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t RWBarnabas Health, our mission—our passion—is to improve Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI) and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey continues to be the health of residents in the communities we serve. But recognized for excellence in delivery of care. Recent A we’re eually committed to ensuring that New Jerseyans have accolades include: opportunities to learn, develop and pursue their goals. ou’ll see that commitment come to life in many ways in free support WORLD’S BEST HOSPITAL groups and classes, in health services delivered to senior citizens at home, in NBI has been named one of the World’s Best Hospitals housing and employment assistance provided to local residents, and more. by Newsweek magazine. NBI In this issue, we spotlight two ways in which RWBarnabas Health is ranked among the top 225 making a diff erence. Children’s Specialized Hospital,an RWBarnabas hospitals in the U.S., and is one Health facility, has joined forces withpportunity Project, an of only fi ve New Jersey hospitals organization that helps adults living with the eff ects of traumatic brain on this prestigious list. The medical center was recognized injury. Together, the two organizations create a continuum of care and as a top hospital in the U.S. for learning opportunities for patients with brain injuries, from childhood anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine, through adulthood. And in the state-of-the-art RWBarnabas Health cardiology, diabetes and endocrinology, general Athletic Performance Center, we’re partnering with Rutgers niversity to and visceral surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, provide spaces designed to optimize health-sciences learning and to give neurology and neurosurgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, palliative care, pediatrics, pediatric surgery athletes the resources they need to reach their full potential. and neonatology, plastic surgery, At Newark Beth Israel, Th e Beth Greenhouse provides local residents pulmonology, radiation oncology, with access to fresh produce and the nutritional education needed to live radiology, traumatology, a healthy lifestyle. Th at support continues at the Reverend Dr. Ronald B. orthopedics and spine surgery, Christian Community Health and Wellness Center, where we host a wide and urology. array of Healthy Living classes including diabetes support groups, cooking TOP TEACHING HOSPITAL courses, and education programs for school-age children. In addition, our NBI has been named a Top Career Ladders program off ers entry-level employees, many of whom live Teaching Hospital by the and work in Newark, the opportunity to train for advanced level positions independent national and meaningful careers in healthcare. nonprofi t The Leapfrog Group, one of only 53 We’re honored by the trust people place in us to care for their health. hospitals in the U.S. to earn In return, we’re continually working to increase opportunities for all New this recognition. NBI was Jersey residents to live their best lives. also awarded an A grade for ours in good health, safety and quality.

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2. WELCOME LETTER. 12. THE A-TEAMS FOR 18. THE CUTTING EDGE A community update ADVANCED HEART OF SURGERY. Deep from our CEOs. FAILURE. Two brain stimulation RWJBarnabas Health is just one of the 4. BRINGING BABY HOME. heart transplant advanced treatments Tips for keeping your programs offer world- the medical center new arrival healthy for the class, close-to-home offers. holidays. care for New Jersey residents. 20. THE SYMPTOM 5. LIVING WELL WITH WOMEN SHOULD HEMOPHILIA. A young 14. CANCER: WHERE TO NEVER IGNORE. What man enjoys an active life, CALL FOR HELP. Now post-menopausal thanks to the Hemophilia 9. 10 TIMES TO USE there’s a single phone bleeding may mean. Treatment Center. TELEMED. A virtual doctor number for clear visit can be the fastest and compassionate 22. A CARDIAC SURGEON’S 6. UP FOR THE CHALLENGE! way to feel better. answers about LIFESAVING LEGACY. The Beth Challenge treatment. Dr. Victor Parsonnet celebrates its 10th 10. GAME CHANGER. The enters the New Jersey anniversary. RWJBarnabas Health 16. BEYOND BRAIN INJURY. Hall of Fame. Athletic Performance A new partnership 8. CONNECTED TO THE Center at Rutgers provides resources 23. HEALTHY HOLIDAY COMMUNITY. Walks, University kicks off a new to people living with RECIPES. Try slimmed- celebration and education. era for Rutgers sports. traumatic brain injury. down side dishes.

PB | Healthy Together | Fall 2018 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 3 have a car seat safe for transport. In New Jersey, the law reuires that all children under the age of 2 years and 30 pounds be secured in a rear-facing seat euipped with a fi ve-point harness. Check to make sure the car seat is properly installed and practice its proper use to lessen the stress of bringing your newborn baby home.

COLDS AND FLU Viruses are more prevalent in the fall and winter months. Children younger than 6 months of age have the highest risk for being hospitalized from u compared to children of other ages. However, they are too young to get a u vaccine. Be sure that you get vaccinated so you are less likely to spread the virus to your newborn, and make sure that other household members and caregivers also get vaccinated. In addition: eep yourself and your baby away from people who are sick. Clean and disinfect freuently touched surfaces (doorknobs, remote controls, refrigerator handles, etc.). Speak up if needed. “Anyone coming in contact with your newborn should wash their hands, or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer,” says Dr. Sicat. “I tell parents to say, ‘My pediatrician told me to tell everyone to clean their hands before they touch the baby.’ It’s also okay to tell someone you don’t want them to hold your baby. There will be other opportunities for them to cuddle with baby down the line.”

FRIGHTFUL WEATHER Follow this general rule of thumb from the American Academy of BRINGING Pediatrics: Infants should wear one more layer than adults. In other words, if you’re wearing a hat and a coat, yourinfant will probably need a hat and coat, plus a blanket. Also, remember that too many layers may place the infant at risk of overheating. Sweating in the BABY HOME neck area may indicate that the infant is too warm. TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR NEW ARRIVAL (AND A BETT ER BED YOURSELF) SAFE AND HEALTHY FOR THE HOLIDAYS Sleep schedules can be difficult to establish, and holiday celebrations may prevent you from following any schedule at all. regnancy and delivery are exciting times, but bringing The most important thing when it comes to sleep is that it’s safe. your baby home is a true test for new parents. The holiday Safe to Sleep, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and P period, with its fickle weather and fluctuating schedules, Human Services, advises: can have particular challenges. Have the baby sleep on a firm and flat surface, not on soft “To prepare, take advantage of your time in the hospital,” surfaces such as a couch, pillow or blanket. says Jon Sicat, DO, Interim Director of the Pediatric Health Place the baby on his back to sleep, at night and for naps. Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical eep cribs free of blankets, bumpers and stuffed animals. Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey. “Ask uestions, have our nurses A LIFELINE IF YOU NEED IT demonstrate things you’re unsure about, Many women experience the “baby blues,” and these usually seek assistance with feeding from one of resolve on their own after a few days. But the Centers for Disease our lactation consultants. They are experts Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 10 percent of in newborn care.” women go on to experience feelings of postpartum depression, which are more intense and last longer. ROAD TRIP If you are feeling disconnected, if you are withdrawing from Before you can leave the hospital with your loved ones or if you are worried that you may harm your baby or JON SICAT, DO newborn, you will have to show that you yourself, talk to your doctor.

ewar Beth srael Medical enter o ers a variet of childbirth, breastfeeding and infant care classes. To learn more, visit www.rwjbh.org/maternit. To schedule a visit for our newborn with a pediatrician, please call 888.724.7123.

Health Together | 4 | Fall 2019 Juan Moreno is thriving with a self-management home program and the support of the Hemophilia Treatment Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

ADVANCES IN TREATMENT Because hemophilia prevents blood from clotting normally, people who have the condition classically have bleeding in the joints and may bleed for a longer time after an injury or cut. Bleeding within joints can lead to chronic joint disease and pain, and bleeding in the head or brain can be life-threatening. The main treatment for hemophilia is replacement therapy, in which concentrates of clotting factor are infused into a patient’s vein to replace the clotting factor that’s missing in his or her blood. Depending on a patient’s type of hemophilia, self-infusions can prevent bleeding, as well as stop it when it occurs. Moreover, the need for less freuent LIVING WELL self-infusions is on the horizon. “There’s exciting new research underway that will allow the clotting factor to last for a longer period of time, so that patients don’t have to WITH HEMOPHILIA infuse themselves as oen,” says Dr. Cohen. Gene therapy, in which a gene infused into A YOUNG MAN ENJOYS A FULL, ACTIVE LIFE, THANKS TO CARE AT the blood will prompt a patient’s body to THE HEMOPHILIA TREATMENT CENTER. create its own clotting factors, is another promising area of research. emophilia—a blood disorder management program, in which Juan is able For now, Juan is managing well day- characterized by excessive to treat himself with the medicine he needs. to-day with the help of NBI’s self-infusion Hbleeding—is a serious condition. “en, the patient doesn’t have to come home care program. Once a year, he But medical advances in recent decades in for treatment,” explains Alice Cohen, MD, is evaluated by the hospital’s team of have given patients new hope. Director of the Frederick B. Cohen, MD, experts, including hematologists, nurses, Just ask Juan Moreno, whose earliest Comprehensive Cancer and Blood Disorders psychosocial professionals and physical memories are of his elbows, knees and Center at NBI. “As a state and federally therapists. ankles swelling or bruising easily as he recognized and funded Comprehensive “In a strange way, I am grateful to have played outdoors as a child. Hemophilia Treatment Center, our nurses and hemophilia, as it has made me more aware of As a young adult, Juan was referred to psychosocial staff are able to spend hours on my body, my diet, my exercise and has helped Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI), the phone with patients and family members.” me to push to the next level,” Juan says. one of only four state-designated hemophilia For the patient, that means less time lost from “Thanks to support from the treatment centers that treat both pediatric work and an overall better uality of life. Hemophilia Treatment Center, I lead a and adult patients “Since his initial treatment and with very active lifestyle, including playing with inherited annual follow-up visits, Juan is doing competitive soccer in a men’s league. I bleeding and clotting really well,” Dr. Cohen says. “He is the decided long ago not to live my life in fear, disorders. Today, advertisement for the progress made in the not to use hemophilia as an excuse and to he lives a full and treatment of hemophilia in recent decades.” live my life to its fullest.” active life, needing only yearly visits to the Hemophilia To learn more about the Comprehensive Hemophilia Treatment Treatment Center Center and treatment for sickle cell, thrombosis and other blood at NBI because disorders, call 888.724.7123 or visit www.rwjbh.org/newarkbeth. ALICE COHEN, MD of its robust self-

Healthy Together | PB | Fall 2019 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 5 UP FOR THE CHALLENGE! NOW CELEBRATING ITS 10TH YEAR, THE BETH CHALLENGE HAS INSPIRED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHED POUNDS AND LEAD HEALTHIER LIVES.

etting people excited about nutritious eating isn’t easy—but ‘I’m exercising four to Gwith the support of Newark fi ve times a week.’ Beth Israel (NBI) and Children’s Hospital “I got involved with Th e Beth Challenge of New Jersey, a creative idea by an NBI because I understood the power of my offi ce dietitian 10 years ago did just that. and I thought if I joined, more folks would Modeled after the hit NBC reality want to get involved,” says Rev. Philip Gilmore, show “The Biggest Loser,” The Beth 55, Pastor at St. John’s Community Baptist Challenge began in 2009 as a 12-week Church in Newark, who has hosted the Challenge weight-loss competition for NBI employees. at his church since it began. He has lost 30 pounds It has since spread to houses of worship, over the years. “Even though everyone in my church police and fire departments, the Essex County Rev. Philip Gilmore, knows how much I love French fries, I’ve expanded at right, with NBI Executive offices and even Newark City Hall. my vegetable repertoire. I’m exercising four to fi ve The program now extends to communities Vice President of Community times a week, which I didn’t do before the Challenge.” beyond Newark as well. Relations Rev. Dr. About 35 parishioners take part each year. “It has Participants in The Beth Challenge get Marilyn M. Harris definitely made people much more cognizant of what information, support and weekly weigh-ins they eat,” he says. “At church events, rather than on-site at their church or at work, with the having fried chicken, we’ll have baked, and we serve more vegetables. option to also get their blood pressure and “The Scriptures tell us that our body is the temple where the Holy body composition read. To date, a whopping Spirit dwells, so we need to take care of it,” Rev. Gilmore says. “I think 25,000 combined pounds have been shed. to make the ‘easy’ choice to eat right prepares the will to make the right At right, successful “losers” tell their choices for the greater challenges of life.” stories of mastering the Challenge, with the help of their church community.

Healthy Together | 6 | Fall 2019 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 7 LOSING IT— THE RIGHT WAY “I originally created The Beth Challenge to boost morale and make hospital employees more aware of healthy eating, because healthcare workers don’t necessarily take care of themselves,” says Barbara Mintz, MS, RD, Senior Vice President, Healthy Living and Community Engagement at RWJBarnabas Health. She expected about 50 NBI employees to sign up that fi rst year, but instead a staggering 500 joined the challenge. Whether you plan to participate in The Beth Challenge or simply want to Gale Bennett Marcina Rivera lose weight on your own, ignore the latest diet trends, she says. “There are ‘I’m no longer prediabetic.’ ‘As simple as a walk in the park.’ a lot of myths out there. We’re trying When her doctor told her Marcina Rivera, 42, has had a lifelong to teach people that there’s not an that she was prediabetic, Gale passion for fi tness. A community easy fi x and you have to do it the right Bennett, 67, a retired hospital outreach/patient navigator at a way. Don’t go on a fad diet, and don’t starve yourself.” For instance, she supervisor, knew it was time local hospital, she is also a volunteer advises against the popular Ketogenic to make a change. “My mother health and wellness ambassador for (Keto) Diet, which drastically reduces was a diabetic and so is my Community Chapel of Christ Ministries carbohydrates in favor of high-protein sister, and I didn’t want to be in Newark. Th ere, she helps church and/or high-fat foods.“You may lose a on medication for the rest of members participating in Th e Beth lot of weight initially, but I have never my life,” she says. Challenge by conducting weekly weigh- seen people keep weight off with this Gale joined The Beth ins, providing encouragement and plan,” she says. Challenge at Clear View hosting healthy eating demonstrations. The best way to eat, Mintz says, is Baptist Church in Newark, “I was looking for a way to help the to balance your meals and keep and dropped from 239 community live healthier lives,” Marcina some sensible tips in mind: “Choose pounds to 212 pounds. “I feel says. “I wanted to let the church complex carbs like whole grains, like being part of a group community know that in order for us fruits and vegetables. Make greens challenge made me more to continue to do what we’re doing, we the base of your plate, and not meat accountable,” she says. This have to be healthy.” and potatoes. And have a little lean year, she was the first-place Marcina says that thanks to NBI’s protein like eggs, chicken or fi sh and/ or good fats like nuts and avocado at winner at her church, based support, she received a certifi cation that each meal.” on percentage of weight lost. has enabled her to become a Zumba “That was a nice surprise!” instructor. Community members can take Try to fi t in 30 to 60 minutes of exercise she says. free Zumba classes off ered by Marcina every day, Today, Gale has lost a few and other church ambassadors at NBI’s Mintz advises. “Exercise is more pounds and her health Rev. Dr. Ronald B. Christian Community the key to is back on track. “My A1C Health and Wellness Center on the fi rst longevity,” [a measure of blood sugar Saturday of every month at 9 a.m. she explains. levels over the prior two to Marcina wants people to know that “Your weight three months] has dropped working out doesn’t have to be a chore. will come in the normal range so I’m no “It can be as simple as doing resistance down—and so longer prediabetic,” she says. exercises at home or taking a walk in will your blood “I’m feeling really good.” the park,” she says. pressure and BARBARA MINTZ, MS, RD cholesterol.”

ree nutrition and itness classes are available at ewar Beth srael Medical enters Rev. r. Ronald B. hristian ommunit Health and Wellness enter, which is located on the hospital campus. or more information on wellness classes and activities, call 888.724.7123.

Healthy Together | 6 | Fall 2019 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 7 CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN COUNTLESS WAYS.

ANNUAL BETH CHALLENGE CHURCH WALK FOR WELLNESS Celebrating the accomplishments of participating churches, the Annual Beth Challenge Church Walk for Wellness on June 22 was a lively day of fun, healthy movement and awards for greatest percentage of weight lost. Nine participating churches lost a combined total of 742.8 pounds.

CANCER SURVIVORS CELEBRATION OF LIFE On June 23, the Frederick B. Cohen, MD, Comprehensive Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center hosted its 23rd Annual Cancer Survivors Celebration of Life event. More than 500 NBI patients and their guests attended the event, which includes a candle-lighting ceremony, live dance performances and inspirational speeches from survivors and their physicians. WOMEN’S HEALTH DAY The Cohen Cancer Center, in partnership with Rutgers On June 1, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center hosted its annual Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only NCIDesignated Women’s Health Day at the Newark Airport Marriott. The program Comprehensive Cancer Center, offers a world-class team of was focused on empowering women, promoting healthy lifestyles and researchers and specialists, providing close-to-home access to the inspiring wellness. It featured special guests Congressman Donald M. latest treatments and clinical trials for cancers of every kind. Payne, Jr., .S. Representative for New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, andSpecial Guest Host and Panel Moderator ABC7’s Toni Yates (both pictured, center, with Darrell K. Terry, Sr., President and To learn more about community events sponsored by Chief Executive fficer of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center). A Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s panel with renowned physicians provided a discussion of what total Hospital of New Jersey, visit www.rwjbh.org/events. wellness means for women today. Free health screenings, raes and door prizes and complimentary breakfast and lunch were available.

Healthy Together | 8 | Fall 2019 10 TIMES TO USE TELEMED A VIRTUAL DOCTOR VISIT CAN BE THE FASTEST WAY TO FEEL BETTER.

ith the RWBarnabas Health TeleMed service, patients W can reach a .S. board- certified doctor at any time of day or night, including weekends and holidays. The how is simple Download an app You get Your doctor’s You need care for a for iS or Android and connect via sick while offi ce is closed. sick child, but can’t smartphone, tablet or computer. on vacation. leave your other But why might you choose to children home alone. use TeleMed rather than make an appointment with your doctor At right are some circumstances that might make a virtual visit a good choice. TeleMed is appropriate for common complaints such as colds, flu, fever, minor rashes, earache, sinusitis, migraine, abdominal pain, allergies, pink eye and joint pain. You can’t get a same- You feel too day appointment sick to leave with your doctor. the house.

CALL 911 IF… TeleMed is not for emergencies. Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department if you are You’re out of You live in a rural experiencing any of the following town and realize area, making emergency medical problems: you forgot a doctor visits and • Chest pain or pressure prescription. follow-up visits • Uncontrolled bleeding inconvenient. • Sudden or severe pain • Coughing or vomiting blood • Diffi culty breathing or shortness of breath • Sudden dizziness, weakness, change in vision, slurred speech, numbness or other neurological You don’t have It’s diffi cult to take You don’t want changes time to wait in a time off from work to expose others • Severe or persistent vomiting or waiting room. to go to the doctor. to a contagious diarrhea disease (or • Severe abdominal pain be exposed to theirs). • Changes in mental status, such To learn more or to sign up for the RWJBarnabas as confusion Health TeleMed service, visit www.rwjbh.org/telemed. • Assault, physical or sexual abuse • Broken bone Healthy Together | PB | Fall 2019 RWJBarnabas Health | RWJBH.ORG | 9 GAME CHANGER

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Healthy Together | 10 | Fall 2019 RWJBarnabas Health | RWJBH.ORG | 11 As a major milestone in Rutgers sports history is marked with the opening of the RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center, a national college sports milestone is also being celebrated: the 150th anniversary of the fi rst game of intercollegiate football, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, which took place on Nov. 6, 1869, between COLLEGE FOOTBALL! Rutgers and Princeton. (Rutgers triumphed, 6-4.) The season-long festivities include 150 YEARS OF ATHLETIC PROWESS themed home games and the unveiling of a AND PASSIONATE FANDOM BEGAN new “Victory” statue. RWJBarnabas Health, AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. the offi cial healthcare provider of Rutgers Athletics, is a presenting sponsor. To learn GAME more, visit www.rutgersgameday.com. CHANGER THE RWJBARNABAS HEALTH ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE CENTER AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY KICKS OFF A NEW ERA FOR RUTGERS SPORTS.

or Rutgers student-athletes, Athletics at Rutgers University. “They the future is here. The state-of- are going to receive the very best in F the-art RWBarnabas Health sports medicine.” The facility was Athletic Performance Center at made possible by an investment from Rutgers University, which opened in RWBarnabas Health, the official September, is home to new facilities healthcare provider of Rutgers Athletics. for men’s and women’s basketball, “For far too long, we haven’t wrestling and gymnastics, as well as a produced, as a state, those facilities and sports performance/sports medicine resources necessary to have world-class suite, nutrition lounge, seating area for athletes—and frankly, in New Jersey, professional scouts and more. we have world-class athletes,” says The 307,000-suare-foot, four-story Barry strowsky, President and CE of facility brings Rutgers athletic offerings RWBarnabas Health. “At Rutgers, we to a new level. “It’s a game changer for have world-class students. For us, this is our student-athletes in clinical care,” says a wonderful opportunity to invest in a Pat Hobbs, Director of Intercollegiate great University.”

To learn more about RWJBarnabas Health partnerships, visit www.rwjbh.org/corporatepartners. X-RAY ROOM

Healthy Together | 10 | Fall 2019 RWJBarnabas Health | RWJBH.ORG | 11 TWO RWJBARNABAS HEALTH HEART TRANSPLANT PROGRAMS COLLABORATE TO OFFER WORLD- CLASS CARE, CLOSE TO HOME FOR NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS.

n 1989, cardiologist Mark Jay Zucker, MD, relocated from Chicago to join I nationally renowned cardiovascular surgeon Victor Parsonnet, MD, at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI). Both physicians saw an opportunity to build a world-class heart failure treatment and transplant program at NBI. Toward that end, Dr. Zucker and other members of the NBI team met with cardiologists around the state, gave talks and lectures, and sent out educational mailings to introduce the medical community to the new program. Over the course of 30 years, the goal of creating a nationally renowned heart failure and transplant center has been met, perhaps beyond the team’s wildest dreams—and certainly beyond those of many patients. By 2017, the Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant Program at NBI had performed more THE than 1,000 transplants, one of only a dozen programs in the U.S. to reach that milestone. Today the program performs about 50 to 55 transplants A-TEAMS each year; has roughly 70 staff members, seven physicians, three surgeons and a full complement of nurses and nurse practitioners; and follows more than FOR 4,000 patients at five different offices. COVERING THE STATE The NBI program and the Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program at Robert Wood Johnson ADVANCED University Hospital in New Brunswick (RWH) are the only two heart transplant programs in New Jersey, “We are one of the major referral HEART centers for heart conditions in the state, particularly in central New Jersey,” says Aziz Ghaly, MD, Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program at RWH. “We offer FAILURE the most advanced options for treatment of heart failure available. That means we

Healthy Together | 12 | Fall 2019 RWJBarnabas Health | RWJBH.ORG | 13 Matt Millen

can do complete workups for patients the highest uality of care. “Advanced under one roof.” cardiac care reuires a tightly integrated, As collegial members of the same well-functioning team of talented and health system, the two programs provide knowledgeable clinicians, paramedical seamless treatment to any patient in need professionals, social workers, pharmacists of complex cardiac care, not only from and dietitians,” says Dr. Zucker. the hospitals of the RWBarnabas Health “Heart transplantation is not system but from any hospital inside maintenance-free after surgery,” explains New Jersey or beyond. For New Jersey Dr. Ghaly. “Our heart failure cardiologists residents, that means advanced cardiac and nurse coordinators monitor patients care is always available close to home. very closely afterward, becoming like part The connection between the two of the patient’s family. The role is crucial BACK IN THE GAME teams further enhances patient care. to the patient’s survival post-transplant, During Matt Millen’s storied career “Leadership of both programs meet and they are the heart and soul of our as a football player, observers regularly to discuss how to coordinate program.” often said he showed “a lot of care, improve safety, streamline services heart.” That description resonated and sometimes just to learn from one REA with many when they learned he another as well,” says Dr. Ghaly. Both programs are national leaders in was waiting for a life-saving heart treatment for advanced heart failure, transplant at Newark Beth Israel MULTIDISCIPLINARY including the use of ventricular assist Medical Center (NBI). APPROACH devices (VADs). These surgically An All-American linebacker at Penn At NBI, Dr. Zucker, Director of the implanted mechanical pumps can keep State, Millen had a 12-year NFL Cardiothoracic Transplantation Program, patients alive as they wait for a heart career, including four Super Bowl and Margarita Camacho, MD, Surgical transplant or when other medical wins. He served as president and Director of Heart Transplantation, are conditions have rendered them ineligible CEO of the Detroit Lions, followed by a successful career as a football two of the most senior physicians in for transplantation. commentator. the field, with a combined experience The NBI and RWH programs of caring for more than 1,500 transplant also participate in multiple research As the years went on, he began patients. Both physicians are at the trials that offer patients access to new to feel weaker and increasingly forefront of advanced heart failure investigational medications and devices short of breath. It became hard to navigate the few stairs to his treatments, and both have been at NBI prior to commercial availability. Most basement wood shop. for the majority of their careers. “That recently, the teams have been studying translates to consistency,” says Dr. medications to treat advanced congestive Ultimately, Millen was diagnosed Zucker. “We have danced together for heart failure, amyloid and lamin A/C with the rare disease amyloidosis. Abnormal proteins called amyloids a long time.” The RWH transplant cardiomyopathy. had been deposited in his heart program has been in place for more than The transplant center at NBI is muscle, rendering it stiff and unable 20 years, with year after year of excellent currently undergoing a $4.3 million to function properly. outcomes, says Dr. Ghaly. renovation. “The transplant suite will soon Both programs rely on integrate the mechanical support, heart In the fall of 2018, Millen spent three months at NBI, under the care of multidisciplinary teams to provide and lung transplant programs all under Mark Jay Zucker, MD, Director of one roof,” says Dr. Zucker. “The ability to the Cardiothoracic Transplantation interact on a moment-to-moment basis Program, and his team. On December provides an ability to exchange ideas and 24, 2018, Millen underwent heart ensure that all team members are up to transplant surgery performed by date with new and emerging technologies.” Margarita Camacho, MD, Surgical This type of interaction is crucial Director of Heart Transplantation, and when it comes to caring for such critically Mark Russo, MD. ill patients, says Dr. Zucker. “After all, The surgery was a success. With a the management of heart failure is a 24/7 new heart and a new lease on life, operation that only works when you have Millen is back in the broadcasting AZIZ GHALY, MD MARK JAY ZUCKER, MD a team of truly committed individuals.” booth for the 2019 football season.

our heart doesnt beat just for ou. et it checed. To reach an RWJBarnabas Health cardiac specialist near you, call 888.724.7123 or visit www.rwjbh.org/heart.

Healthy Together | 12 | Fall 2019 RWJBarnabas Health | RWJBH.ORG | 13 CANCER WHERE TO CALL FOR HELP NOW THERE’S A SINGLE PHONE NUMBER FOR CLEAR AND COMPASSIONATE ANSWERS ABOUT CANCER TREATMENT.

hen a person is diagnosed with cancer, he or she In the past, Dr. Libutti explains, patients and caregivers has a lot to learn—and many decisions to make. needed to do extensive research on their own to figure W What’s the best course of treatment? Where is out what location and what physician would be most the best place for treatment? Who is the best doctor to treat appropriate for their care. “Now they can more easily access my cancer How can I get a second opinion NCI-designated cancer care across the state,” he says. That’s why RWBarnabas Health (RWBH), in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New AA E RE Jersey, the state’s only National Cancer Institute- “We’re especially excited to have nurse navigators located Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, has created right at the contact center if a person has a clinical an Oncology Access Center. This concierge-like service uestion,” says Bryan Soltes, System Vice President, for cancer patients has an easy-to-remember number: Network Development, ncology Services for RWBH. 44-CANCERN. At that number, specialized oncology “That aspect of our system makes it uniuely helpful to access representatives and oncology access nurse patients.” navigators stand ready to direct patients to the expert care When a caller is referred to a specific hospital, he or she they need. The Oncology Access Center creates one point is immediately linked to the nurse navigator platform at of contact for all oncologists and hospitals in the RWBH the hospital, Soltes says. “Nurse navigators guide patients system and at Rutgers Cancer Institute. through their entire journey of diagnosis, treatment and “We are well aware that people recovery, not only making appointments but connecting the who are newly diagnosed or seeking patient with oncology support services,” he explains. a second opinion are dealing with “Our system is making a very big commitment to nurse an extremely stressful personal navigation in general,” Soltes says. “ur goal is to be the situation,” says Steven . Libutti, largest nurse navigation system for oncology in the country.” MD, Senior Vice President of Experts at RWBH recognize that oncology healthcare ncology Services, RWBH and calls are different from other kinds of calls. “They are oen Director of Rutgers Cancer Institute from people dealing with potentially serious situations,” Soltes of New Jersey. “We want to make the says. “With our Oncology Access Center and nurse navigator process of finding care as stress-free programs, we’re able to put our arms around the patient, so to STEVEN K. LIBUTTI, MD and efficient as possible.” speak, and say, ‘We’ll help you take it from here.’”

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System_Oncology_Fall19_REV1.indd 14 9/16/19 10:06 AM RAISE YOUR HANDS FOR SURVIVORS Life can be a roller coaster, Opposite page and this page, clockwise: For the fi rst time, a roller coaster was wrapped in support of especially when a person is coping cancer awareness for the Coasters for Cancer campaign. Survivors and their families joined a special with cancer. That made it especially survivors celebration at Six Flags Great Adventure, which partnered with RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers fi tting for three iconic New Jersey Cancer Institute of New Jersey to bring greater awareness to the disease and efforts to fi ght it. brands—RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH), Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Six Flags Great Adventure—to create the Coasters for Cancer campaign. Brightly colored handprints were collected from cancer survivors RWJBarnabas Health, and supporters. Those handprints in partnership with Rutgers were wrapped into a design to Cancer Institute of New Jersey— adorn the Runaway Mine Train the state’s only NCI-Designated roller coaster at Six Flags Great Comprehensive Cancer Center— Adventure in Jackson Township. provides close-to-home access When park visitors take the ride, to the latest treatment, including they’re reminded of how many clinical trials. Visit people cancer touches in the state www.rwjbh.org/beatcancer. of New Jersey. The campaign was unveiled during a National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration at Six Flags Great Adventure on June 9. “More people need to know about the disease and about the research that’s being done right in our own backyard,” says John DeSimone, a patient at Rutgers Cancer Institute. “What I hope people get out of this display is that cancer doesn’t discriminate,” says cancer survivor Johnny Volpe, 17, who was diagnosed when he was just 7. “Cancer goes for anyone and everyone, and it’s great that people are aware.” “The Coasters for Cancer campaign is an incredible opportunity to shine the spotlight on cancer survivorship, education and prevention,” says Justin Edelman, Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, RWJBH. “If this e ncolog ccess enter is open from a.m. to p.m., Monda campaign helps just one person, through rida. all 844.CANCERNJ (844.226.2376). it’s all worth it.”

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System_Oncology_Fall19_REV1.indd 15 9/16/19 10:06 AM Staff and members at Opportunity Project engage in a variety of work-related and social activities through BEND the Clubhouse Program.

be long-term, even lifelong. These symptoms BRAIN INJURY can include difficulty thinking clearly, headaches, moodiness, sensitivity to light, A NEW PARTNERSHIP BRINGS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THOSE physical impairment and sleep problems. LIVING WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. p to 90,000 people experience the onset of long-term disability from TBI each year. The only program of its kind in New Jersey, pportunity Project has served more than 600 individuals affected by TBI, along with their families, since its inception in 1993. The organization is housed in a 14,000-suare-foot facility in Millburn that’s accessible to the center of town and to public bout every 13 seconds in the program offers a wide range of services to help transportation, and is open five days a week. .S., someone suffers traumatic adults with TBI reach their full potential. Here, members can meet to receive A brain injury (TBI)—a blow or The organization’s mission and services occupational therapy, to confer with social penetrating injury to the head that’s severe make it a natural fit for CSH. “pportunity workers who can help them access community enough to disrupt normal brain function. Project has a long, rich history of serving the resources, or to practice skills in reading, Children with TBI are oen treated at critical needs of adults with brain injury,” writing, planning and more. pportunity Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH), the says Warren E. Moore, FACHE, President Project also trains members who wish to leading provider of inpatient and outpatient and CE, CSH, and Senior Vice President, become part of its Speakers Bureau, enabling care for children and young adults facing Pediatric Services, RWBarnabas Health. them to use their firsthand knowledge of living special healthcare challenges. ntil recently, “We are thrilled to partner and learn from with a brain injury to deliver inspiring and however, CSH had no way to help these one another, ensuring a bright future for the educational presentations. patients as they grappled with the lingering communities we serve.” For more information about effects of TBI in adulthood. pportunity Project, visit To remedy that situation, CSH has MOVING FORWARD www.opportunityproject.org. For more begun a new partnership with the nonprofit Mild TBI, the most common kind, affects information about Children’s Specialized pportunity Project, founded by parents the brain only temporarily. However, Hospital, call 888.244.5373 or visit whose sons were dealing with TBI. The symptoms of moderate to severe TBI may www.childrens-specialized.org.

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22132976 RWJBH-CORP Planned Giving Print Ads NBI_8.375x10.875_m1.indd 1 5/15/19 2:35 PM Geoffrey Atkins, center, during a post-surgery visit with Antonios Mammis, MD, and Erin Feinstein, DO. THE eoff rey Atkins, 70, of Newark, spent decades running a successful GWall Street consulting business. CUTTING ver time, he and his family had noticed that he had begun to develop minor shaking in his hands. Th e shaking got increasingly worse beginning in 2017, and he uickly found himself semi-retired. EDGE OF “I could no longer take notes during meetings I couldn’t type on a laptop I couldn’t even trust myself to take a dinner plate to my granddaughters,” he says. “Th ere were so many things I took for granted that I could no longer do.” SRGER Th e diagnosis essential tremor, a DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IS JUST ONE OF THE ADVANCED nervous system disorder that causes involuntary shaking. Medicine is an TREATMENTS THAT NEUROSURGEONS AND NEUROLOGISTS eff ective treatment for many, but it only AT NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER CAN OFFER. made Geoff rey feel tired and slu ish. Geoff rey’s research into his options led him to the Rutgers Neurological Institute of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel

Healthy Together | 18 | Fall 2019 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 19 Medical Center (NBI). He learned that essential tremor, or when side eff ects of neurosurgeons and neurologists there had medicines are extreme, DBS surgery is access to the newest technology for “deep an exciting option,” says neurosurgeon brain stimulation” (DBS) from medical Antonios Mammis, MD, Director of the device maker Boston Scientifi c. Geoff rey Center for Functional Neurosurgery agreed to be one of the fi rst two patients Neuromodulation at the Neurological at NBI and in the entire state to reap the Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey benefi ts of this specifi c technology. Medical School. “With the addition of “Given my uality of life then and what the Boston Scientifi c euipment, we can the specialists told me, I knew this solution off er DBS to patients using any of three could help,” Geoff rey says. diff erent types of systems. We’re the only center in the state with access to all three HOW SURGEONS ELECTRICAL ANSWERS technologies, so we can give patients every HONE THEIR SKILLS As the name su ests, deep brain opportunity to improve their lives.” stimulation involves sending mild electrical Many patients and families do not For golf and many other sports, impulses to specifi c areas deep inside a know about DBS, he says. “We’re excited professional athletes review videos person’s brain, interrupting electrical to let more people know it exists, right of their performance to break down their movements and study ways signals that cause tremors and involuntary here in New Jersey.” they can improve. movement. DBS is also eff ective for people with Parkinson’s disease (which, though PRECISION CONTROL Surgeons at Newark Beth Israel it has similar symptoms, is a condition Dr. Feinstein, who has been performing Medical Center (NBI) are doing something similar. They’ve enlisted unrelated to essential tremor). “DBS is a DBS for more than fi ve years, is impressed a team of experts from all over tried-and-true treatment that has been with the precision made possible by the the world to review videos of their FDA-approved since 1997 and that modern new system. “It gives me better control procedures. The program is called advances have made even better,” says Erin over both the location of the stimulation C-SATS—short for “crowd-sourced Feinstein, D, a neurologist and expert in and the strength of the impulses,” she assessment of technical skills.” movement disorders at NBI. says. “Patients are awake during the two- Using a secure online platform, When a patient is considered for to three-hour surgery, so they can tell and taking care to remove any surgery, a neurologist who specializes in us immediately when we have the right personally identifi able details, movement disorders does an assessment to location and strength.” NBI surgeons send videos of their ensure proper diagnosis. For the surgery, “As Dr. Feinstein did the robot-assisted and laparoscopic a neurosurgeon and neurologist together programming, my ability to control my operations to C-SATS. A team of use sophisticated euipment to pinpoint hand motions changed dramatically while experts reviews the video frame-by- the location for stimulation. Guided she adjusted the electrodes,” Geoffrey says frame and provides feedback. by a computerized map of the brain, a of the June 2019 procedure. “The feedback might include neurosurgeon implants wires, or “leads,” ver a period of months post-surgery, comments about the surgeon’s to the brain through a small opening in Dr. Feinstein adjusts the programmer during control of the instruments, the skull. Th e leads are connected to a offi ce visits. “I’ve seen major improvements,” guidance for using both hands pacemaker-like “controller” implanted Geoff rey says. “I have no problem with my more effectively or ways to improve under the skin of the chest. writing or with buttons, and I can cook and the speed and effi ciency of the “When medicines no longer help in wash dishes again. When I put my hand out, operation,” says Adam Kopelan, MD, Chair of the Department of reducing symptoms of Parkinson’s or it doesn’t shake like it used to.” Surgery and Director of Surgical He looks forward Services at NBI, and a member of to returning to regular Barnabas Health Medical Group. gym workouts, and “It’s highly detailed information that maybe returning to our surgeons welcome because work full-time. “I’m it helps us improve care for our not sure about that, patients.” Since late last year, more though,” he says with than two dozen members of NBI’s a laugh. “I’d like to medical staff have participated in spend more time the program. with my children and With the success of NBI’s ERIN FEINSTEIN, DO ADAM KOPELAN, MD ANTONIOS MAMMIS, MD grandchildren.” pilot study, C-SATS will be offered to other surgeons in the RWJBarnabas Health system, he To learn more about cutting-edge treatments at Newark Beth Israel Medical says. “In a year, I think all teaching hospitals will be using this tool.” Center, call 888.724.7123 or visit www.rwjbh.org/newarkbeth.

Healthy Together | 18 | Fall 2019 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 19 RWJBarnabas Health and the Frederick B. Cohen, MD, Comprehensive Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey—the state’s only NCI- Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center—provide close-to-home access to the latest treatment and clinical trials. For more information, visit www.rwjbh.org/beatcancer.

anni Rocha was past menopause, but she was having vaginal bleeding. DOne day, since she was running THE SYMPTOM errands near her gynecologist’s offi ce, she decided to stop in. “I joked with them that I thought my WOMEN SHOULD period was starting again,” she says. Th e gynecologist told her she’d been right to come. Danni was sent directly to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI) for blood NEVER IGNORE work and tests. “My doctors worked fast to fi nd out why IF UNEXPLAINED VAGINAL BLEEDING I was bleeding,” says Danni, 58, a resident of OCCURS POST-MENOPAUSE, SEE Elizabeth. “Tests showed I had uterine cancer, and they scheduled me to have surgery a few YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY. weeks later. It all happened so fast. “By the grace of God, I’m here today to tell the story.”

Healthy Together | 20 | Fall 2019 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 21 UTERINE CANCER: WHAT TO KNOW Uterine cancer most often begins in the endometrium, the tissue that lines a woman’s uterus. “For about eight in 10 women with endometrial or uterine cancer, bleeding is the first symptom,” says Patrick Anderson, MD, Director of Gynecologic Oncology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Endometrial cancer is usually found around the time a woman reaches menopause (stops having her period), which can be a gradual process spanning several years, or even years after menopause. If bleeding occurs at the beginning of At left, Danni Rocha at a follow-up doctor visit. Above, Danni recently gave thanks along with fellow menopause, many mistake it for a cancer survivors at the Cancer Survivors Celebration of Life sponsored by the Frederick B. Cohen, MD, period, Dr. Anderson says. Comprehensive Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. “But beyond age 52 or 53, bleeding is not normal, no matter how good you feel or what you think the cause ADVANCED SURGERY patients also have the benefit of shorter is,” he says. “If you have bleeding, The news was so unexpected that Danni recovery time compared to traditional, see your doctor.” struggled to make sense of it all. “But or “open,” surgery because the incision Besides bleeding, symptoms of they told me I would be in the best reuired is much smaller. “This faster endometrial cancer include pelvic hands,” she says, “and after I met Dr. recovery is important when patients need pain, feeling a mass or unexplained Anderson, I knew they were right.” further care, including chemotherapy or weight change. Uterine sarcomas Surgery is the most common radiation therapy,” says Dr. Anderson. (tumors), which are much rarer treatment for uterine cancer, says Danni’s After Danni’s hysterectomy (removal than endometrial cancer, may also surgeon, Patrick Anderson, MD, Director of the uterus), chemotherapy was have similar symptoms. of Gynecologic Oncology at NBI. The recommended to ensure the cancer was surgical team at NBI’s Frederick B. eradicated. To diminish the chance that Cohen, MD, Comprehensive Cancer and the cancer would return, a course of Blood Disorders Center, where Danni radiation was prescribed. ARE YOU AT RISK? went, uses some of the most advanced “Going through this, I had a lot of techniues available for gynecological emotional ups and downs,” Danni says. Besides age, factors that can surgery. “But my faith and my family kept me increase the risk for endometrial “We’re one of the few hospitals in straight. And I had the best support from cancer are: the state to employ the most current everyone at the Cohen Cancer Center • Obesity generation of the da Vinci Surgical at Newark Beth Israel. They always had • Type 2 diabetes Robotic System, so we always have the a smile, and they always checked on me, • Taking certain hormones, plus latest technology,” sometimes just to see how I was feeling.” conditions or drugs that affect says Dr. Anderson. Danni’s last treatment was in January hormones “Plus, we have of 2019, but her trips to NBI continue. • Taking the drug tamoxifen (for more than 12 Today, she gladly visits as a volunteer for breast cancer) years’ worth of the monthly meetings of NBI’s Cohen experience in using Cancer Center survivor support group. • Never having been pregnant it for gynecological “I was blessed through this,” she says. • Family history of cancer of the cancers “The confidence that my doctor and endometrium, colon, breast or specifically.” everyone gave me was great. I want to ovary With the share that with others who are going The American Cancer Society PATRICK ANDERSON, MD robotic system, through something similar.” recommends that women at increased risk for endometrial cancer see their doctor whenever To learn more about top cancer care at the Frederick B. Cohen, MD, they have abnormal vaginal bleeding. Comprehensive Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, call 844.CANCERNJ.

Healthy Together | 20 | Fall 2019 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 21 Victor Parsonnet, MD, blazed the trail to 1,000-plus heart transplants at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. ictor Parsonnet, MD, laid the foundation for one of V the most successful cardiac surgery programs in the state of New Jersey and in the nation at RWBarnabas Health. Now, at 95 years old, he will be recognized as a true New Jersey Hall of Famer. Dr. Parsonnet will be inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2019 in the Public Service category on ct. 27. A Newark native, Dr. Parsonnet made his name in New Jersey and worldwide as a groundbreaking cardiac surgeon. He performed the first heart transplants and kidney transplants in New Jersey. He implanted the first permanent pacemakers in New Jersey and the first permanent transvenous pacemakers worldwide. “A pioneer is one who ventures into unexplored areas with innovative ideas,” says Barry H. strowsky, President and Chief Executive fficer, RWBarnabas Health. “Certainly, Dr. Victor Parsonnet, creator of so many frontline medical procedures that are regularly performed in our facilities today, is a pioneer and well deserving of the recognition and tribute of being named to the 2019 New Jersey Hall of Fame.”

DECADES OF DISTINCTION “We are forever indebted to Dr. Victor Parsonnet for his dedication to our patients, to this community and to advancements in cardiac research. He paved the way for our current success as one of the most comprehensive cardiac programs in the country,” says Darrell . Terry, Sr., MHA, A CARDIAC MPH, FACHE, President and Chief Executive fficer, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey. Dr. Parsonnet is the former Director of Surgery and Surgical Research at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an SURGEON’S RWBarnabas Health facility, where he practiced medicine for more than 60 years and achieved many milestone moments for the state of New Jersey. Dr. Parsonnet established New Jersey’s first heart transplant LIFESAVING program at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. The Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant program at Newark Beth Israel has performed more than 1,000 heart transplants, a distinction held by only 12 hospitals in the country. LEGACY In addition to his many clinical accomplishments, Dr. Parsonnet is a devotee of the performing arts and served as NEWARK’S OWN DR. VICTOR PARSONNET IS NAMED chairman of the New Jersey Symphony rchestra for 17 years. He was an early supporter of the creation of the New Jersey TO THE NEW JERSEY HALL OF FAME. Performing Arts Center, and is a pianist and avid tennis player.

Your heart doesn’t beat just for you. Get it checked. To reach a Newark Beth Israel Medical Center cardiac specialist, call 888.724.7123 or visit www.rwjbh.org/heart.

Healthy Together | 22 | Fall 2019 HEALTHY HOLIDAY RECIPES TRY THESE SLIMMED-DOWN SIDE DISHES THIS THANKSGIVING.

hanksgiving dishes are not Th at’s one good reason to consider Happy Holidays cooking class. “People around for just one meal—we healthier alternatives to traditional side tell us that they make these healthy recipes “Tmake so much food that we dishes. ther good reasons Th ese recipes once, and then the dishes turn into holiday tend to be eating le overs for several days,” are packed with vitamins and fi ber, and use staples for their table,” she says. Th is year, says Molly Fallon Dixon, MSD, RDN, ingredients that are easy to fi nd in winter. the holiday cooking class will take place Community Wellness Coordinator at Fallon Dixon and the team at the Rev. on Nov. 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. and teach Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s Rev. Dr. Ronald B. Christian Community Health participants how to make a delicious, Dr. Ronald B. Christian Community Health and Wellness Center off er recipes like healthy three-course Th anksgiving meal. To and Wellness Center. the ones below in their annual Healthy register, call 973.926.7371.

INGREDIENTS: • 1 cup dry bulgur CRANBERRY • 8 ounces Brussels SAUCE sprouts Serves 12 (½ • 1 pomegranate cup per serving) • 1 pear, diced This homemade • ¼ cup walnuts, cranberry sauce roughly chopped is plenty sweet RAW BRUSSELS • 1 medium shallot, without all the high- minced fructose corn syrup of SPROUTS SALAD the canned variety. Serves 6 (1 cup per serving) • 2 tablespoons olive oil Brussels sprouts can be used in more ways than • 2 tablespoons INGREDIENTS: just roasting and sautéing. This salad is sure to be balsamic vinegar • 1 package fresh cranberries a healthy favorite this winter, and is full of fi ber and 1 • 1 orange vitamins K and C. Pomegranate seeds and pears • /8 teaspoon salt • ¾ cup sugar naturally sweeten the salad without added sugars. • 1/8 teaspoon pepper • 1½ cups water DIRECTIONS: • 5 dried fi gs • In a small saucepan, combine 2 cups of cold water and dry bulgur. Bring to a boil, • ½ cup dried cranberries cover and reduce to medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Simmer bulgur for • ½ cup raisins 12–15 minutes or until tender. Drain excess liquid and set aside to cool. • Remove any tough or dried-out leaves from the Brussels sprouts and cut off the DIRECTIONS: stems. Slice Brussels sprouts in half from top to bottom where the stem had been. • Rinse cranberries and remove Lay the Brussels sprouts cut-side-down and begin to shred them by thinly slicing stems. Place in saucepot. from top to bottom. Gently toss the Brussels sprouts in a large bowl so the layers • Wash and zest orange. After break apart. Set aside. zesting, cut in half and squeeze • Seed the pomegranate: Keeping the stem intact, score the pomegranate all the out juice. Add zest and juice to way around as you would a peach or avocado, without cutting all the way through. saucepot. Once scored, twist the pomegranate so it splits into two halves and gently peel back • Place saucepot on low heat. Add the skin to loosen the seeds. Hold the cut side facing down over a bowl and hit the sugar, water and dried fi gs. Heat back of the pomegranate with a wooden spoon until all the seeds come free. until cranberries begin to burst; • Add pomegranate seeds, walnuts and pears to the Brussels sprouts and combine. add additional water if necessary. Fluff bulgur with a fork and add to salad. • Add dried cranberries and raisins. • In a separate small bowl, whisk together the shallot, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Turn off heat and let sit until fruit Pour over the salad and toss to combine. is plumped.

Health Happ Holidas and other Health iving classes are o ered at the Rev. r. Ronald B. hristian ommunit Health and Wellness enter, ons venue. To learn more, call 973.926.7371 or visit www.rwjbh.org/events.

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FOR MOMS AND Learning to Live with MOMS-TO-BE Ray Murphy Men’s Health Cancer and Wellness Night 1:30–2:30 p.m., third Thursday Maternity Unit Tours 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4 of the month We invite you to visit our facility Panel Moderator: George A general cancer support group. and experience our commitment Martin, Captain, 1986 N.Y. Frederick B. Cohen, MD, to the overall birth experience for Giants Super Bowl XXI Cancer Center, 201 Lyons our patients. To schedule your Champions. Admission is Avenue, Newark tour, call 973.926.7108 or visit complimentary, but space is For information: 973.926.7565 www.rwjbh.org/maternity. limited. To register, visit www.rwjbh.org/nbimenshealth Breastfeeding & Infant or call 973.926.4255. ESPECIALLY FOR Care Basics SENIORS 3–4 p.m., Mondays Senior Health and Tobacco Cessation Program Newark Beth Israel Medical Wellness Center at James C. Center 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Wednesdays FREE nicotine patches, gum White Manor 201 Lyons Avenue Primary care and health and and lozenges provided. To register: 973.926.8022 wellness programs for senior Rev. Dr. Ronald B. Christian residents of the Newark Housing Community Health and Wellness Childbirth Education Authority and the greater Center, 208 Lyons Avenue (4-week series) Newark community. To register: 973.926.7371 6–8 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 21– 516 Bergen Street THE BETH Nov. 11; Nov.18–Dec. 9; For information: 973.622.2703 GREENHOUSE Dec.16–Jan. 6 SUPPORT GROUPS FARMERS MARKET Newark Beth Israel Medical Lung Transplant Caring for You, Caring for Thursdays, Center Support Group Me—Caregivers Support 11 a.m.–4 p.m. 201 Lyons Avenue 2–4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Newark Beth Israel To register: 973.926.8022 For pre-lung transplant patients, Wednesdays, Oct. 23 and Medical Center, ABC recipients and caregivers. Nov. 13 Discharge Lobby EDUCATION AND Newark Beth Israel Medical The Center for Geriatric Health 201 Lyons Avenue Center, 201 Lyons Avenue Care, Lower Level 973.926.7371 PREVENTION For information: 973.926.3178 156 Lyons Avenue Diabetes Prevention Program To register: 973.926.6771 1–2 p.m., Wednesdays Heart Transplant Discuss ways to help prevent/ Support Group delay Type 2 diabetes. 6:30–8 p.m., fi rst Thursday JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST! Rev. Dr. Ronald B. Christian of the month If you would like to receive In Good Health, our monthly e-newsletter, Community Health and Wellness Newark Beth Israel Medical please send an email to [email protected]. The information provided Center, 208 Lyons Avenue Center, 201 Lyons Avenue will be used exclusively for this purpose and will not be shared with To register: 973.926.7371 For information: 973.926.7205 any third party.