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Hackensack Meridian Health is inviting local businesses to help raise awareness about the importance of annual mammography and overall women’s wellness by participating in “Paint the Town Pink” throughout the month of May. “Paint the Town Pink,” now in its eleventh year, is a community-wide initiative spanning 75 towns from Little Egg Harbor to Montvale.

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Bayshore Community Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in computed tomography (CT) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR) for the second time. CT scanning — sometimes called CAT scanning — is a noninvasive medical test that helps physicians diagnose and tailor treatments for various medical conditions.

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Surgeons and radiologists at four hospitals in coastal New Jersey are among an elite few to use the SAVI SCOUT® surgical guidance system.

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Riverview Medical Center and Bayshore Community Hospital are pleased to welcome Board Certified thoracic and general surgeon, Ziad G. Hanhan, M.D., FACS to the medical staff. Dr. Hanhan specializes in caring for patients in need of treatment for diseases of the chest, with a special interest in lung and esophageal cancer, robotic lung resections, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, robotic paraesophageal hernia repair and esophageal surgery. In his role, Dr. Hanhan will serve as the medical director for minimally invasive thoracic surgery at Riverview and Bayshore.

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The Nineteenth Annual Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations’ Gala, Innovation Has No Boundaries, was held on November 19 at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa in Long Branch and raised more than $1 million, a record for the event’s 19-year history. The signature fundraising event benefits programs and services at Hackensack Meridian Health’s Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex County hospitals.

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The Nineteenth Annual Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations’ Gala, Innovation Has No Boundaries, will be held on Saturday, November 19 from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa in Long Branch. This signature fundraising event benefits Hackensack Meridian Health’s not-for-profit hospitals and community health programs in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties.

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K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center was selected as a charitable partner of Spirit Halloween’s Spirit of Children program, which provides fun and funding to its partner hospitals during the Halloween season and all year long. As part of the Spirit of Children program, 11 Spirit Halloween stores in the local area will conduct in-store fundraising campaigns that will specifically benefit the Child Life Program at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital. In addition to collecting in-store donations, when customers utilize Spirit Halloween’s 10-for-10 coupon, they receive 10% off their purchase and Spirit Halloween will match it with a 10% donation.

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Bayshore Community Hospital Foundation will host the first annual Benefit for Bayshore Oktoberfest Celebration on Friday, October 7, 2016 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and invites all members of the community to register to attend. The tented cocktail reception will uniquely take place on the hospital’s campus at 727 North Beers Street in Holmdel and will support Bayshore’s plans to enhance emergency services.

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center announces that it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Certification in Inpatient Diabetes Care. The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.

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Riverview Medical Center, a member of the Hackensack Meridian Health family, was named as an Affiliate Treatment Center by the National Lymphedema Network. An Affiliated Treatment Center is a center in which more than one therapist is a certified lymphedema therapist, and is properly trained to successfully treat and manage Lymphedema affecting various parts of the body.

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Hospitals of Hackensack Meridian Health are participating in a trial for individuals who suffer from GERD and troublesome symptoms like heartburn or regurgitation - one of the only organizations in the mid-Atlantic to offer this clinical trial.

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center is the first hospital in New Jersey to offer deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) – a non-invasive treatment for depression that provides new hope for patients who have experienced side effects from medications or for whom medications have proven ineffective.

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Riverview Medical Center and Bayshore Community Hospital, members of the Hackensack Meridian Health family, are pleased to welcome Parini M. Patel, M.D., an endocrinologist, to the medical staff. She joins the team of Jennifer Zaitz, M.D. at Meridian Medical Group – Specialty Practice. Dr. Patel has extensive experience in the field and will be a vital part of the medical team at both hospitals.

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Neurosurgeon Howard Eisenbrock, D.O. has joined the team of respected physicians at Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Riverview Medical Center, now part of the Hackensack Meridian Health family.

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Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals achieve national ranking for organ donor efforts.

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Event will acknowledge amazing women who are inspiring others at all ages of life.

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The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) has appointed Navneet Kathuria, M.D., vice president of Population Health Management for Hackensack Meridian Health, to its Board of Commissioners.

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Riverview Medical Center Foundation is honored to announce a gift of $120,000 from the Tigger House Foundation that will support the addition of an Addictions Counselor in the hospital’s emergency department. The majority of patients seeking help for addiction arrive in the Alton A. Hovnanian Emergency Care Center in a state of crisis. The addition of a licensed chemical dependency counselor would provide timely and critical assessment and outreach to patients during this severe time of need.

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Neurologist Vladimir Klinov, M.D. has joined the team of respected physicians at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, NJ. He has extensive training in the area of neurology, and specializes in the treatment of Epilepsy.

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Hackensack Meridian Health is pleased to report that Standard & Poor's Global Ratings has made several positive upgrades to the bond ratings of Hackensack Meridian Health entities.

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Sky Blue FC soccer players, Coco Goodson, Rachel Breton, Shawna Gordon, and Theresa Diedrich visited K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center on Wednesday, to spend the afternoon with patients.

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Earlier this week, members of the Lakewood BlueClaws visited with the littlest patients at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center and handed out autographed baseballs.

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Riverview Medical Center, a member of the Hackensack Meridian Health family, was named as the fifth most beautiful hospital in the country through an annual competition run by Soliant Health, a leading specialty healthcare staffing provider and part of Adecco Group.

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On July 11, Peter Cancro, founder and CEO of Jersey Mike’s Subs, chaired Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation’s 33rd annual Sports Classic Golf Tournament at the Deal Golf and Country Club and Hollywood Golf Club in Deal, NJ. The sold-out event hosted 260 golfers, and raised a record-breaking $340,000 in support of cardiovascular programs and other areas of greatest need at Jersey Shore, part of the Hackensack Meridian Health family. Bob Mullen, chief executive office of Structure Tone and J. Scott Ferguson, vice president of Carrickmore, served as co-chairs.

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Jersey Shore is the only Comprehensive Stroke Center in Monmouth and Ocean Counties and is the leading regional provider for advanced stroke care

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Ocean Medical Center, part of Meridian CardioVascular Network, has received the Mission: Lifeline® Bronze Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

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Riverview Medical Center, part of Meridian CardioVascular Network, has received the Mission: Lifeline® Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.