Tag: JFK University Medical Center
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Comedian Tracy Morgan returns to JFK rehab to thank staff, inspire patients
Comedian Tracy Morgan returned to Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison on Sept. 1 to thank the physicians, nurses and therapists who cared for him after he was seriously brain injured in a 2014 accident. Morgan also met with current patients and their family members to share the story of his recovery after…
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Edison Township celebrates nurses
Mayor Thomas Lankey proclaimed May 6-12 as Nurses Week across Edison during an outdoor commemoration service at JFK University Medical Center in Edison on May 11. Lankey was joined by Amie Thornton, president and chief hospital executive of JFK; Jim Lindquist, chief nursing officer of JFK; Praful Raja, Board of Directors of JFK; Edison Township…
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JFK University Medical Center first hospital in New Jersey to use new portable MRI
Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center is the first hospital in New Jersey to operate a new portable MRI that can be wheeled to the bedside of critically ill patients. The world’s first portable MRI called Swoop enables clinicians to obtain neurological images of critically ill patients at the point of care quickly and conveniently,…
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Nurse who helped Tracy Morgan recover receives excellence award
Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan presented the Tracy Morgan Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation Nursing to a nurse who has been working to heal patients with brain injuries for more than two decades. In a virtual event held to recognize Brain Injury Awareness Month, Morgan congratulated Patricia Bosompem, RN, CRRN, on being this year’s recipient.…
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JFK University Medical Center Foundation appoints executive director
Hackensack Meridian Health appointed Sheri Marino, MA, CCC-SLP, executive director of Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center Foundation. “Sheri brings a wealth of knowledge and notable fundraising experience to her new role at JFK University Medical Center Foundation,” Joyce P. Hendricks, chief development officer, network philanthropy, Hackensack Meridian Health, said in a prepared statement. “I am…
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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.…