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Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, is proud to announce it has signed the World Economic Forum’s Zero Health Gaps Pledge, the world’s first global, multi-sector health equity pledge. The health system is one of 39 initial signatory organizations from eight countries committed to join the Forum on its journey during its Annual Meeting in Davos.

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s Multiple Sclerosis Center, a leading provider of care for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in New Jersey, has been officially recognized as a Center for Comprehensive MS Care through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Partners in MS Care program. It is one of only two Centers for Comprehensive MS Care in Monmouth and Ocean counties.

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Last week, the American Cancer Society released the news that the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is now 12%, an increase of one percentage point from last year.

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Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center has attained Commitment Level status in the American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program in preparation for applying for GSV Level 1 status in 2022.

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Joshua Cappell, M.D., Ph.D., is director of Pediatric Neurointensive Care at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center.

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Mountainside Medical Group has announced that gastroenterologist Masood Rizvi, M.D., has joined the practice.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Celebrates The First Babies of 2023 Born Across The Network

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Middlesex County Police Association Gives $1,500 To NJ Hospital

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Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded $250,000 Grant from TD Bank to Support NJ InCK Program and Support Children’s Health

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Pediatric Patient Makes Wish to Donate Technology Back to Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital with Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley

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Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Again Recognized by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy as High Performers

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The Retreat & Recovery At Ramapo Valley Behavioral Health Program at Hackensack Meridian Health to Benefit from Generous $100,000 Gift

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Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director to Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

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The Communicable Disease Service of the NJDOH has recognized Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center as a 2022 Antimicrobial Steward. The award recognizes facilities who promote antimicrobial stewardship practices that encourage and maintain the health of patients, personnel, and community.

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The paper concludes the COVID Support Our Schools (SOS) program helped underserved communities at a critical time - and its benefits could help with community health outreach beyond the time of a pandemic

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Dr. Ryan Kaple joins structural heart colleagues Dr. Tilak Pasala and Dr. Lucy Safi to offer advanced clinical trials and surgical systems that enhance patient outcomes

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Recognition is part of Hackensack Meridian Health’s leadership in the care of New Jersey’s geriatric population

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“Our new Ion Bronchoscopy system is a robotic-assisted minimally invasive biopsy platform. It features an ultra-thin, ultra-maneuverable catheter that allows navigation far into the lung, reaching smaller airways, said Faiz Y. Bhora, MD, FACS, chair of surgery, and chief of thoracic surgery, central region, Hackensack Meridian Health. “This platform’s unprecedented stability enables the precision needed for biopsy compared to manual techniques and the ability to diagnose lung cancer at the earliest stage when it is most treatable."

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Medical leader who helped shape beginnings of medical school takes leadership of School

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Hackensack Meridian Health employees came up with ideas which improve clinical side of operations

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Benefits for Patients Include Access to Advance Treatment Options Ensuring Better Outcomes and Less Recovery Time

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“We are delighted to celebrate the one year anniversary of our rehabilitation clinical affiliation with St. Joseph’s Health,” said Robert C. Garrett, FACHE, CEO, Hackensack Meridian Health. “Throughout the state, our rehab experts have been improving lives through their vast expertise in healing and restoring quality of life after a serious illness or traumatic episode. This affiliation has placed our advanced services closer to home for residents of Northern New Jersey.”

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Major accrediting body grants full accreditation as institution draws closer to full accreditation from all agencies

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The Impella RP Flex is implanted using a minimally invasive catheter-based approach to treat right heart failure

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Dr. Sawczuk honored on Nov. 16

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Hackensack Meridian Health network receives 8 'A' Hospital safety grades by Leapfrog Group for Fall 2022, the most of any health network in New Jersey.

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Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. This national distinction celebrates the hospital’s achievements in protecting hospital patients from preventable harm and errors.

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Hackensack Meridian Health names Frank J. Citara Chief Hospital Executive of Ocean University Medical Center

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Mountainside Medical Center is approved to use Pluvicto™, an FDA-approved, targeted radioligand therapy for treatment of metastatic prostate-specific membrane antigen positive castration-resistant prostate cancer. This makes Mountainside the first in the state to offer treatment using Pluvicto™.

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Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center received the Healthgrades Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award™ along with a five-star rating in Overall Bariatric Surgery, the only hospital in Bergen County to receive this recognition.

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“I am thrilled to join Hackensack Meridian Health,” said Dr. Bhora. “The opportunity to be a part of the finest health system in New Jersey with a new and innovative affiliated medical school was a big draw. The central region of New Jersey has a need for the highest quality of surgical care, and we have bold plans to transform both the quality and breadth of surgical programs that we will offer to our patients. This, in addition to starting a surgical residency program and helping transform JFK University Medical Center into a true tertiary and quaternary hospital was the impetus for me to join the Hackensack Meridian Team and an opportunity impossible to turn down.”

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Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Group has announced that Elizabeth S. John, M.D., gastroenterologist, has joined the practice.

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Pascack Valley Medical Center added Excelsius GPS® to their robotic-assisted surgery program, giving patients a minimally invasive option for complex spine surgeries. Orthopedic surgeons Rafael Levin, M.D. and Evan Baird, M.D. completed the hospital’s first procedure with the new robot October 19.

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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and although lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the U.S. in both men and women, and lung cancer claims more lives than other types of cancers, I am hopeful about lung cancer for many reasons.

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Team members facilitated FaceTime calls and provided comfort care for Nazli Ozkilic’s father, who was in long-term care due to congestive heart failure

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The year-long Executive Leadership in Health Care fellowship makes Vice Dean one of just 1,200 worldwide

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Hackensack Meridian Health Network leads New Jersey with nine ‘America’s 100 Best Hospital Awards for Specialty Care’

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HMHRI brings together health network expertise - for the benefit of patients

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Free flu clinic. No registration needed.

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Special Recognition Award goes to late dean for a lifetime in medical education