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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. I born at the medical center, and both endured medical complications during their childhoods. “My son and I were given a creative outlet at the medical center, and it greatly reduced our stress. I vowed to come back one day and do the same for others,” said the Mrs. New Jersey Semifinalist and immediate past Mrs. Bergen County. I

25 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Diseases at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital was IT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MICHAEL A. KELLY, M.D. NAMED PRESIDENT delighted to be the recipient of the Yansi Fugel door prize. In The Network Operation Center are, from left, Lex Ferrauiola, OF AMERICAN KNEE SOCIETY GARDEN OF DREAMS AND NEW YORK KNICKS vice president of Information Technology and chief information Orthopaedic surgeon, Michael A. Kelly, M.D., chairman of the officer and John P. Ferguson, president and chief executive Nehemias Lluberes, 8, a patient at The Joseph M. Sanzari Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, is named president of the officer and recipient of Modern Healthcare’s CEO IT Children’s Hospital, enjoyed a visit from Jared Jeffries of the American Knee Society. Achievement Award. New York Knicks, forward (#20), who brought some toys PHYSICIAN RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE IN IRAQ and brightened Nehemias’s day. RED CARPET ROLLED OUT Kenneth Lieberman, M.D., chief of the Center for Pediatric HOCKEY PARTY A welcome reception was held for Robert Glenning, HUMC’s Kidney Diseases (second from left) during an Our Children new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Former New York Ranger Adam Graves and patient International (OCI) awards dinner with (left to right) Andrew John Sanzari, 9, prepared to watch a New York Rangers Left: Pat Ahearn, RN, vice president of Capacity Management Topp, program director for OCI; Sue Vallese, director and game at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. and Michael Petriella, M.D., vice chairman of the Department co-founder of OCI; and Chip Langman, field representative of Obstetrics and Gynecology. for Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-CA). BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: YANSI FUGEL EVENT FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH Center: Robin A. Ratliff, vice president of Planning and NJ SEEDS SCHOLARS A fundraiser held at Yansi Fugel benefited the Donna A. Sanzari Donald Ferrell, assistant director of Facilities Development. From left: Dimple Patel, Pharm.D., a pharmacy resident, gave Women’s Health Services, Education, Research, and Resource Right: Robert Glenning thanked his colleagues for attending a tour in the Pharmacy during a learning exercise to Cesar Center. Julia A. Piwoz, M.D., chief of Pediatric Infectious the event. Hernadez, 13, and Alex Severt, 13. Highlights OF THE YEAR

MEDICAL CENTER PHYSICIAN IS RECOGNIZED GARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION AND NEW YORK KNICKS FOR SERVICE IN IRAQ TEAMED UP TO TREAT PATIENTS Kenneth Lieberman, M.D., chief of the Center for Pediatric Kidney Diseases, The Garden of Dreams Foundation in partnership with the New York Knicks teamed received the Marine Lance Corporal Aaron Simons Humanitarian Award for his up to treat the patients at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital to several fun valiant efforts in northern Iraq. In this particular skirmish, the battlefield was his experiences. Players Jared Jeffries, forward (#20), and Knicks Legend John Starks office, the enemy was a life-threatening illness, and the mission was to restore came and delivered toys collected by the Garden of Dreams Foundation. The Knicks the health of a girl in desperate need of advanced care in an area with limited gave children goodie bags and autographed player cards. I resources. The award was presented to Dr. Lieberman by the child welfare ADAM GRAVES AND THE GARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION organization, “Our Children International.” It was named in honor of a Marine HOSTED A HOCKEY PARTY FOR THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI who died in an Iraqi rocket attack the day after he and a fellow officer made a CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL pact to do everything in their power to save 12-year-old Hamade Hadael. I Adam Graves, former New York Ranger, traveled from his hometown of Toronto to The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital to visit with inpatients YANSI FUGEL EVENT BENEFITED WOMEN’S HEALTH SERVICES and host a party. The visit was made possible by the Garden of Dreams Foundation in partnership with the New York Rangers and Madison Square Legendary designer, Yansi Fugel, previewed her exclusive spring and fall Garden (MSG). Mr. Graves visited the children bedside with Bob Wischusen, collection at her boutique in Ridgewood with a portion of the proceeds MSG Network announcer. Afterwards, they all watched a Rangers vs. Montreal benefiting the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Health Services, Education, Research, game in the decorated Boscamp Family Solarium. I and Resource Center. I

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PIONEERING INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES IN LIMB-SPARING SURGERY, RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION, HUMC hosted 8th grade students enrolled in the New Jersey SEEDS (Scholars, AND CRYOSURGERY Educators, Excellence, Dedication, and Success) Scholars Program from The Advancements in surgical techniques, new modalities, technology, orthopaedic Dwight Englewood School in Englewood. The program is designed to prepare materials, chemotherapy, radiation, and imaging studies at The Cancer Center the students for placement at a competitive independent day or boarding school, mean that 95 percent of patients with an orthopaedic malignancy do not need college, and/or university. All SEEDS scholars are academically talented, to lose a leg or arm to cancer or a benign tumor. The orthopaedic oncology team lower-income students. I of the Division of Skin and Sarcoma is pioneering innovative techniques in sophisticated limb-sparing surgery and the use of heat energy in radio- JOHN P. FERGUSON RECEIVED CEO IT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD frequency ablation and extreme cold in cryosurgery to provide patients with John P. Ferguson, president and chief executive officer, received the Modern the most advanced orthopaedic cancer care in North Jersey. Healthcare and HIMSS 2007 CEO IT Achievement Award. For the past four years, Mr. Ferguson has also been named as one of the “100 Most Powerful People in Health care.” I

27 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: of the Alfiero and Lucia Palestroni Foundation, LLC; Robert L. OVARIAN CANCER WHISPERS… AN AWARDS CELEBRATION Torre, executive vice president of the HUMC Foundation; The Maureen Fund for the Prevention and Early Detection Anne Marie Campbell, vice president, Public Relations and Richard Rosenbluth, M.D., division chief of Geriatric Oncology of Ovarian Cancer at HUMC participated in a “5K Run/Walk Lillian Negron, an occupational therapist in the Department at The Cancer Center at HUMC; and R. Knight Steel, M.D., for the Whisper – Ovarian Cancer Whispers… the Mayor’s 5K of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, enjoyed the Employee division director of Geriatric Medicine. Run Shouts!” event hosted by the township of West Orange, Service Awards celebration. Mayor John F. McKeon, the national Ovarian Cancer Coalition, MARCELO LANCMAN, M.D., EPILEPSY EXPERT HONORED BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: and the Downtown West Orange Alliance. The race got the Marcelo Lancman, M.D., chief of Epileptology and Functional OUTSTANDING PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR CELEBRATED word out – early detection, new treatments, survival, and Neurosurgery at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, is From left: Peter A. Gross, M.D., senior vice president and education mean increased survival rates for women diagnosed honored by the Family Resource Network at its 2007 Mardi chief medical officer; Outstanding Physician of the Year Award with ovarian cancer. From left to right, presenting a check Gras Celebration. recipient, Jerome F. Levine, M.D., division director of Infectious for $10,000 are: Mayor John F. McKeon, Denise Esposito, executive director of the Downtown West Orange Alliance; GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY DONATION Diseases; and Charles A. Riccobono, M.D., interim chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and division director NJ Senate President Richard Codey; Jackie Trobiano, RN, From left: Kristine Sayrafe, niece of Mrs. Palestroni and executive of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition. Operations manager of The Maureen Fund; and Daniel director of the Alfriero and Lucia Palestroni Foundation; the Smith, M.D., chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at ROADRUNNERS CLUB late Frank Lloyd, Esq., a member of the HUMC Foundation The Cancer Center. Board of Trustees and a member of the Palestroni Foundation HUMC and Intuitive Surgical teamed up in Central Park and board; Frank Huttle, III, Esq., a member of the HUMC Board of introduced the da Vinci Surgical System that treats prostate Governors, HUMC Foundation Board of Trustees, and a member cancer during WABC-TV’s run to Fight Prostate Cancer. of the Palestroni Foundation; Mrs. Lucia Palestroni, benefactor Highlights OF THE YEAR

PEDIATRIC DIALYSIS UNIT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN NJ COMEDY CURES The Pediatric Dialysis Unit, a division of The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital hosted a ComedyCures LaughAbout, received certification from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior an afternoon of joy, laughter, and therapeutic entertainment for its patients, Services – the first unit in the state that from its inception was created and built courtesy of the ComedyCures Foundation, headed by Saranne Rothberg, founder solely for children and separate from adults. and chief executive officer, a cancer survivor herself. Performers, including Rick Younger, Danny Donuts, Chad & Andy, and The Harlem Wizards, entertained THE CANCER CENTER RECEIVED ONE MILLION DOLLAR GIFT patients and their families in their private rooms. Patients created their own The Division of Geriatric Oncology of The Cancer Center received a $1 million Wellness Joke Books® and became ComedyCures Humor Ambassadors. donation from the Alfiero and Lucia Palestroni Foundation, LLC. Lucia Palestroni made the gift on behalf of the foundation that bears her name and that of her LANDMARK STUDY PUBLISHED AS ARCHIVE CLASSIC late husband. I In the mid-1970s, bone marrow transplants were still considered experimental. MEDICAL AND DENTAL STAFF RECOGNIZED Physicians who performed the procedure to treat patients with blood cancers HUMC honored its medical and dental staff with a Physicians Recognition struggled with the dangerous side effect of graft-versus-host disease, which can Evening at the Marriot Glenpointe. Service Recognition Awards were presented cause organ failure and death in patients following the transplant. All of that to those celebrating 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 years of service. Awards were also changed with a landmark research paper published in the Journal of Experimental presented to retiring physicians. Jerome F. Levine, M.D. was named Outstanding Medicine in 1978 by Jonathan Sprent, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, Physician of the Year. I and Ph.D. student Robert Korngold, now chairman of the Department of Research at HUMC. This groundbreaking research was revisited in the March 19, 2007 DEIRDRE IMUS NAMED TO NATIONAL BOARD issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine as “From the Archive: Crossing The National Autism Association named children’s environmental health Barriers in Transplantation.” It can also be viewed at www.jem.org. According advocate Deirdre Imus to its Board of Directors. Mrs. Imus is also honored to the journal, this Korngold and Sprent research paper is in the top 10 of the as a “Champion for Autism” by the Autism Education Foundation of the most cited papers ever published in the journal’s entire 111-year history. Morris-Union Jointure Commission in New Jersey. DISASTER AND TRAUMA COUNSELING WORKSHOP HELD HUMC FIGHTS PROSTATE CANCER The Department of Nursing Education sponsored a free workshop entitled HUMC joined more than 8,000 participants in Central Park to promote prostate Introduction to Disaster and Trauma Counseling: The FEMA Crisis Counseling cancer awareness at WABC-TV’s run to Fight Prostate Cancer. HUMC provided Model for mental health professionals, registered nurses, social workers, men with free PSA blood tests along with prostate cancer educational psychologists, physicians, and others who may be called upon to provide early materials and an opportunity to test-drive the da Vinci® Surgical System, the psychological intervention in the wake of a disaster or terrorist attack. latest in surgical technology used at The Cancer Center to treat prostate cancer. During the week following Father’s Day, HUMC provided more than 3,000 free PSA screenings in northern New Jersey, Harlem, and mid-town Manhattan through its partnership with the Daily News. I

29 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: NATIONAL NURSES WEEK CELEBRATED VOLUNTEERS HONORED RADIOTHON HITS THE AIRWAVES From left: Dianne A.M. Aroh, RN, executive vice president of From left: Lex Ferrauiola, vice president of Information From left: John P. Ferguson, president and chief executive Patient Care and chief nursing officer, gave Lisa Dolack, RN, Technology and chief information officer and Claudia Boehm, officer, joined Deirdre and Don Imus on-air at the 18th Annual a staff nurse in the Emergency/Trauma Department, a hug director of Volunteer Services, presented The Outstanding Sports Radio 66/WFAN Radiothon to benefit the Imus Cattle during the National Nurses Week 2007 Awards Ceremony. Junior Volunteer Recognition Awards to Jonathan Ewell, a Ranch for Kids with Cancer, the CJ Foundation for Sudden volunteer in the Department of Patient Transport and Rashda Infant Death Syndrome, and The Tomorrows Children’s Fund BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Bibi, a volunteer in the Center for Ambulatory Surgery; for Cancer and Blood Disorders, located in The DON IMUS- HOSPICE DEDICATION with Catherine DiPasquale, manager of Volunteer Services. WFAN Pediatric Center for Tomorrows Children at HUMC. From left: Pat Caraccio, RN, Hospice nurse manager; Sarah SCHOOL OF ROCK PERFORMANCE A COUPLE OF TWINS Liptak, RN, administrative director of Home Health; Dianne Students from the Paul Green School of Rock Music prepared Marianne Halleran, RN, manager of Capacity Management, A.M. Aroh, RN, executive vice president of Patient Care and to perform for patients. From left: Krysten Kozlowski, 17; was surrounded by TWINS – Past TWIN Award Honorees. chief nursing officer; John P. Ferguson, president and chief Joshua Rosen, 15; Corey O’Connell, 16; Bryan Arimborfo, 16; Laura Cima, RN, vice president of Nursing on her executive officer; J. Fletcher Creamer, Jr., chairman of the Ethan Trifari, 14; Stephen J. Kozlowski, 11; and Kathy Sheppard, left and Susan Giordano, RN, administrative director Board of Governors; and R. Knight Steel, M.D., division chief co-director of the school. Patients at The Joseph M. Sanzari of Nursing/Surgical Services, on her right. of Geriatric Medicine, dedicated the unit. Children’s Hospital enjoyed the sweet sounds performed by their peers. Students ages seven through 18 participate in local branches of the school, where they learn rock music from the 1960s and 70s. Highlights OF THE YEAR

RADIOTHON RAISED MILLIONS FOR INPATIENT HOSPICE UNIT DEDICATION THE CJ FOUNDATION FOR SIDS, THE TOMORROWS CHILDREN’S FUND, AND THE IMUS CATTLE RANCH The Hospice Program dedicated its new Inpatient Hospice Unit. The unit FOR KIDS WITH CANCER meets a pressing community need for a caring, comfortable inpatient facility More than four million dollars through individual pledges and generous for terminally-ill patients who otherwise cannot be cared for at home. donations from corporate sponsors was raised at the 18th Annual Sports Radio It is located a short distance from the main campus at the Prospect 66/WFAN Radiothon to benefit the Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer, the Heights Care Center. I CJ Foundation for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and the Tomorrows Children’s Fund for Cancer and Blood Disorders. I VOLUNTEERS HONORED HUMC paid tribute to its 1,411-member volunteer force during its Annual NATIONAL NURSES WEEK CELEBRATION Volunteer Dinner Evening, held at The Marriott at Glenpointe. The event HUMC recognized National Nurses Week with the annual celebration celebrated the volunteers’ many accomplishments over the last year, including beginning with an inspirational service, recognizing HUMC’s theme, “Magnet 252,265 hours of dedicated service in all of the medical center departments and Nurses, You Light the Way.” The week, which included a series of workshops, nursing units. I panel discussion, keynote presentation, continuing education fair, student shadow program and “The Art and Caring of Nursing” display, culminated in MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER EARNED PRESTIGIOUS CERTIFICATION the Nursing Excellence Awards Celebration, where 2,219 Magnet nurses were The Northern New Jersey Mobile Intensive Care Communications Center honored. During National Nurses Week, award-winning author and journalist (MICCOM) at HUMC is recognized as an Advanced Emergency Medical Suzanne Gordon from Arlington, MA, was the keynote speaker. She presented Dispatcher Certified Center by the National Academy of Emergency Medical “Changing the Odds in Nursing by Moving from Virtue to Knowledge,” and was Dispatch. The MICCOM program is one of the first communications centers rewarded with a standing ovation by the nurses in attendance, who all received in New Jersey to achieve the designation, which is only bestowed on centers autographed copies of her book, co-authored with Bernice Buresh, “From Silence where every dispatcher has achieved advanced certification in emergency to Voice, What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public,” provided medical dispatch. The coverage area is comprised of Bergen, Passaic, and by the Department of Patient Care. I northeastern Morris counties and includes the campus of Montclair State THE CENTER FOR ASTHMA, ALLERGY, AND University, covering more than 450 square miles. IMMUNE DISORDERS PARTICIPATED IN NATIONWIDE CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDY FOR ALLERGIC ASTHMA PATIENTS The Center for Asthma, Allergy, and Immune Disorders is participating in a nationwide clinical research study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug in combination with the patient’s current treatment.

31 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released by Hospitals & AUXILIARY ANNUAL MEETING The Tomorrows Children’s Institute for Cancer and Blood Health Networks magazine. From left: Gerard A. Burns, M.D., AND LUNCHEON Disorders, part of The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital chief medical informatics officer; Benjamin Bordonaro, chief The Auxiliary presented a $360,000 check to John P. Ferguson, and the Tomorrows Children’s Fund, hosted a 2007 High technology officer; Lex Ferrauiola, vice president of Information president and chief executive officer, Joseph Simunovich, School Graduation Celebration. Pictured are some of the Technology and chief information officer; Cynthia Casatelli, chairman of the Foundation; and J. Fletcher Creamer, Jr., celebrated graduates from left to right: Zachary Martin, Angela director of Revenue Cycle and Clinical Systems; and Guillermo chairman of the Board of Governors. From left: Joseph Big, Shantall Shimogay, Katie Finn, Joseph Rizzolo, Loma Patel, Martinez, director of Information Technology Services and Simunovich, J. Fletcher Creamer, Jr.; Mrs. Peggy Liosi, president Dashawn Cromartie, Susan Yang, and Christine Habersaat. Telecommunications. of the Auxiliary; John P. Ferguson; and Robert L. Torre, executive PROJECT PLUS OF BERGEN COUNTY AWARDS vice president of the Foundation. HUMC also received BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Project Literacy PLUS of Bergen County celebrated its 19th a $5,500 check presented by Gloria Foster on behalf of DIETITIAN HONORED Annual Awards reception at HUMC, and enjoyed a cake for The Cancer Research Branch of the Auxiliary. Kathleen McMillian, RD, a dietitian at HUMC, was the its 20 years of services. From left: Walter Hecht, founding CANCER SURVIVORS DAY CELEBRATED recipient of the New Jersey Dietetic Association’s (NJDA) president of Project Plus and a dean at Bergen Community Alec Fox, 5, and his mom, Jane Au-Fox, RN, a nurse at Carolyn Sebastianelli Distinguished Member Award. College; honorary chairperson, Nancy Corcoran, senior vice The Cancer Center, celebrated life at the Ninth Annual 2007 MOST WIRED HOSPITAL president of Human Resources and Service Quality; Laszlo Cancer Survivors Day. HUMC is named to the nation’s Most Wired Hospitals for the Moharita, president, Project Plus; and Project Plus Executive ninth year in a row, according to the results of the 2007 Most Director Emmy Bledsoe. Highlights OF THE YEAR

CANCER SURVIVORS CELEBRATION CHIEF OF TRANSPLANTATION APPOINTED VICE CHAIRMAN OF OPTN ETHICS COMMITTEE The Cancer Center hosted its Ninth Annual Cancer Survivors’ Day Celebration. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network announced the This year’s theme was “The Art of Survivorship.” Artwork from Lilly Oncology appointment of Michael E. Shapiro, M.D., chief of Transplantation at HUMC On Canvas was on display and survivors were invited to bring their own and vice medical director of the NJ Organ and Tissue Sharing Network, as the artwork to exhibit. Adult and pediatric cancer survivors brought their families vice chairman of its Ethics Committee. for an afternoon of food, fun, and entertainment to the Palm Court of the

Hackensack University Medical Plaza. I THE CANCER CENTER NAMED NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR TCI AND TCF CELEBRATED ITS 2007 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES Andre Goy, M.D., chief of the Division of Lymphoma at HUMC, was named deputy director of HUMC’s Cancer Center. The internationally renowned Twenty-eight graduates were celebrated by family, friends, and those at TCI and physician has an extensive clinical background in the United States and Europe. TCF who came to know and love them as they underwent treatment for cancer or blood disorders at HUMC. Graduating high school is a tremendous HAPPY ANNIVERSARY accomplishment. Add to it, battling a blood disorder or cancer while attaining The Tomorrows Children’s Institute (TCI) for Cancer and Blood Disorders, a this achievement and these individuals become inspirational to everyone whose program that has helped thousands of children with life-threatening diseases lives they touch. I live to see many more birthdays, put the 20th candle on its own cake. A critical

MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION AWARDED component in its success was the support of Tomorrows Children’s Fund (TCF), $200,000 GRANT TO STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION a fundraising organization made up of parents of children who have battled RESEARCHER AT THE CANCER CENTER cancer or blood disorders. TCF, which is also celebrating its 25th anniversary, Thea M. Friedman, M.D., director of laboratory research at The Cancer Center has raised millions of dollars to aid TCI in providing services, to fund research, and an associate scientist at the David and Alice Jurist Institute for Research, and to help ease the financial burdens of patients and their families. received a $200,000 grant from the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation to pursue her research in improving the stem cell transplantation process for RECOGNITION FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINICAL EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHGRADES® STUDY patients with multiple myeloma. Dr. Friedman’s study, “Application of T-Cell Receptor V-beta Spectratype Analysis in Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation HUMC is recognized with a five-star rating for clinical excellence in women’s for Multiple Myeloma,” will run for two years and enroll approximately 20 health services, based on a study issued by HealthGrades, the nation’s patients with multiple myeloma. leading independent healthcare ratings company. In the HealthGrades Fourth Annual Report on Women’s Health Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals, HUMC ranks among the top five percent in the nation for women’s health services, and is named a 2007/2008 Women’s Health Care Excellence Award™ recipient.

33 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: DEIRDRE IMUS HONORED ‘SAFE KIDS’ MOTORCYCLE RUN Deirdre Imus received the 2007 Rachel Carson Award for her From left: (back row) National Safe Kids Week was celebrated From left: John Marano, Bloomfield Police Department; Ben leadership in improving the environment. at St. Joseph’s School in Bogota by Zoe B., second grader; Mrs. Christiano, Bloomfield Police Department; Police Officer NICU AND H.O.P.E. FUND BENEFIT Kathy Carterk; Mrs. Susan Kraljic, teacher; Meliam Gonzales, Anthony Dellaguzzo, Newark Police Department; John From left: Frederick Alexander, M.D., chief of Pediatric Surgery, RN, trauma prevention coordinator and clinical educator in the D’Ambrosio, director of Operations, Essex County Harley and his wife, Karen, at The Stony Hill Inn with Michael Giuliano, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, and Injury Prevention Section of Davidson; Anthony Rottino co-owner, Essex County Harley M.D., chief and director of Nurseries in the Department of the Department of Surgery; and Anthony G., second grader; Davidson; Benito Torres of the Newark Police Department; Neonatal Medicine/Transport Service, and his wife, MaryBeth. (front row) Molina D., first grader; Soukeyna W., first grader; Ronald Boyce of the Newark Police Department; Frank Catania, Kaitlin G., kindergartener; and Matthew F., kindergartener. Jr., co-owner of Essex County Harley Davidson; Edwin Cooper BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: EDUCATING PHYSICIANS of the Newark Police Department; Sgt. Brian O’Hara of the DIABETES EDUCATION From left: Gregory Simonian, M.D., chief of Endovascular Newark Police Department; Henry Kaminski, program From left: Barbara S. Reich, director of the Samuel and Sandra Studies, demonstrated simulation training to Chris Weese, assistant, SIDS Center of New Jersey; Deputy Sheriff’s Officer Hekemian Medical Library; Robert L. Torre, executive vice clinical specialist of Laburnum, New Mexico; Dan Kist of Sy Nankin of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office; Lt. Michael president of the HUMC Foundation; Edward J. Ludwig, a Denver, CO; and James Hall, field engineer for Simsuite of Safris, of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office; and Deputy Sheriff member of the Board of Governors at HUMC; and his wife, Aurora, CO. Walter Ragg of the Essex County Sheriff’s Office. Kathy, as they unveil the “Kathy and Ed Ludwig Diabetes Resource Collection.” Highlights OF THE YEAR

THE CJ FOUNDATION FOR SIDS HOSTED DIABETES EDUCATION MOTORCYCLE RUN In recognition of the wonderful support of HUMC’s diabetes program by Edward The CJ Foundation for SIDS hosted a motorcycle run to benefit families who J. Ludwig, a member of the Board of Governors, and his wife, Kathy, the have experienced the loss of an infant or young child due to Sudden Infant Foundation announced the “Kathy and Ed Ludwig Diabetes Resource Collection.” Death Syndrome or Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. Motorcycles Kathy and Ed’s most recent donation helped to fund a comprehensive departed from Liberty State Park in Jersey City and ended at Essex County Harley collection of books, DVDs, audiobooks, and magazine subscriptions on diabetes Davidson, in Bloomfield. Support also came from the police municipalities of which is housed in the Community Health Library located in the Samuel and Jersey City, Bloomfield, Newark, and the Essex County Sheriff’s Office. I Sandra Hekemian Medical Library. I

DEIRDRE IMUS RECOGNIZED WITH 2007 RACHEL CARSON AWARD CONTINUING EDUCATION The National Audubon Society honored Deirdre Imus with its 2007 Rachel HUMC was the first hospital in Northern New Jersey to host the Boston Scientific Carson Award for her leadership in improving the environment. Mrs. Imus Mobile Simulation Training Unit to provide state-of-the-art, hands-on training received the award as founder of the Greening the Cleaning® program, and for its physicians and healthcare team members. The Mobile Simulation Training "a pioneer inspiring parents and schools to clean using non-toxic products. Mrs. Unit enables practitioners to “perform” complex, challenging procedures using Imus has convinced more than 200 institutions nationwide to switch to green the latest devices and techniques in a risk-free environment before treating cleaning products and her work has led directly to three ‘Green Cleaning’ actual patients in a real-world setting. I executive orders that will vastly improve the health of millions of children,” NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND THE H.O.P.E. FUND according to an Audubon Society press release. I BENEFITED FROM EVENING AT THE STONY HILL INN The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE and the H.O.P.E. (Helping Other Parents Endure) Fund benefited from an evening The Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Injury Prevention Section of the of dinner, dancing, giveaways, and entertainment, dubbed as “Summer Time at Department of Surgery participated in National Safe Kids Week – “Make It a The Stony Hill Inn.” I Safe Kids Summer.” The purpose of the week is to enhance public awareness of unintentional injury risks to children in the summer. The proclamation CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH IN THE TREATMENT OF MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES coincides with a new study released by Safe Kids Worldwide as part of the National Safe Kids Week kick-off throughout the United States, ranking New Stuart L. Goldberg, M.D., chief of the Division of Leukemia at The Cancer Center, Jersey second in the nation. The medical center participated in two programs, returned from Florence, Italy, where he presented his clinical research in the donating and fitting children for bike helmets at the Hillers School in Hackensack treatment and management of myelodysplastic syndrome at the Ninth and a presentation at St. Joseph’s School in Bogota that addressed anti- International Symposium on Myelodysplastic Syndromes. bullying, bike and pedestrian safety. I

35 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: MOLLY FOUNDATION DONATION BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: JOHN P. FERGUSON SELECTED TO TOP 100 The annual MOLLY Invitational Golf Outing raised $50,000 BEYOND SPA NAMED A BEST SPA John P. Ferguson, president and chief executive officer, has for diabetes research. From left: Robert L. Torre, executive vice Spa Finder Readers’ Choice Awards names BEYOND one of the been named as one of the “100 Most Powerful People in president of the HUMC Foundation, Nicholas Minicucci, Jr., Top 10 Best Medical Spas in the World. Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine for the fourth a member of the HUMC Board of Governors and HUMC MOTORCYCLE CHARITY RUN consecutive year. Foundation Board of Trustees and founder of the MOLLY The seventh annual Motorcycle Charity Run to benefit SUMMER SCHOLARS Foundation; and John P. Ferguson, president and chief The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital raised more than The Alice and Marvin Gottlieb Summer Scholar Award Winners executive officer. $400,000. From left: Robert L. Torre, executive vice president at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital from left: Carolyn STROKE CENTER FAIR of the Foundation; Joseph M. Sanzari, first vice chairman of the McGann, 20, a junior at George Washington University; From left: Lyle J. Dennis, M.D., director of The Stroke Center Board of Governors and member of the Foundation’s Board of Pamela Mosley, 19, a sophomore at Duke University; and Louis E. Teichholz, M.D., chief of Cardiology and director Trustees; and Joseph Simunovich, chairman of the Foundation’s Samantha Manelis, 20, a sophomore at Quinnipiac University; of Cardiac Services, prepared to address attendees at the Board of Trustees. Elizabeth McGuiness, 21, a junior at Rutgers University; Stroke and Heart Attack Community Health Fair. ‘HOSPITAL OF CHOICE’ and Sue Salvatore, program coordinator at HUMC. For the fourth consecutive year, the American Alliance of Health Care Providers selected HUMC as a “Hospital of Choice.” Highlights OF THE YEAR

JOHN P. FERGUSON SELECTED AS ONE OF THE BEYOND MEDICAL SPA NAMED ONE OF TOP 100 MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN HEALTHCARE THE WORLD’S TOP 10 BEST MEDICAL SPAS BY MODERN HEALTHCARE MAGAZINE SpaFinder, Inc., the global spa resource, announced BEYOND Medical Spa at John P. Ferguson, president and chief executive officer and chairman of HUMC is once again among the Top 10 Best Spas in the World for the Best the board of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, again earned the distinction Medical Program in its fifth annual Spa Finder Readers' Choice Awards. This is of being selected as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare by the second time BEYOND Medical Spa has received this award – the first Modern Healthcare magazine. This is the fourth consecutive year that being in 2005. I Mr. Ferguson is named to this elite list of influential people who have a tremendous impact on the healthcare industry. I MOTORCYCLES REVVED UP MORE THAN $400,000 FOR THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ALICE AND MARVIN GOTTLIEB The seventh annual Motorcycle Charity Run to benefit The Joseph M. Sanzari SUMMER SCHOLARS AWARDED Children’s Hospital raised more than $400,000 – double the amount raised The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital as well as the medical center’s at last year’s event. Actor Vince Curatola, known to fans as “Johnny Sack” of the Department of Medical Education presented four college undergraduate Sopranos and a member of the HUMC Foundation Board of Trustees, drew the students with the Alice and Marvin Gottlieb Summer Scholars Awards. Recipients winning raffle ticket, number 68, for a one-of-a-kind 2006 Harley-Davidson were: Pamela Mosley, 19, a sophomore at Duke University; Carolyn McGann, Ultra Classic Electra Glide “Vivid Black” motorcycle, autographed by the entire 20, a junior at George Washington University; Elizabeth McGuiness, 21, a cast of the Sopranos and its creator David Chase. I junior at Rutgers University; and Samantha Manelis, 20, a sophomore at Quinnipiac University. I ‘HOSPITAL OF CHOICE’ AWARD FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR STROKE CENTER EDUCATES COMMUNITY The American Alliance of Healthcare Providers (AAHCP) selected HUMC as a The Stroke Center hosted a Stroke and Heart Attack Community Health Fair. “Hospital of Choice” for a fourth consecutive year. The AAHCP was founded in Screenings for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, nutritional assessment, 1992 with the goal of establishing practical, effective, and efficient methods of and risk assessment were available. Education was also provided on nutrition, improving patient care. I diabetes, tobacco cessation, and exercise. More than 80 participants learned DIVISION OF BARIATRIC (OBESITY) SURGERY EARNED about prevention, signs, symptoms, and treatment of stroke and heart attack. I PRESTIGIOUS ACCREDITATION The Division of Bariatric (Obesity) Surgery was recognized by the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network (ACS BSCN) as an ACS Level 1a Accredited Bariatric Center.

37 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: supervisor, Information and Guest Services; Ricardo Cobeo, RED BULLS PLAYER RALLIED PATIENTS EMS WEEK RECOGNIZED Information and Guest Services representative; Paula Miller, From left: Antonio Fernandes, 3, got comfortable while New From left: Keynote speaker Mark A. Merlin, M.D., EMS/Specialty Senior Guest Services associate; Myrna Gomez, administrative York Red Bulls goalkeeper, Danny Cepero (1), visited his eight- Care Transport Unit medical director at Robert Wood Johnson director of Consumer Affairs; Zachary Vorisek, 10, volunteer; year-old twin brothers, Gaetano and patient Tommaso, at The University Hospital and chairman of the NJ Department Ray Vorisek, owner of Heights Flower Shop; H. Barbara Ksieski, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. of Health and Senior Services and Mobile ICU Advisory research technician; Nancy Purcell, Human Resources; SHEPHERD FOUNDATION GIFT Committee and medical director of Union County College Lamoyne Wilkins, Human Resources; Steve Lindsey, volunteer, From left: Wassim Fares, M.D., a fellow in the Heart Failure Paramedic Program; Joseph Feldman, M.D., chairman of St. John the Divine; Jessica Kubik, 14, junior volunteer; Izabella Program; Chuck and Carol Schaefer, benefactors of the the Department of Emergency Medicine; Ken Christensen, Gozdzik, 14, junior volunteer; Father Joe Pickard, Pastoral Care Shepherd Foundation; and Robert Berkowitz, M.D., paramedic and coordinator of the Mobile Intensive Care volunteer, and a priest at St. John the Divine; Colleen Scherdele, medical director of the Heart Failure and Pulmonary Unit (MICU); Rosemary Hunt, RN, administrative director Human Resources Information Systems specialist; Maryliz Hypertension Program. of Nursing; and Philip Walden, M.D., medical director of Lafaso, secretary, Research; Shanique Franklin, benefits MICU and the Department of Emergency Medicine, at the assistant, Human Resources; Erik G. Soldweder, volunteer, TREATMENT SUITE DEDICATED 16th Annual EMS Awards Excellence Program. St. John the Divine; and Pier Marayag, volunteer, St. John the From left: John Bivona, co-president of the Tomorrows SHARING SMILES Divine, prepared to present flowers to inpatients in celebration Children’s Fund (TCF); Lynn Hoffman, executive director of TCF; of National Make Someone Smile Week. and Al DiGuido, unveiled the Al DiGuido Treatment Suite at From left: (front row) Julie Krege, Information and Guest The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. Services representative, Consumer Affairs; Suzette Porter, Highlights OF THE YEAR

NEW YORK RED BULLS PLAYER RALLIED PATIENTS NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK Danny Cepero, goalkeeper (1) representing the Major League Soccer (MLS) HUMC celebrated National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week with the team, the New York Red Bulls, visited The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital theme of “EMS-Extraordinary People, Extraordinary Service.” The medical to boost the spirits of patients, visitors, and healthcare team members. The team center recognizes the work of thousands of men and women who respond to sent players throughout the year and treated many patients to games. I medical emergencies in the surrounding communities, locally, and nationally. Additionally, the medical center hosted its 16th Annual EMS Excellence Awards HEART FAILURE FELLOW PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY A GIFT FROM THE SHEPHERD FOUNDATION Program, featuring keynote speaker Mark A. Merlin, M.D., chairman of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and Mobile ICU Advisory The Heart Failure Program benefited from a commitment of $500,000 made Committee and medical director of Union County College Paramedic Program, by Carol and Chuck Schaefer, trustees of the Shepherd Foundation, to launch as well as Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney. I the Heart Failure Fellowship Program. The Heart Failure Program is recognized as a leader in heart failure initiatives, due to excellence in heart failure care, as SHARING SMILES cited in projects such as the Pursuing Perfection Initiatives, Premier’s HUMC, in conjunction with Heights Flower Shop in Hasbrouck Heights Pay-for-Performance quality demonstration, and HealthGrades.® I and Teleflora, celebrated National Make Someone Smile Week, a nationwide

TREATMENT SUITE DEDICATED benevolent project. Florists around the country coordinated efforts to deliver floral arrangements in commemorative Teleflora Be Happy® mugs to those A new treatment suite in The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital is dedicated most in need of a smile: hospital patients, children at foster-care facilities, in recognition of a committed supporter of the Tomorrows Children’s Fund residents of nursing homes, and others who might need a lift. Ray Vorisek, owner (TCF), in the name of Al DiGuido, who has raised more than a million dollars of Heights Flower Shop, graciously donated and delivered more than 1,000 for TCF. The Al DiGuido Treatment Suite is a space where children can be treated floral arrangements and live plants to both inpatients and outpatients. Stuffed outside of their designated inpatient rooms for procedures such as biopsies, bunnies were available for the youngest of patients and patients in areas such spinal taps, and bone marrow aspirates. Rooms such as these are essential in a as intensive care units. I children’s hospital, providing a safe environment where potential pain issues can be managed in privacy. Additionally, by having treatment rooms, children PROMOTING LITERACY can maintain a sense of comfort regarding their inpatient room. I HUMC was honored as a valued corporate sponsor of The Record’s literacy and education program. The medical center’s donation allows students in the Hackensack school district to receive curriculum materials and newspapers as part of the “Newspapers In Education” (NIE), an award-winning program.

39 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Outstanding EMS Administrator for 2007. Mr. Christensen FITNESS FOR LIFE AMAZING ROAD received his recognition at the New Jersey Statewide From left: Jim Miastkowski, MS, manager of The Fitness Center Children and grownups discovered magic and mystery Conference on EMS held at the Sheraton Atlantic City. at HUMC, spotted Jared Tyler, 16, during a work-out session at during a Harry Potter book celebration for pediatric blood EDUCATING YOUTH Mount Olive Baptist Church. and marrow transplant patients at The Joseph M. Sanzari Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy 2007 A COUNSEL MEETING Children’s Hospital, hosted by the Hope for Henry Foundation, students watched as Ronn Rotunda, MICP, paramedic and Audrey Murphy, Esq., RN, senior vice president of General Washington, D.C. clinical coordinator of Mobile Intensive Care Unit, Counsel, had an opportunity to meet Bobby Abreau, NY KIDS IN KONCERT demonstrated CPR. Yankees outfielder, during his visit to The Joseph M. Sanzari From left: Madelene A. Soto, 13, sang her heart out, as she Children’s Hospital. performed “God Bless the Child” during the Kids in Koncert, BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: A WORTHWHILE JOURNEY Then and Now celebration. REMOTE MEETING Retired NY Giants Great George Martin and his son, Benjamin AN OUTSTANDING HONOR Garth Ballantyne, M.D., director of the Minimally Invasive Martin, turned off Atlantic Street in Hackensack, as they Pictured from left: Joseph Feldman, M.D., chairman of Surgery Institute, met French President Nicolas Sarkozy during approached The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, for the Department of Emergency Medicine, congratulated a visit to IRCAD Institute (Institut de Recherche contre les the first stop during “a Journey for 9/11.” Ken Christensen, paramedic and coordinator of the Cancers de l’Appareil Digestif) in Strasbourg, France, without Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU), who was named as the ever leaving his office in New Jersey using the InTouch Health® RP-7 remote presence robot. Highlights OF THE YEAR

AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE ONE OF AMERICA’S 50 BEST Hackensack University Medical Center hosted its seventh annual Police Youth HealthGrades® named HUMC as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for 2007. Academy Program for more than 100 young men and women in grades eight This designation, which is new this year, recognizes hospitals that have through 12, in conjunction with the Hackensack Police Department. I demonstrated superior clinical quality over a seven-year time period, based upon an analysis of more than 75 million Medicare patient records from 1999- A REMOTE MEETING 2005. These hospitals have achieved better survival rates and lower French President Nicolas Sarkozy scheduled a visit to IRCAD Institute complication rates across dozens of medical procedures and diagnoses, from (Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l’Appareil Digestif) in Strasbourg, cardiac care to orthopaedic surgery, consistently ranking among the top five France. Professor Jacques Marescaux, president of the Institute, invited percent in the nation for overall clinical outcomes. HUMC is the only Garth Ballantyne, M.D., director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute, healthcare facility in New Jersey, New York, and New England to be named to meet the president – remotely – by using the InTouch Health RP-7 remote one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals. presence robot. I PHYSICIANS RECOGNIZED ‘FITNESS FOR LIFE’ BY NATIONAL FOUNDATION Healthcare professionals from HUMC partnered with Mount Olive Baptist The Kidney & Urology Foundation of America honored Ihor S. Sawczuk, M.D., Church, located in Hackensack, in its program “Fitness for Life.” The program chairman of the Department of Urology and chief of Urologic Oncology in was designed to assist overweight children between the ages of 13–17 focus on The Cancer Center and Michael E. Shapiro, M.D., chief of Transplantation, a healthier way of life. I with 2007 National Medical Awards in Urology and Transplantation, respec- tively. The foundation recognized them for distinguished careers as clinicians RETIRED NY GIANT GEORGE MARTIN and teachers. AS HE TACKLES ‘A JOURNEY FOR 9/11’

Retired NY Giant co-captain and Super Bowl champion George Martin began ROBOTIC GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY INTRODUCED a 3,200+ mile cross-country trek from the George Washington Bridge in New The Cancer Center’s Division of Gynecologic Oncology’s surgical team began York City to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to benefit thousands of offering women with cervical, endometrial (uterine), and ovarian cancers a sick World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers. The walk, called “a Journey minimally invasive alternative that often requires only an overnight hospital for 9/11,” was expected to take at least four months and is an effort to raise stay. Instead of being performed through a large abdominal incision, robotic awareness about health issues and several million dollars for the Ground Zero gynecologic oncologic surgery is performed within keyhole abdominal workers who are suffering from serious medical conditions. I incisions using the state-of-the-art robotic daVinci Surgical System.™ Robotic gynecologic oncologic surgery lowers the risk of common post-operative problems, such as pain, and difficulties with the urinary and respiratory systems.

41 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: SWEET TREATS AT TCI PEDIATRIC EMU DEDICATED A JOURNEY FOR 9/11 From left: Former NY Giants player Jim Burt; Lynn Hoffman, Vincent J. and Helen A. Cassel, long-time supporters of HUMC, From left: David Jurist, co-president of the Tomorrows Children’s executive director of the Tomorrows Children’s Fund; magician members of the HUMC Foundation Legacy Society and the Fund (TCF) and a board member of “a Journey for 9/11,” with his Kevin Lane; and Patrick Allen, owner of Ace Masonry prepared Legacy Society Chairman’s Circle, were recognized for their wife, Alice; Benjamin Martin; retired NY Giants Great George to have some Halloween fun. dedication. The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital dedicated Martin; David Garrett, 14, volunteer; and Robert C. Garrett, its Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit in honor of the Cassels. executive vice president and chief operating officer, support “a BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Pictured from left are: Marcelo E. Lancman, M.D., a member Journey for 9/11.” SHARING OUR SUCCESS of the Section of Pediatric Neurology at The Joseph M. Sanzari A BRIDGE OF HOPE HUMC leaders hosted 15 healthcare administrators from Japan Children’s Hospital; Vincent J. and Helen A. Cassel; Robert L. From left: David Garrett, 14, volunteer; Alice and David Jurist, to share ideas and successes. Pictured in the Recognition Torre, executive vice president, HUMC Foundation; Jeffrey R. co-president of the Tomorrows Children’s Fund and a board Gallery are representatives from both organizations. Boscamp, M.D., chairman and physician-in-chief of The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. member of “a Journey for 9/11,” Lauren Giani-Hrablook, NEW YORK YANKEES SCORE administrator, Executive and Medical Staff Services; and From left: New York Yankees Edwar Ramirez, relief pitcher (31); Robert C. Garrett, executive vice president and chief operating Bobby Abreau, outfielder (53); as they visited Keilah Cosme, 13, officer, trekked across the famed George Washington Bridge a patient at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. for “a Journey for 9/11.” Highlights OF THE YEAR

SHARING OUR SUCCESS HOLDING OFFICE HUMC hosted a visit for 15 healthcare administrators from organizations such Michael E. Shapiro, M.D., FACS, chief of Transplantation, is elected board as the Medical Corporated of Aiyuukai; Akune Citizen Hospital; Okino Medical chairman of the New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network (NJ Sharing Corporation Hatanodai Neurosurgical Hospital; Tenyoukai Central Hospital; Network) for a two-year term. Dr. Shapiro has also served as vice medical Wadoukai Katakura Hospital; Oita Tobu Hospital; Nissay Asset Management director of the network as well as vice chairman of the OPTN/UNOS Investment Research Office; Inter ACTO; Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ethics Committee. Ltd; Tama University Medical Risk Management Center; and the Japan PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AWARENESS MONTH Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development. The program coordinator and interpreter for the group was Daisaku Harada of Fairfax, VA, a HUMC joined other Planetree member sites from across the country in representative of the Washington group representing the Japan Quality commemorating the first annual Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month. Award Committee. I The celebration was designed to raise public awareness about the importance of patient-centered care and to highlight Planetree affiliates’ NEW YORK YANKEES HIT A HOME RUN commitment to and success with a patient-centered approach. Ray Negron, author of The Boy of Steel and long-time baseball executive and THE CANCER CENTER NAMED A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE special advisor to the New York Yankees, returned for a fourth time to visit patients at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, along with a special line-up including The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation named The Cancer Center a “Center Bobby Abreau, outfielder (53); and Edwar Ramirez, relief pitcher (31). I of Excellence” for the diagnosis, treatment, management, and research of myelodysplastic syndromes. AUTISM RESEARCH CONDUCTED NATIONAL AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology hosted a press briefing regarding the reported high incidence of autism and other learning HUMC received a 2007 Partners for Change Award at the Environmental disorders among children born to teachers working at St. Anthony’s School, Excellence Summit hosted by Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E). located in Northvale, NJ. Findings of the initial investigation of children with The award recognized HUMC’s remarkable achievements in improving professionally diagnosed developmental disorders, born to teachers working environmental performance at its Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Women’s and at St. Anthony’s School have confirmed a statistically significantly higher rate Children’s Pavilion. of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in comparison to a control GROOMING A GEM group of children born to teachers at another Northvale public elementary Arthur Groom of Arthur Groom & Company, a member of the HUMC Board school. In addition, the Phase I data found the rate to be higher than state of Governors and a member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, donated a and national prevalence statistics. 2.41 carat emerald and diamond necklace valued at $25,000 for a raffle to benefit the new Cancer Center. Guests and friends of the medical center attended a reception at Mr. Groom’s Ridgewood showroom.

43 I DENOTES PHOTO TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: MINI COOPER RALLY ANNUAL WOMEN’S HEALTH FAIR AND EXPO IT TAKES A MEDICAL CENTER MINI Cooper owners/drivers and staff from The Audrey Women’s Health Services held “Healthy Lifestyles for Women” The HUMC family came together and donated a collection of Hepburn Children’s House (AHCH), a division of The Joseph M. Health Fair and Expo. From left: Harriet Lessin, office coordinator, outerwear, toiletries, toys, and non-perishable foods and gift Sanzari Children’s Hospital, rallied together with Prestige MINI Women’s Health Services; Constance Niclas, supervisor, certificates to area supermarkets, department stores, and of Mahwah to bring holiday cheer to the children and families Ellen H. Lazar Shoppe on Fifth at The Cancer Center; Marijane eateries. HUMC elves gathered and wrapped gifts and packed served at the AHCH. Hubbell, RN, administrative director of Women’s Health, items into shopping carts readied for delivery to families. Executive Health and BEYOND Medical Spa; Donna A. HEARTFELT CARE BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Sanzari, founding benefactor of Women’s Health Services and From left: Robert Tozzi, M.D., chief of Pediatric WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS The Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital, member of the Cardiology at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Lenape Meadows students from Mahwah raised $101.25 HUMC Foundation’s Board of Trustees; Robin Ashinoff, M.D., accepted a check from the Hirsch Foundation. Joining through a lemonade stand to benefit the Audrey Hepburn medical director of the Center for Dermatologic Mohs and him are, from left, Karen Praschil, RN, nurse coordinator, Children’s House (AHCH) at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Laser Surgery; and Alexis Fitzsimmons, RN, a women’s health the Gregory M. Hirsch Center at The Joseph M. Sanzari Hospital. From left: Oscar David, 9; Amanda Morgan, 7; nurse practitioner. Children’s Hospital; Fred Hirsch, administrator of Jocelyne Mousa, 9; and Anthony D’Urso, Ph.D., supervising the Gregory M. Hirsch Foundation; and Linda Klein, psychologist at the AHCH. director of Special Projects, the HUMC Foundation. Highlights OF THE YEAR

IT TAKES A MEDICAL CENTER – AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY ACCEPTS HOLIDAY PROJECT 2007 21 PRESENTATIONS FROM RESEARCHERS The medical center’s 2007 holiday project helped the working poor by providing Researchers from The Cancer Center co-authored a total of 21 oral and pub- much needed items to more than 200 families in need of assistance. Families lished presentations at the annual meeting of the American Society of were identified through the Hackensack Housing Authority as well as Hematology. This number of publications represents the largest number accepted the Hackensack schools. The Housing Authority, in conjunction with the from any cancer center in New Jersey. The American Society of Hematology city council and school principals, developed “wish lists” based on each is the nation’s leading association of practitioners who research and treat family’s needs. I diseases of the blood.

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST LOREN GODFREY, M.D. PATHOLOGY LABORATORY RECEIVED ACCREDITATION HEADS BRACHYTHERAPY SERVICES FROM COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS AT THE CANCER CENTER The Pathology Laboratory at HUMC was awarded accreditation by the Radiation oncologist Loren Godfrey, M.D., was named director of brachytherapy Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists, at The Cancer Center. Brachytherapy involves the direct delivery of radiation based on the results of an on-site inspection. into a cancerous tumor or to the site of a former tumor to destroy the tumor or guard against recurrence of the original cancer. MAGNET NURSES PRACTICE SHARED GOVERNANCE PHILOSOPHY GREGORY M. HIRSCH CENTER CARES Magnet nurses initiated a Nursing Council structure that is based upon a Shared FOR THE HEARTS OF MANY Governance philosophy. The nurses partnered with HUMC’s senior nursing The Hirsch Foundation donated $80,000 to the Gregory M. Hirsch Center, a leaders to establish standards of nursing practice and a level of high quality cardiac screening and educational program that is an integral part of the Pediatric patient-centered care. Center for Heart Disease within The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. I EXPANDING EMERGENCY SERVICES ORTHOPAEDIC ONCOLOGIST NAMED ‘TEACHER OF THE YEAR’ HUMC was the successful bidder on the sale of the Mobile Intensive Care James C. Wittig, M.D., an orthopaedic oncologist and chief of the Division of Unit license during an auction held in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. HUMC began Sarcoma and Skin Cancer at The Cancer Center, was unanimously named providing paramedic services to the 18 towns surrounding Pascack Valley Hospital the 2007 Teacher of the Year by graduating residents in the orthopaedic sur- in November. gery program at the NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases. Dr. Wittig, who is an assistant professor of orthopaedic oncology at the NYU School of Medicine, was chosen over 120 other orthopaedic surgeons.

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