Tag: Hackensack Meridian Health
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Officials throughout Middlesex County address coronavirus
Officials in Middlesex County are addressing concerns about the spread of coronavirus to the U.S. The South Brunswick Office of Emergency Management (OEM) held a briefing on preparation and response to the coronavirus on March 2. More than two dozen stakeholders representing schools, EMS, fire, health, elected officials and township department heads…
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Hackensack Meridian Health Meridian Health Foundation receives grant from Grunin Foundation to create patient care technician preceptorship
The Hackensack Meridian Health Meridian Health Foundation secured a $3 million gift from the Grunin Foundation to create patient care technician (PCT) preceptorship and apprenticeship programs that will provide a career ladder for team members looking to move into long-term, higher paying clinical positions such as nursing, while offering growth opportunities for team members…
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Comedian Tracy Morgan presents award to nurse from Woodbridge
Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan presented the Tracy Morgan Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation Nursing to a Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute nurse who has dedicated her 30-year career to working with brain-injured patients. Morgan presented his third award to Gina Domingo, RN, CRRN. Domingo works on the Brain Trauma Unit at JFK…
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Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center’s Bariatric Surgery Program restores health through weight loss surgery
“We are living in a caveman’s body here in 2020.” That is the assessment of Aram E. Jawed, M.D., FACS, board-certified general and bariatric surgeon at the JFK for Life Bariatric Surgery Program. Dr. Jawed has researched the evolution of obesity and concludes our biology, stomachs, digestive systems, and hunger hormones are archaic, outdated and obsolete.…
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center launches nurse recognition program
Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center launched the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) program in January to recognize extraordinary nurses at the academic medical center. Jersey Shore’s Chief Nursing Officer Ellen Angelo, DNP, MSN, R.N., CCRN; Magnet Program Director Rocel D. Besa, PhD, R.N.-BC, CNE; and other senior nursing leaders announced January’s recipients during a…
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University Radiology makes financial donation to new Emergency Department at Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE – Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation received $150,000 from University Radiology in support of the new Emergency Department currently under construction at the Old Bridge campus of Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center. “This new Emergency Department will have a tremendous impact on Old Bridge and the surrounding communities”…
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Raritan Bay Medical Center-Old Bridge to hold support groups, Angioscreen
Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center-Old Bridge will hold a “Cholesterol: Know Your Numbers” seminar from 11 a.m. to noon on Feb. 5 in Medical Arts Building, 3 Hospital Plaza, Old Bridge, in Auxiliary Room B. Learn about good and bad cholesterol, risk factors, what the numbers mean and how you can better manage your cholesterol. Registration required;…
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Raritan Bay Medical Center names chief medical officer
Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center appointed Louis Brusco, Jr., MD, FCCM, CPE, as chief medical officer for both Raritan Bay Medical Center-Old Bridge and Raritan Bay Medical Center-Perth Amboy. Prior to joining Raritan Bay Medical Center, Brusco served as chief medical officer at Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center, where he created quality…
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Middlesex County Association of Chiefs of Police make annual donation to Raritan Bay Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center received a $1,500 donation from the Middlesex County Association of Chiefs of Police. The annual donation will benefit patients and the community by enhancing patient care and services. “On behalf of Raritan Bay Medical Center, we would like to thank the Middlesex County Association of Chiefs of Police for…
