The Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce will present “How to Understand and Protect Your Credit Score” at 8 a.m. Aug. 16. The presentation will be hosted by the GMCC Women in Business Committee and facilitated by Randi Gosselin, a certified credit counselor for NOVADEBT, a Garden State Consumer Credit Counseling Organization. Points discussed will include: most important items consumers need to be aware of to protect their credit score, recent changes to credit limits, what is the best way to safely request reports, how to review reports and request corrections. Admission is $10 for chamber members; $15 for nonmembers. The fee includes a continental breakfast and the program. Details and registration: Visit www.greatermonmouthchamber.com (click on the calendar tab for August, then click on Aug. 16).
The Central Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners will be holding a breakfast meeting at 8 a.m. Aug. 17 at the Dauphin Grill in the Berkley Carteret Hotel, Asbury Park. The cost is $29 for a full breakfast. Current and prospective members are encouraged to attend. Preregistration is preferred. Contact Teri Sciamarelli at [email protected] prior to Aug. 17. Dr. James Proodian, a chiropractor and president and founder of Natural Healthcare Center in Long Branch, will speak on the topic, “Feel Better, Function Better, and Live Longer.”
iPlay America and Encore Event Center, a new entertainment and event concept taking shape in Freehold Township, will hold job fairsAug. 12-13 andAug. 26-27 at the facility at the corner of Schanck Road and Route 9 south. Applicants are invited to apply for all open positions from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday of both weekends. iPlay is looking to fill approximately 250 positions in total for both operations. iPlayAmerica will have indoor go-karts, a multi-sensory 4-D movie theatre, a twolevel laser tag, bumper cars, midway rides for all ages, and mini bowling lanes, along with more than 200 video and redemption games.
Encore Event Center offers a new alternative for traditional events, including weddings, birthdays, bar and bat mitzvahs, and corporate events.
Job applicants at iPlay America and Encore Event Center must be 16 or older to apply. If under the age of 18, the candidate must submit working papers with their application. For a list of job positions or to apply online, visit www.iplayamerica.com or call 732-577- 8200.
Energy Balance Laser Therapy and Massage has opened a new office at Juniper Plaza, 3499 Route 9 north, Suite 2C-1, Freehold Township. The holistic health clinic uses advanced therapies and technology to provide personalized treatments for pain relief, stress and anxiety, emotional release, smoking cessation and detoxification, antiaging facial rejuvenation, natural face lift, and body sculpting. The clinic offers laser therapy for pain caused by neuropathy, arthritis, carpal tunnel, bursitis, plantar fasciitis, epicondylitis, rotator cuff and piriformis syndrome, osteoporosis, and sports injuries. Call 732-462-0909 for more information.
Amin Gomaa, Freehold, has joined the engineering firm of French and Parrello Associates, Wall Township, as its sixth Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional.
LEED is the benchmark the government uses to ensure architects, engineers and builders are employing a green-building design and technology standard that is expected to preserve the earth for future generations.
Before joining French and Parrello, Gomaa, an electrical engineer, worked in power distribution design, photovoltaic solar systems design, sustainable design and project cost estimation, among other areas, in the United States and internationally.
Heart Specialists of New Jersey has relocated its office to the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus at CentraState Medical Center, 901 W. Main St., Freehold Township. Heart Specialists of New Jersey is staffed by five board-certified physicians and an adult nurse practitioner.
The physicians are Vivian Kominos, M.D., FACC; Ted Gutowski, M.D.; Lou- Anne Beauregard, M.D.; Ashish Awasthi, M.D.; and Jonathan Vafai, M.D.; the nurse practitioner is Lori A. Schaer.
Dr. Gutowski also is the medical director of CentraState’s cardiac catheterization lab. The office can be reached at 732-866-0800.
Heart Specialists of New Jersey is a fullservice cardiology group with expertise in preventative and integrative cardiology; interventional cardiology, including angioplasty and stent; and electrophysiology, which includes pacemakers, defibrillators and ablations, as well as complete diagnostic testing, including nuclear stress tests, echocardiography and ambulatory monitoring.
CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, has been recognized by “Hospitals & Health Networks,” the journal of the American Hospital Association, as one of the nation’s Most Wired health care organizations for the second year in a row, according to the results of the magazine’s annual survey.
CentraState is one of only five health care systems in New Jersey and one of only 154 health care organizations in the country to be named “Most Wired.” The designation recognizes health care organizations that have successfully adopted information technology (IT) in four critical areas: infrastructure, business and administrative management, clinical quality and safety, and care continuum.
CentraState has invested nearly $20 million in health IT over the past 11 years as part of its ongoing commitment to enhance patient safety and create more efficient care processes. CentraState’s participation in the Most Wired process has put the hospital in a favorable position to qualify as a meaningful user of health care technology as defined by the federal government.