Filters close
Newswise: AAMC Awards Dean Stanton Posthumous Honor
Released: 1-Nov-2022 10:30 AM EDT
AAMC Awards Dean Stanton Posthumous Honor
Hackensack Meridian Health

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

Released: 24-Oct-2022 2:00 PM EDT
New Jersey EMS Task Force Builds 50-Bed Field Hospital at Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge Medical Center to Prepare for Natural Disasters
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health is the first health network in New Jersey to participate in a full-scale disaster exercise with the New Jersey EMS Task Force

Newswise: 2022 Korean Arts Festival
Released: 14-Oct-2022 11:05 AM EDT
2022 Korean Arts Festival
Hackensack Meridian Health

Join the 2022 Korean Arts Festival

Released: 13-Oct-2022 9:55 AM EDT
Michael B. Harris, M.D., Professorship Established at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and The Children’s Cancer Institute Thanks to $1 Million Gift from Generous Donor
Hackensack Meridian Health

Michael B. Harris, M.D., Professorship Established at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and The Children’s Cancer Institute Thanks to $1 Million Gift from Generous Donor

Newswise: Jersey Shore University Medical Center Now Providing Innovative Group Healthcare for Families
Released: 7-Oct-2022 9:35 AM EDT
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Now Providing Innovative Group Healthcare for Families
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s Jane H. Booker Family Health Center is now providing families with a CenteringParenting® healthcare model. The Centering model combines health assessment, interactive learning and community building to deliver better health outcomes and a better care experience for families.

Newswise: Jersey Shore University Medical Center Adds Advanced Technology to Detect Movement Disorders
Released: 6-Oct-2022 5:00 PM EDT
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Adds Advanced Technology to Detect Movement Disorders
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neuroscience Institute recently added a new, state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging system to its Nuclear Medicine program.

Released: 5-Oct-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Long Term Acute Care Hospital Officially Opens To The Public
Hackensack Meridian Health

“We are excited to open our 18th hospital in the Hackensack Meridian Health network. This new LTACH will provide numerous benefits to our patients, their families and our community, which will lead to optimizing patient outcomes,” said Robert Garrett, chief executive officer, Hackensack Meridian Health.

Newswise: Men’s Health Day Targets Those at High Risk for Prostate Cancer - Including African Americans
Released: 27-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Men’s Health Day Targets Those at High Risk for Prostate Cancer - Including African Americans
Hackensack Meridian Health

Join NY Giants great Harry Carson and Hackensack Meridian Health, Screenings for Prostate Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Asthma & Lung Disease and More

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Group 
Welcomes Cardiologist Mindy Markowitz, M.D.
Released: 26-Sep-2022 1:50 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Group Welcomes Cardiologist Mindy Markowitz, M.D.
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center

Pascack Valley Medical Group today announced that cardiologist Mindy Markowitz, M.D. has joined the practice.

Released: 21-Sep-2022 1:35 PM EDT
After Nationwide Search, Three Sub-Specialty Physicians Join Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
Hackensack Meridian Health

“We selected physicians with years of education, extensive experience and sub-specialty training to expand our services and to strengthen our existing programs,” said Sara Cuccurullo, M.D., chair, vice president and medical director of JFK Johnson. “We wanted physicians not only with the training but also with the passion to work in their specialized fields. These committed doctors made our decisions easy.”

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Endovascular Surgeon Becomes First in U.S. to Perform Commercial Minimally Invasive Thoracic Aortic Repair Using New Device
Released: 20-Sep-2022 10:25 AM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Endovascular Surgeon Becomes First in U.S. to Perform Commercial Minimally Invasive Thoracic Aortic Repair Using New Device
Hackensack Meridian Health

Dr. Michael Wilderman is among only a few physicians in the region to have access to the first and only commercially available branched device to treat thoracic aortic conditions

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Receives Recognition as a Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center for Second Year from the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation
Released: 19-Sep-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Receives Recognition as a Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center for Second Year from the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation
Hackensack Meridian Health

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award recognizes Hackensack University Medical Center’s commitment to best practices, quality for mitral valve repair

Newswise: Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs Recognized as a National Leader
Released: 19-Sep-2022 1:00 PM EDT
Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs Recognized as a National Leader
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center

Pascack Valley Medical Center received recertification of its Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation programs from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. The certification recognizes the hospital for commitment to improving patient outcomes and quality of life by enhancing standards of care.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health Welcomes Expert in Single-Incision Laparoscopy, Surgical Oncology and Procedures to Treat Congenital Abnormalities to K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital
Released: 14-Sep-2022 4:10 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health Welcomes Expert in Single-Incision Laparoscopy, Surgical Oncology and Procedures to Treat Congenital Abnormalities to K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital
Hackensack Meridian Health

New surgical director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and expert in single-incision procedures in children joins K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital, Hackensack Meridian Children's Health.

Released: 13-Sep-2022 2:30 PM EDT
New Study in Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation Explores Predictors of High School and College Graduation for Young People with Traumatic Brain Injury
Hackensack Meridian Health

"A broad range of efforts across society are needed to understand and combat racial inequity in the school systems to better support students with traumatic brain injury who come from ethnic and racial minority groups,” said Ashley Kakkanatt, MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation at Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute and a coauthor of the study who worked on it during her fellowship training there. She now serves as an attending physician at JFK Johnson.

Newswise: FDA-Approved PSMA-PET Imaging Agent for Prostate Cancer Now Available at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center
Released: 6-Sep-2022 5:45 PM EDT
FDA-Approved PSMA-PET Imaging Agent for Prostate Cancer Now Available at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)

Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center is among the first hospitals in northern New Jersey now offering men with prostate cancer targeted Positron Emission Tomography (PET Imaging) with Illucix®, a Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) imaging agent.

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center’s AirMed One Helicopter Transport Team Earns Re-Accreditation and Celebrates 10 Years of Service
Released: 31-Aug-2022 3:45 PM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center’s AirMed One Helicopter Transport Team Earns Re-Accreditation and Celebrates 10 Years of Service
Hackensack Meridian Health

In operation since 2012, AirMed One has logged more than 3,000 patient care missions and meets the industry’s highest standards for quality, safety and excellence

Newswise: Seven Questions about Hernias
Released: 24-Aug-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Seven Questions about Hernias
Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)

You may know what a hernia is, but do you know that a hernia without pain may be a ticking time bomb in your gut? We asked Harvey Rainville, M.D., a board-certified general surgeon at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, to answer a few of the most common questions about hernias.

Released: 23-Aug-2022 10:30 AM EDT
CDI Laboratory Develops Promising New Antibiotic for Resistant Gonorrhea
Hackensack Meridian Health

JSF-2659, developed to be administered orally, could be a game changer in treating Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which is on the World Health Organization’s global list of “priority pathogens” for its resistance to existing drugs.

Newswise: Jersey Shore University Medical Center Welcomes Dr. Gregory Tiesi as Medical Director of Hepatobiliary Surgery
Released: 18-Aug-2022 4:30 PM EDT
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Welcomes Dr. Gregory Tiesi as Medical Director of Hepatobiliary Surgery
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center recently welcomed Gregory J. Tiesi, M.D., FACS, FSSO, as medical director of Hepatobiliary Surgery. Dr. Tiesi is board certified in Complex General Surgical Oncology and General Surgery and has specialized in surgical oncology for nearly a decade.

Released: 18-Aug-2022 1:25 PM EDT
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Recertifies Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute’s Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
Hackensack Meridian Health

“We are pleased to receive this prestigious recertification from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation,” said Sara Cuccurullo, MD, chair, vice president, and medical director, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Health Researchers Publish Important COVID-19 Findings Throughout Pandemic
Released: 18-Aug-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health Researchers Publish Important COVID-19 Findings Throughout Pandemic
Hackensack Meridian Health

Physicians, nurses, scientists have published 260+ peer-reviewed papers - and list keeps growing

Newswise: New Guidelines from ASE Set Standards to Perform Transesophageal Echocardiographic Screening for Structural Heart Interventions
Released: 17-Aug-2022 5:05 PM EDT
New Guidelines from ASE Set Standards to Perform Transesophageal Echocardiographic Screening for Structural Heart Interventions
Hackensack Meridian Health

New guidelines published this year by the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Standards for the Performance of Transesophageal Echocardiographic Screening for Structural Heart Intervention, provide a unique teaching resource for interventional cardiologists, a growing group of heart specialists who perform echocardiography.

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Becomes Second Hospital in the World to Implant New Heart Pump to Treat Chronic Heart Failure
Released: 17-Aug-2022 10:50 AM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Becomes Second Hospital in the World to Implant New Heart Pump to Treat Chronic Heart Failure
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hospital is one of only five in the U.S. selected to participate in early clinical trial for the minimally invasive Impella BTR technology

Released: 16-Aug-2022 11:20 AM EDT
Five Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Centers Among Nation’s Top in Treating Heart Attack Patients
Hackensack Meridian Health

Five Hackensack Meridian Health medical centers have received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2022. These medical centers join only 240 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Group expands cardiology group with the addition of Mohammed Gibreal, M.D.
Released: 16-Aug-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Group expands cardiology group with the addition of Mohammed Gibreal, M.D.
Hackensack Meridian Health

Pascack Valley Medical Group announced that Mohammed Gibreal, M.D. has joined the practice’s cardiology group. As a noninvasive cardiologist practicing in community hospitals and tertiary care medical centers, Dr. Gibreal has vast experience delivering care in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Released: 15-Aug-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Seven Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Centers Nationally Recognized for their Commitment to Providing High-Quality Heart Failure Care
Hackensack Meridian Health

Seven Hackensack Meridian Health medical centers have received American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure Quality Achievement Awards. The awards recognize the medical centers’ commitment to improving outcomes for patients with heart failure, reducing patient readmissions and providing more healthy days at home.

Newswise: CDI Laboratory Identifies Critical Regulators Controlling T-Cell Homeostasis Which Could Improve Cancer Therapies, Vaccines of the Future
Released: 11-Aug-2022 11:05 AM EDT
CDI Laboratory Identifies Critical Regulators Controlling T-Cell Homeostasis Which Could Improve Cancer Therapies, Vaccines of the Future
Hackensack Meridian Health

The laboratory of Hai-Hui “Howard” Xue at the CDI published the findings of the complex and cascading molecular interactions modulating T-cell immunology in the August issue of the journal Nature Immunology.

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Becomes First Hospital in New Jersey to Implant ‘Smart Knee’ Joint Replacement Component
Released: 10-Aug-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Becomes First Hospital in New Jersey to Implant ‘Smart Knee’ Joint Replacement Component
Hackensack Meridian Health

Persona IQ Smart Knee captures and transmits knee motion data that can optimize patient monitoring, recovery and research after knee replacement surgery

Newswise:Video Embedded hackensack-meridian-health-offers-innovative-psma-pet-imaging-test-to-aid-in-diagnosis-of-prostate-cancer
VIDEO
Released: 10-Aug-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health Offers Innovative PSMA PET Imaging Test to Aid in Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
Hackensack Meridian Health

PYLARIFY® (piflufolastat F 18) Injection Available at Hackensack University Medical Center, JFK University, Riverview, and Ocean University Medical Centers

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center  received funding to provide artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy technology to underserved communities
Released: 4-Aug-2022 3:55 PM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center received funding to provide artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy technology to underserved communities
Hackensack Meridian Health

Only hospital in New Jersey to offer GI Genius™ intelligent endoscopy modules through Medtronic and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Health Equity Assistance Program, supported by American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) selection of sites.

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Offers Innovative Nonsurgical Treatment for Knee Pain 
Nerve-Freezing Approach Reduces Need for Opioids
Released: 29-Jul-2022 11:50 AM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Offers Innovative Nonsurgical Treatment for Knee Pain Nerve-Freezing Approach Reduces Need for Opioids
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack University Medical Center physicians are now offering ioverao, a handheld device that is applied in the doctor’s office before knee replacement surgery to relieve postoperative knee pain, as well as to reduce the chronic pain of knee osteoarthritis. This cryotherapy treatment has been shown to decrease patients’ use of opioids and restore mobility by reducing stiffness and discomfort.

Released: 25-Jul-2022 11:30 AM EDT
Pascack Valley Medical Center Named in The Best Hospital in America List
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center

Pascack Valley Medical Center has been named by Money – Leapfrog Group, The Best Hospital in America for 2022, because of its quality, safe care, reputation for excellent patient experiences and an ethical approach to treatment. Pascack Valley Medical Center was one of only 148 hospitals around the country to make the cut.

Newswise:Video Embedded hackensack-university-medical-center-installs-the-first-intraoperative-mri-system-in-new-jersey
VIDEO
Released: 21-Jul-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Installs the First Intraoperative MRI System in New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center became the first hospital in New Jersey to acquire an intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system installed in the Helena Theurer Pavilion in June. The Siemens Healthineers MAGNETOM Combi Suite allows for MR images to be taken before surgery, enhancing presurgical planning, as well as during the procedure, to improve the accuracy of brain tumor removal. When not in use during surgery, the MRI suite is available for diagnostic imaging, adding to the hospital's existing arsenal of imaging tools.



close
0.23887