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.
Hospital is one of only five in the U.S. selected to participate in early clinical trial for the minimally invasive Impella BTR technology
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.
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.
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.
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.
Persona IQ Smart Knee captures and transmits knee motion data that can optimize patient monitoring, recovery and research after knee replacement surgery
PYLARIFY® (piflufolastat F 18) Injection Available at Hackensack University Medical Center, JFK University, Riverview, and Ocean University Medical Centers
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.
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.
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.
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.
The cohort welcomed in 2022 is very academically talented, based on MCATs
“At Old Bridge Medical Center, our focus is to provide the best healthcare experience possible,” said Patricia Carroll, FACHE, president, chief hospital executive. “These brand-new digital patient information boards will make it easier for our emergency room patients every step of the way.”
The Organ Transplantation Division at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center, one of only a few certified transplant centers in New Jersey, is bringing its world-class services to satellite locations in the central and southern regions of New Jersey. Consultations, testing and follow up care of transplants are now available at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune and JFK University Medical Center in Edison.
VP will also Speak at Becker’s Hospital Review Conference
Nizar Bou Diab, M.D., is the first physician to complete residency training through the Department of Urology program
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center, in partnership with Ensemble Health Partners (“Ensemble”), has been named as a recipient of the 2022 MAP Awards for High Performance in Revenue Cycle, sponsored by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (“HFMA”).
Run, Walk, Roll in the 14th Annual Miles for Minds 5K to Support JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center’s Department of Urology presented 26 abstracts at the American Urological Association’s (AUA) 2022 Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans, LA, from May 13-16, 2022.
The cardiovascular team at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center recently implanted New Jersey’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker systems in patients, as part of Abbott’s AveirTM DR i2i clinical study.
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center — a member of the global Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC) research group — is participating in a PNOC clinical trial for children and young adults with recurrent or progressive high-grade glioma (HGG), an aggressive, fast-growing type of brain tumor. The hospital is one of only 12 centers in the U.S., and the only center in the New York metropolitan area, to offer this trial.
Patients to Benefit from $1 Million Gift to John Theurer Cancer Center from Grateful Patient and Family
The Medical Center joins JFK University Medical Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Ocean University Medical Center, and Riverview Medical Center in this recognition of world-class cardiovascular patient care through a sustainable quality improvement program, and are the only hospitals in NJ to hold this elite designation.
Hackensack University Medical Center is the very first healthcare network in the United States to implement surgical telepresence activity with the Da Vinci Single Port (SP), a robotic assisted system designed for narrow surgical procedures
Pediatric neurologist Felicia Gliksman, D.O., MPH, FAAN, director of the Pediatric and Adult Concussion Center at Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, and vice chair of the Department of Neurology at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, is serving as principal investigator and investigator for two studies related to recovery from brain injury.
Taya Glotzer, M.D., FACC, FHRS, honored at the New Jersey Heart Ball on June 10
“I am pleased to honor this year's graduates,” says William DiStanislao, interim president, chief hospital executive; Raritan Bay Medical Center. “Their work and dedication has been extraordinary. As they each embrace their bright futures, we wish this talented group the very best.”
Dr. Michael Stifelman, chair of Urology at Hackensack Meridian Health, shares the latest and greatest in prostate cancer screenings and treatments.
Pascack Valley Medical Center Receives Sixth Consecutive A Grade from Leapfrog
Mountainside has received AHA’s Gold Plus Get With the Guidelines®-Stroke quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health is again ranked a top provider of pediatric health care in the state. Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center - which make up the Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health network - are ranked #1 in the state and top 20 in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Children’s Hospital Report.
Pascack Valley Medical Group has announced that Carole Shipman, MSN, CNM, RN, CLC has joined the practice, adding midwifery to the medical group’s offerings.
“We’re incredibly proud of each and every one of our graduates,” said Sara J. Cuccurullo, M.D., chair and medical director of JFK Johnson. “We know they will contribute to the advancement of the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation around the nation — and provide the highest quality care for patients.”
There are a lot of important factors consider in pre-pregnancy planning. Anish Shah, M.D. OB-GYN at Mountainside Medical Center shares some important tips for expectant or preparing mother and partners.
Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Raises $5 Million at Network-Wide Celebration on May 21
Consortium of Hackensack Meridian CDI, Rockefeller University, Columbia University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rutgers University, Merck, Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc., and Aligos Therapeutics to combine expertise to ‘accelerate’ new breakthroughs
Dr. Cuccurullo and Dr. Fleming outlined the on-going JFK Johnson Stroke-HEARTTM Trials that showed how a Stroke Recovery Program that includes medically supervised exercise, prescribed therapy, and physician follow up can reduce the chances that survivors of serious stroke will die within the year by 76 percent.
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