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Making a Difference in the Lives of Others Gives Purpose and Meaning to the Work We Do So Passionately Making a difference in the lives of others gives purpose and meaning to the work we do so passionately. breaker 21 TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: CHAIRMAN HONORED Leeuwenburgh, chief of Child Life Services/Creative Arts HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA Doreen Santora, senior vice president of Operations, and John Therapies; Medina D. Dadurian, D.M.D., F.A.G.D., pediodontist Gerard A. Burns, M.D., chief of the Section of Medical Cardile were among those who attended a reception honoring at The Cancer Center; Ellen Goldring, chief of Child Life Services/ Informatics in the Department of Medicine and director Joseph Simunovich for his years of service as chairman of the Creative Arts Therapies; Tara Ohanian; Siran Kapriellian; Ararat of Medical Informatics in the Department of Information HUMC Board of Governors. Gocmen; Tamar Tezcan; Michael Duman, and Mrs. Hera Technology, was a keynote speaker in Canada on the status AN EVENING OF RECOGNITION Makhoulian, sixth grade homeroom teacher. of healthcare in America. From left: Dina Rosario, supervisor, Cash and Reconciliation CONSUMER INPUT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Department and Anne Goodwill Pritchett, vice president of From left: Javier Harvey Alvarez, specialist, Department of From left: Hackensack Mayor Karen Sasso; Robert L. Torre, Patient Financial Services at the Employee Services Awards. Service Excellence and Angelo Salerno, a member of the executive vice president of the HUMC Foundation; Consumer Advisory Council during the Consumer Advisory Congressman Steve Rothman (D-9); United States Senator BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Council Recognition Dinner. Frank Lautenberg (D); John P. Ferguson, president and TOY DELIVERY CARDIAC PERSONS OF THE YEAR chief executive officer; and Joseph Feldman, M.D., chairman Students from the Hovnanian School in New Milford delivered From left: Lucia Izzo, RN, the charge nurse in the Cardiac of Emergency Medicine at a press conference announcing toys to the Children’s Hospital. They are, from left, Taline Rehabilitation and Prevention Center; Tony and Mariann funding for disaster preparedness . Tenguerian; Lena Daud; Mary Kiledjiian; Arda Setrakian; Pinto, recipient of the Barbara Bannan Rehabilitation Person Arsho Karajelan; Taleen Gokberk; Arsho Karajelan; Narine of the Year Award; and Thomas Pat Mahady, senior exercise Afarian; Shant and Vrej Agopian; (back row) Erika physiologist celebrate national Cardiac Rehabilitation Week. Highlights OF THE YEAR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS attendance to see this year’s recipient, Mariann Pinto, receive her plaque. During a press conference, Congressman Steve Rothman (D-9) and United Aron Dobrinsky was the recipient of the Ed Wheat Rehabilitation Person States Senator Frank Lautenberg (D) announced the allocation of $3.2 million of the Year Award. Maureen Goodman, RN, a staff nurse at the Cardiac in federal funding to HUMC to develop the first-ever mobile hospital for use in Prevention and Rehabilitation Center, was honored by her colleagues for her responding to bioterror attacks and other mass casualty incidents in urban areas. efforts in continuing education. I Senator Robert Menendez (D) was also instrumental in the allocation. I HOSPITAL-BASED FAMILY CORD BLOOD COLLECTION AND STORAGE SERVICES OFFERED NEW MILFORD SIXTH GRADERS DONATED TOYS TO BENEFIT THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL New parents now have a choice that could someday save their newborn’s life This is the sixth year that sixth graders from the Hovnanian School in New by opting to bank stem cells collected from their infant’s umbilical cord after Milford conducted a toy drive to benefit The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital delivery through the medical center’s new family cord blood collection and with the assistance of Medina D. Dadurian, D.M.D., F.A.G.D., a pediodontist at storage service. These stem cells could potentially be life-saving if the child ever The Cancer Center. I needed a stem cell transplant for a blood cancer, such as leukemia or lymphoma, or a genetic disease, such as sickle-cell anemia or thalassemia. The stem cells CONSUMER INPUT ENHANCES PATIENT CARE might also prove a match for a sibling, parent, or grandparent. HUMC continues to deliver on its promise to provide an exceptional patient experience through quality patient-centered care, education, research and TOMOTHERAPY® – AN ADVANCED METHOD OF RADIATION THERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER INTRODUCED community outreach. In fact, the medical center is known to exceed patients’ One of the most challenging aspects of treating prostate cancer with radiation expectations. One way it is able to do this is through its Consumer Advisory therapy is that the gland is a moving target. From treatment to treatment, the Council, which includes 24 members of the community who meet approxi- prostate gland can deform and move within a one to two centimeters volume. mately four times a year to discuss ways to enhance the patient experience. I Confirming the daily location has posed a problem for targeted treatment. With CARDIAC PERSONS OF THE YEAR The Cancer Center’s TomoTherapy treatment system, radiation oncologists can The Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Center, a division of The Heart Center double-check the prostate’s exact location right before treatment begins so that at HUMC, held an awards ceremony to name its two “Cardiac Persons of the radiation beams can hit their target accurately without harming adjacent the Year.” One of the awards, the Barbara Bannan Rehabilitation Person of normal tissue. the Year Award, was presented in memory of Mrs. Bannan. Her family was in 23 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: QUILT OF LOVE CREATED RAISING THE ROOF HUMC SURGEONS ON THE CUTTING EDGE From left: Bilal Ebrahim, 3, a patient at The Joseph M. Sanzari Maureen McLaughlin, child life specialist and art therapist Surgeons at HUMC were the first in the Northeast region Children’s Hospital; Mrs. Bergen County, Maria Reiner; at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, enjoyed seeing to use Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci® S HD™ System, a new and Kevin Rodriguez, 12, a patient at The Joseph M. Sanzari the art creation, “Vet’s Office,” by Marie Quintanat, 9, from the addition to Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci product line, to perform Children’s Hospital, displayed their “Quilt of Love” squares. artist herself. cardiac and prostatectomy surgeries. COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAPTER PROJECT STUDENTS PAY GOOD DEED FORWARD BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: From left: Allendale’s Northern Highlands Regional High From left: Twelve-year-old Newark students from the 13th OUTSTANDING PATIENT EXPERIENCE School students Jessica Strauss, 17; Lindsey Chernick, 17; Avenue Elementary School including Nijah Perry, Anthony J.D. Power and Associates honored Hackensack University Kristen Spitaletta, 16, presented Kathy Ambrose, administrative Howard, and Eric Bryant, enjoyed watching Jarlyn Hutchins, 19, Medical Center for Providing an Outstanding Patient director of Tomorrows Children’s Fund; and Robert M. Koller, a patient at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, open Experience in Maternity Services. Heather Knipping, RN, vice president, Office of Corporate and Facilities a DVD player they brought as part of an Oprah Winfrey visited with a “new” family in the Donna A. Sanzari Development, with a donation from the DECA Community “Pay-It-Forward” project. Women’s Hospital. Service Chapter Project. Highlights OF THE YEAR HUMC SURGEONS ON THE CUTTING EDGE THE MOST JCAHO GOLD SEALS OF APPROVALTM IN THE COUNTRY HUMC became the first in the Northeast region to perform prostatectomy HUMC received 13 Gold Seals of Approval for healthcare quality from the Joint and cardiac surgeries using Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci® S HD™ System, an Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the addition to Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci product line. The system is the hospital’s only medical facility in the United States to achieve this record number of JCAHO fifth da Vinci System and the first da Vinci S HD in clinical service in the Northeast Disease-Specific Care Certifications. The medical center holds JCAHO Disease- region to offer unparalleled 3D HD visualization, with a panoramic 16:9 Specific Care Certifications in: End-Stage Renal Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, aspect ratio. I Hip Replacement, Knee Replacement, Pneumonia, Primary Stroke Center, STUDENTS PAY MAYOR BOOKER’S AND OPRAH’S Asthma, Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Chronic Obstructive GOOD DEED FORWARD TO THE TOMORROWS CHILDREN’S INSTITUTE Pulmonary Disease, Trauma, Diabetes, and Pediatric Asthma. I Students from the 13th Avenue Elementary School (K-8) in Newark benefited RAISING THE ROOF AT TCI’S ART EXHIBIT from a collection of books they received from Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker. The Tomorrows Children’s Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders hosted Mayor Booker appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. It was suggested they an exhibit of artwork by pediatric patients ages seven to 16, who created “Pay-It-Forward,” a concept that keeps good deeds going into the future. The the work during treatment time. The exhibit was sponsored by Artworks™ school principal, Lenny Kopacz, purchased 15 DVD players through fundraising The Naomi Cohain Foundation, based in Englewood. I efforts, and 18 eighth graders visited the Tomorrows Children’s Institute at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and distributed them to patients. I TCI BENEFITED FROM NORTHERN HIGHLANDS REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DECA COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAPTER PROJECT A QUILT OF LOVE CREATED AT THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL The Tomorrows Children’s Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders The then reigning Mrs. Bergen County, Maria Reiner, whose platform is “Empower benefited from the collective efforts of more than 300 students in grades Our Children,” created a “Quilt of Love” with pediatric patients at The Joseph 9-12 who participated in the DECA Community Service Chapter Project at M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. Her own two children, now ages 11 and 14, were Northern Highlands Regional High School located in Allendale.
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