Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center today announced it has appointed Michael Bell as its next chief executive officer (CEO). Bell begins his new role on March 4 and succeeds Joe Pino who served as interim CEO during the national search for a permanent leader.
As Canada’s flu season collides with record strep A cases and ongoing COVID-19 concerns, a new study is shedding light on our understanding of respiratory immune responses
World hunger is growing at an alarming rate, with prolonged conflicts, climate change, and COVID-19 exacerbating the problem.
UNC Wilmington environmental sciences assistant professor Joni “Osku“ Backstrom and Mark Wilde-Ramsing, underwater archaeologist and former director of the Underwater Archaeology Branch of the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, have traversed the lower Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers searching for archaeological evidence of the rice fields once situated along the rivers’ banks.
Partnership with Parkinson's Foundation to write protocols for patients hospitalized with Parkinson's Disease to receive the best care.
Hackensack University Medical Center Presents 22nd Annual Cardiac Rehabilitation Persons of the Year Awards
The Pediatric Epilepsy International Program, led by pediatric neurologist and epileptologist Eric Ségal, MD, and pediatric neurosurgeon Luke Tomycz, MD, is an extension of the Hackensack Meridian Health’s Global Health initiative, which provides concierge services to patients who travel from other countries to receive treatment.
Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center, which are licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health for open heart surgery, have earned distinguished three-star ratings from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for their patient care and exemplary outcomes in adult cardiac surgery, from July 2020 to June 2023.
Hackensack University Medical Center’s heart experts are taking this time to celebrate their leadership in cardiovascular care. The hospital is the only center in New Jersey to use a novel method to assess the health of smaller arteries in the heart and pinpoint microvascular disease, which until now has presented a diagnostic challenge. And they are offering patients promising new therapies by participating in high-profile cardiovascular clinical trials.
Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C), an initiative led jointly by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and the School of Engineering and Applied Science (Penn Engineering), has awarded funding to five new research projects that address social justice through designing and implementing solutions to improve health, well-being, and safety. In addition to the involvement of Penn faculty and students, the projects are required to have active and equitable representation of the community in which the project will be completed.
Hackensack University Medical Center among top 9.4% in the nation with designation
In Canada, only 1 in 5 children who need mental health services receive them. Clinical and psychiatric programs, while effective, can involve long wait times and prohibitive costs.
Global polls typically show that people in industrialized countries where incomes are relatively high report greater levels of satisfaction with life than those in low-income countries.
The company, based on science from the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation, promises to capture biomarkers for early detection of disease
Hackensack Meridian Health is first in the tri-state area to implant Medtronic's Percept RC DBS rechargable neurostimulator
A new study finds there are simple activities that help people improve their mood and emotional well-being on a day-to-day basis after the traumatic loss of a loved one.
A new qualitative study of families experiencing homelessness identifies key barriers limiting children’s access to support programs, such as unrealistic eligibility requirements and a failure to make parents aware of existing programs.
A groundbreaking study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing), recently published in Innovation in Aging, has shown promising results in improving the quality of life (QOL) and sleep quality in individuals living with memory problems.
New Structural Heart "Dream Team" Assembles at Hackensack University Medical Center
For Black History Month, Hackensack Meridian Health offers experts on some of the reasons behind higher cancer rates in the Black community and how to reverse the trends.
Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center completed its first Paired VNS™ Therapy case with a stroke survivor who has yet to regain her desired hand and arm function after five years of traditional physical and occupational therapy.
Hilaria Supa Huamán, Director of Mosoq Pakari Sumaq Kawsay (New Dawn for Good Living) Healing Center, is a Peruvian politician and human rights activist.
A new qualitative study highlights the negative interpersonal and psychological consequences associated with “yo-yo dieting,” also known as weight cycling.
Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, is proud to announce that Palisades Medical Center is the third hospital in the network to receive the Health Care Equity Certification from The Joint Commission.
Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Receives Grant from Bank of America to Support the Human Dimension Program at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Wendy A. Henderson, PhD, CRNP, FAASLD, FAAN, has been appointed the Gail and Ralph Reynolds President’s Distinguished Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and will serve as a faculty member in Penn Nursing’s Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences.
A new study on public attitudes toward abortion laws finds that the more people know about pregnancy, the more likely they are to oppose legislation that limits women’s access to abortions – regardless of political ideology.
Researchers propose a new model for classifying Parkinson’s.
Researchers from McGill University, led by Professor Alanna Watt of the Department of Biology, have identified previously unknown changes in brain cells affected by a neurological disease.
Claire M. Fagin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Dean Emerita of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing), passed away at the age of 97. She served as dean of Penn Nursing for 15 years from 1977 to 1992, during which time she transformed the school into a world-renowned education, research, and clinical development enterprise, established landmark education programs and increased the number of standing faculty seven-fold. In addition to her deanship, Fagin served as the interim president of the University of Pennsylvania from July 1, 1993, to June 30, 1994. She was the first woman to serve as chief executive officer of the University and the first woman to serve a term as interim president of any Ivy League University.
The equations that describe physical systems often assume that measurable features of the system — temperature or chemical potential, for example — can be known exactly.
Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s ALS Center is the first ALS care provider in the United States to offer patients a new interventional clinical study.
Blue Monday is a myth, but depression this time of year isn't. Psychiatrists explain why and how to combat it.
Renowned scientist in vaccine and infectious disease research joins prestigious board of visionary leaders
Pascack Valley Medical Group has announced that Heather Klavan, M.D., has joined the practice in the field of gastroenterology.
Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center opened two new state-of-the-art medical suites. The new urology suite (top picture) and the new orthopedic suite (bottom picture) will serve patients in the New York Metropolitan area.
Experts on potential for injury when starting new exercise routine surrounding the new year and resolutions.
Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s Mary Sedarous, M.D., medical director of the ALS Center, was honored at ALS United Mid-Atlantic’s 2023 Annual Celebration with the organization’s Flame of Hope Award, recognizing research and innovation.
Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s bariatric surgery center is the first in the state to be accredited as a Comprehensive Center with Adolescent and Obesity Medicine Qualifications by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint Quality Program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
Hackensack Meridian Health employees’ innovations aimed to improve clinical side of operations
Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center is now part of an elite group of hospitals in the U.S. to have performed more than 300 kidney transplants in one year.
The Care Companion Program is an initiative started by Hackensack University Medical Center’s Office of Patient Experience to encourage loved ones to take an active, more hands-on, role in assisting with and improving the well-being of patients during their hospital stay.
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