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Bariatric patient overcoming obstacles to better health
Read more: Bariatric patient overcoming obstacles to better healthStruggling with one’s weight and related illnesses like diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol can get anyone down. Add to that the traumatic experience of losing a leg, and no one would fault them from wanting to hibernate from the world. Not so for Lisa Biggy, a 53-year-old from Maywood, New Jersey. Thanks to…
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Mountainside Medical Center Welcomes Kulvir Nandra, M.D., Colorectal Surgeon
Read more: Mountainside Medical Center Welcomes Kulvir Nandra, M.D., Colorectal SurgeonDr. Kulvir Nandra is uniquely qualified to help patients find relief from even the most painful and sensitive issues. Gastrointestinal diseases can have a huge impact on an individual’s quality of life, and often goes untreated. Colorectal surgeons have access to the latest surgical technologies to treat a wide variety of diseases of the intestinal…
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Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Recognized for Excellence
Read more: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Recognized for ExcellencePhoto: Mountainside Medical Center and Ardent Health Services division leadership accepted the Ardent Cup on February 9, 2022. The Ardent Cup is the highest honor awarded by Ardent Health Services Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center has been recognized for excellence with the Ardent Cup, the highest honor awarded by Ardent Health Services. The hospital was…
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Mountainside Medical Center Expands Cardiology Services
Read more: Mountainside Medical Center Expands Cardiology ServicesPhoto: Mountainside Medical Center’s Cardiology and Interventional Catheterization Team and hospital leadership gather after the hospital’s first elective angioplasty procedure. The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) has licensed Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center to provide elective angioplasty, a scheduled procedure in which cardiologists use stents to open clogged coronary arteries in patients diagnosed with…
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What is Incontinence, and How Do We Treat It?
Read more: What is Incontinence, and How Do We Treat It?Do you suffer from incontinence – the lack of voluntary control over urination or defecation? Would you like to know the different options available to treat this condition? Konstantin Walmsley, M.D., urologist at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, answers questions about good bladder health and the many effective ways to treat incontinence. Q. What does…
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Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Honors January Care Award Recipient
Read more: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Honors January Care Award RecipientMountainside Medical Center names Marlena Jordan, RN, BSN, as the Care Award recipient for January. Mountainside Medical Center’s Care award is a monthly award that focuses on recognizing team members whose behaviors and attitudes best exemplify our five beliefs outlining who we are: Creative, courageous, connected, compassionate and collaborative. Marlena Jordan, RN, BSN, is a…
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Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Earns ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center Designation
Read more: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Earns ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center DesignationThe American College of Radiology (ACR) has designated Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center as a Lung Cancer Screening Center. The ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center designation is a voluntary program that recognizes facilities that have committed to practice safe, effective diagnostic care for individuals at the highest risk for lung cancer. In order to receive…
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Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Launches Contest to Name Surgical Robot
Read more: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Launches Contest to Name Surgical RobotHackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center has launched a “Name the Robot Contest” for the hospital’s Stryker Mako robotic surgical system. The hospital is inviting local community members to put their creative thinking caps on and suggest a nickname for the robot. The contest ends on Friday, February 11, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. A panel of…
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‘Give Kids a Smile’ Program to Provide Free Dental Care at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center
Read more: ‘Give Kids a Smile’ Program to Provide Free Dental Care at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical CenterHackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center will participate in the American Dental Association’s “Give Kids a Smile” program on Friday, February 4, to provide free dental care for children 12 years old and younger. “Nearly one in four children under the age of five already has cavities,” said Aneta Wojcik, D.D.S., director of Mountainside Medical Center’s…
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Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Receives The New Jersey Department of Health 2021 Silver Antimicrobial Steward Award
Read more: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Receives The New Jersey Department of Health 2021 Silver Antimicrobial Steward AwardThe Communicable Disease Service of the New Jersey Department of Health has recognized Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center as a 2021 Antimicrobial Steward. This award recognizes facilities who have promoted antimicrobial stewardship practices from 2020 to 2021 that encourage and maintain the health of patients, personnel and the general New Jersey population. The New Jersey…
