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Hackensack Meridian Health Meridian Health Foundation is pleased to announce its 22nd Annual Gala, the Giving Heals Gala, raised nearly $1.7 million for the organization. Taking place at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Conference Center in Atlantic City on Saturday, November 23, 700 guests joined together to honor Gordon Litwin, chair of the Hackensack Meridian Health Board of Trustees, for his longtime dedication to improving health care for New Jersey residents. The signature fundraising event benefitted Hackensack Meridian Health’s central and southern region not-for-profit medical centers and community health programs.

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Little Egg Harbor resident Bette Bauer and LuCille Perry of Northborough, Mass., raised more than $38,000 for Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation by hosting Links for Life at Sea Oaks Country Club on October 7. The golf outing welcomed 120 golfers, and 240 total attendees, who gathered to raise funds in support of the cancer center at Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center Foundation has been awarded a Major Grant in the amount of $10,000 from The Provident Bank Foundation to help improve the care and support provided to children and young adults with autism, developmental disabilities and substance abuse issues presenting in Emergency Department crisis units at Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center.

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Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, conducted its first Take Vape Away symposium, partnering with the Point Pleasant Borough School District to alert adolescents and adults about the dangers of vaping.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation hosted the fourth annual Benefit for Bayshore Oktoberfest Community Celebration on Friday, October 11, raising more than $138,000 in support of the future Dr. Robert H. Harris Emergency Care Center at the Holmdel-based medical center. More than 265 guests attended the soiree, which took place at Stillwell Stables in Colts Neck.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center is pleased to welcome Prashant Desai, M.D. to its medical staff. Dr. Desai is a specially trained radiation oncologist and has been appointed medical director of radiation oncology at Ocean Medical Center and Shore Radiation Oncology.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Meridian Health Foundation is pleased to announce that its 22nd Annual Gala, honoring Gordon Litwin, Esq., chair of the Hackensack Meridian Health Board of Trustees, will take place on Saturday, November 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center will once again host its annual Women’s Health Night on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. The free event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the first floor of the hospital in Manahawkin.

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The Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce a gift of $350,000 from the Morris and Clara Weshnak Family Foundation, administered by Barry and Carol Anne Cawley Weshnak, in support of the Pediatric Palliative Care Program at Hackensack Meridian Health K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital. The program helps children living with chronic illnesses and life-threatening medical conditions by working to improve the quality of life of these children and focusing on treatment of symptoms, pain and stress management, as well as offering comprehensive patient and family support.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation is pleased to reveal that the new Emergency Care Center at Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, NJ, will be called the Dr. Robert H. Harris Emergency Care Center. The Emergency Care Center, currently under construction, will be named by Mary Ellen Harris, Golden Dome Foundation founder, in honor of Dr. Robert H. Harris, thanks to a generous gift made by the foundation.

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Largest-Ever Attendance for Hackensack Meridian Health's Annual Celebration

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The Children’s Cancer Institute at Hackensack University Medical Center celebrates the milestones of patients and the doctors who refuse to give up hope

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Clinical trial shows potential for some sickle cell patients to be their own stem cell donor.

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The Division of Movement Disorders at Hackensack University Medical Center has been selected to participate in the RESTORE-1 Phase 2 Clinical Study of VY-AADC, an investigational gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation will host the fourth annual Benefit for Bayshore: an Oktoberfest Community Celebration on Friday, October 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. For the first time since its inception, this signature fundraising event will move from the Bayshore Medical Center campus to a new venue, Stillwell Stables in Colts Neck, NJ, to allow for construction of the hospital’s new Emergency Care Center slated to break ground in October 2019.

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‘Play it Forward’ profiles patients at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and the K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital on their health care journeys

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Academic medical center’s leading-edge technology and superior design will provide patients and families with world-class acute care

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The Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce a gift of $1.25 million from Charles Adell to create The Charles & Jackie Adell Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

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The Guild of Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center raised more than $48,000 through its Annual Fashion Show at Jack Baker’s Lobster Shanty in Point Pleasant Beach. Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase equipment for Ocean Medical Center’s stroke rehabilitation and acute care of the elderly services.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Meridian Health Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Heidi Maggs and Carol Stillwell to the Meridian Health Foundation Board of Trustees.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Leonard Somarriba, DPT, CSCS, to the Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Phil Scaduto to the Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation board of trustees.

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On July 19, Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation hosted the Fifth Annual Signature Social, raising more than $175,000 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 230 guests joined in celebration of the hospital.

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An official flag raising ceremony was held at Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center on July 12 to celebrate 35 years.

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On July 8, the Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center Foundation and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital Golf Classic was held at Deal Golf and Country Club and Hollywood Golf Club where more than 255 golfers raised over $505,000 in support of programs and services at the hospitals. The event was again chaired by Robert Mullen, CEO of Structure Tone Organization, and vice-chaired by Robert Smith, CEO of The Allied Group.

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Pramil Cheriyath, M.D., MS, FACP of Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center has been awarded a $5,000 Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) 2019 Innovation Grant.

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More than 500 guests gathered at the DiPiero home for the Seventh Annual Family Fireworks on the Navesink to support Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center Foundation on Wednesday, July 3.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center held a steel beam topping off and signing ceremony to signify the completion of the first phase of construction of its Central Utility Plant (CUP) at Second and Atlantic streets.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Meridian Health Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Jacqueline M. Bartley-Oxley, J.D., as vice president for development. Bartley-Oxley oversees annual giving and grants, as well as planned giving, working closely with donors to achieve their philanthropic goals as part of the donor’s overall financial and estate planning.

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The Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce a gift of $1 million from Michael Armellino, to be used toward the expansion of the Cardiac Catheterization/Interventional Radiology Lab at Southern Ocean Medical Center.

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The inaugural class of eight internal medicine residents, along with the second classes of eight family medicine residents, and six psychiatry residents who matched at Ocean Medical Center’s residency program were honored during the resident White Coat ceremony on June 25.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center Foundation raised nearly $250,000 at the 29th Annual Golf Classic, which took place on June 17 at Manasquan River Golf Club in Brielle. This year’s event welcomed 120 golfers who competed in the tournament to raise money for programs and services at Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center.

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Combined cancer program at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital ranked #44 in the U.S. and Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital ranked #49 for Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery

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Innovative partnership provides high-quality, individualized specialty medical training to the uniformed services including U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, Army National Guard, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve

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$714 million investment will create modern surgical suites and private rooms

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The Medical and Dental Staff at Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center recently held the 29th Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony. The scholarships are awarded to hospital team members and their dependents. This year, 10 individuals each received scholarships in the amount of $3,000. The scholarships were presented by 10 physician honorees.

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Nearly $165,000 was raised at the Women’s Heart Fund Annual Reception held on May 31 at the Bay Head Yacht Club in Bay Head, NJ. Co-chaired by Mollie Giamanco, who is also a board member for the Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation, and Lisa Loshiavo, 275 guests attended the fundraiser, which will support the Center for Survivorship and Wellness Care located at Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s HOPE Tower. The evening featured a cocktail-style format, an array of hors d’oeuvres and stations, music, dancing, a 50/50 raffle and the Ultimate Golf Raffle, which awarded 27 winners with a round of golf at one of 27 premiere golf courses. Additionally, Denise McKnight, a cancer survivor and patient who had all of her treatments inside HOPE Tower, offered remarks about her experience and what the center will mean to other survivors.

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The Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the Seventh Annual Family Fireworks on the Navesink to support Riverview Medical Center Foundation. This annual event will again be held at the DiPiero home on the picturesque Navesink River, on Wednesday, July 3 at 6:30 p.m.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center offers patients a new treatment for a potentially fatal cardiovascular condition known as an aortic dissection, in which the inner layer of the aorta, the large blood vessel branching off the heart, tears. Blood surges through the tear, causing the inner and middle layers of the aorta to separate.

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The Women’s Heart Fund is hosting its annual reception in support of the Center for Survivorship and Wellness Care at Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s HOPE Tower on Friday, May 31, 2019 at Bay Head Yacht Club in Bay Head, NJ. The event will feature a cocktail-style format, an array of hors d’oeuvres and stations, music and dancing, 50/50 raffle and for the first time ever, the Ultimate Golf Raffle, which offers a chance to win a round of golf at one of 27 premiere golf courses. More than 200 people are expected to attend the event in support of the center’s comprehensive and compassionate holistic cancer care services.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center welcomes Martin Gizzi, M.D., as director, Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he will lead the Comprehensive Stroke Center.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center is pleased to announce that Florian Thomas, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation Center of Excellence and chair of the Department of Neurology at Hackensack University Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, will be recognized for scientific achievement at the 71st American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia May 4-10.

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Hackensack Meridian Health is pleased to announce that four of its team members have been honored by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (NJAAP) at the NJAAP’s 9th Annual New Jersey Children’s Ball, an evening dedicated to New Jersey’s Children.

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Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center is pleased to announce its recognition among Newsweek’s Best Hospitals – USA.

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John Theurer Joins Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Consortium 1 of only 16 in the U.S. approved by the National Cancer Institute.

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Hackensack University Medical Center is the first site in New Jersey and the third site in the United States to utilize the Zimmer Biomet robot for total-knee replacement surgery

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The Center for Bariatric Medicine and Surgery at Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center was recently re-accredited as a Comprehensive Bariatric Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), a joint program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

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Hackensack Meridian Health is pleased to announce its recognition by the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) as an Environmental Leadership Champion for 2019.