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 coronary artery disease. This minimally invasive treatment restores blood supply to the heart and helps to prevent heart attack, heart failure and other forms of heart disease.
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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.
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Mountainside 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.
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The 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.
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Hackensack 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.
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Hackensack 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.
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The 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.
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For Naiesha Brooks, 44, knee pain and missing her children’s activities were finally too much to bear.
She had always been an active person, enjoying dancing and exercising, especially boxing. During one strenuous boxing workout she tore the meniscus in her knee, the C-shaped piece of tough cartilage that acts as a shock absorber between your shinbone and thighbone. It’s a common knee injury and easily repaired, but Naiesha put off getting the surgery for years.
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Each November, we celebrate Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, ahead of breast, pancreatic and colon cancers combined. In The U.S. alone, there are approximately 160,000 deaths each year. By spreading awareness about the disease, and lifestyle factors that can contribute to developing Lung Cancer, our hope is to help prevent further progression on disease.
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Mountainside Medical Center has announced that Daniel Mansour, M.D. will take on the role as medical director of thoracic surgery and surgical director of the lung cancer screening/lung nodule program. In this role, Dr. Mansour will operate the thoracic surgery program to ensure its organization and delivery of excellent, timely and evidence-based care.
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