NJ certifies CentraState's stroke program
The New Jersey
Department of Health and Senior Services has named CentraState Medical Center a
Primary Stroke Center. CentraState is among a select group of New Jersey
hospitals that have a specially trained, around-the-clock response team of
physician and nurse stroke specialists who assess patients immediately upon
their arrival at the Emergency Department and provide ongoing collaborative care
throughout the treatment process. To read more, click here.
National recognition for health education
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CentraState's Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center
has become the third health education provider nationwide to be accredited by
The National Association of Health Education Centers. For more on this
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Magazine names top docs from CentraState
New Jersey Monthly magazine polled physicians across the state as to whom they trust to treat
their friends and family, and 10 physicians on staff at CentraState Medical
Center made the magazine's annual list of "Top Docs" for 2008. Their names are
listed by specialty (alphabetical):
Anesthesiology/Pain
Management:
Scott Metzger, MD, and Peter Staats,
MD |
Pediatric Surgery:
John
Gallucci, MD |
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Cardiovascular Disease:
John Checton, MD, and Jeffrey Daniels, MD |
Radiation Oncology:
Edward
Soffen, MD |
Nephrology:
Andrew Covit,
MD |
Reproductive/Infertility:
Miguel
Damien, MD |
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Pediatric Nephrology:
Anup
Singh, MD |
Surgery, Orthopedic:
Steven
Reich, MD |
Health lectures, screenings & classes
From the latest in managing lipids and cholesterol to non-traditional approaches to diabetes, chronic-disease self-management, or saving a choking victim, the medical professionals and educators at CentraState offer free or low-cost lectures, classes and other events to help you and your family live healthier and safer.
Click here for a list of upcoming lectures and
screenings. Click here for a list of upcoming classes.
MS Center dedicated
CentraState has named its multiple sclerosis unit The
Linda E. Cardinale MS Center in gratitude of a donation from the Vito Cardinale
family of Staten Island. For more on this story, click
here.
The Linda E. Cardinale Multiple Sclerosis Center was developed with the support of the Mid-Jersey Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Vito Cardinale of Cardinale Enterprises to bring comprehensive care to people with MS and their families. The Center provides diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and support for patients with MS and their families. It also offers nutritional services, patient education/counseling, and complementary medicine therapies such as Reiki for those with multiple sclerosis. The Center recently graduated the third class from its MS Wellness Program, which is modeled after the highly regarded programs of University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles.
Physician practices open at Ambulatory Campus
Pulmonary group opens new office
Monmouth Ocean Pulmonary Medicine has opened a medical office at CentraState's Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 W. Main St., Ste. 160, Freehold. The physicians in
the group are Salvatore A. Croce, MD, John P. DeTullio, MD, Robert McKinley, MD,
Kenneth D. Barofsky, MD, and Samuel L. Krachman, MD. The telephone number is
(732) 577-0600.
Ob/gyn practice
relocates
Casandra Hicks-Autry, M.D. and Kimberly Baldwin, M.D. of Woman to Woman Obstetrics and Gynecology Associates have relocated their Freehold office to CentraState's Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 W. Main St., Ste 260, Freehold. The new telephone number is (732) 308-2255. The practice previously was located in the Donna O'Donnell RN Medical Arts Building.
A 'Best Place to Work'
Modern
Healthcare has selected CentraState Medical Center one of the “100 Best
Places to Work in Healthcare.” Click
here to learn more.
New Physicians Welcomed
CentraState
Medical Center welcomes the following doctors who recently joined the
admitting staff (listed alphabetically with their area of practice and
medical school). To reach any of these physicians, click here
or call our Physician Finder at (866)
CENTRA7. |
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Russell Ashinoff, MD
Plastic Surgery
SUNY at Health Science Center
at
Syracuse
Ankur Desai, MD
Psychiatry
Tufts University
William DiLorenzo, DO
Cardiology
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sukrut Dwivedi, DO
Infectious Disease
NY College of Osteopathic
Medicine
Aimee Goodman, DO
Pediatrics
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic
Medicine
Robert Kayser, MD
Cardiology
UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School
Aleksey Kretov, MD
Geriatrics
Crimea Medical Institute,
Ukraine
Raghu Kunamneni, MD
Hematology-Oncology
St. Georges University, West Indies
Andrew Lee, MD
Infectious
Disease
Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
Ajay Mathur, MD
Infectious
Disease
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Kathleen McDonald, MD
Neonatology
Ohio State University
Vincent Moss, MD
Surgery
Temple University School of
Medicine
Ashish Patel, MD
Cardiology
NY Medical College
Suresh Pitchumoni, MD
Gastroenterology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School
David Poulad, MD
Neurosurgery
St. Louis College of Medicine
Angela Ranzini, MD
OB/Maternal Fetal Medicine
Medical College of
Virginia
Huzaifa Shakir, MD
Thoracic Surgery
Boston University School of
Medicine
Sameera Syed, MD
OB/Gynecology
Rural Medical College |
Now at the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory
Campus...
Medical day spa
The new Jon’Ric International Medical Spa at the Ambulatory Campus offers a range of traditional spa therapies plus
physician-supervised medical treatments. For more information
and to make an appointment, call (732) 637-6363.
Cardiology services
The Thomas J.
Blanchet Cardiac Diagnostic Center
Cardiac
Rehabilitation
Integrative Health &
Preventive Cardiology Program
Liberty Café
Located
on the main floor of the Ambulatory Campus, the Liberty Café offers a new dining
option for patients and visitors. The Ambulatory Campus is easily accessible
from the hospital through an enclosed walkway. Click here
for more information.
Sleep center
The Center for Sleep Disorders is on the third floor of the
Ambulatory Campus. Click
here to listen to a Sleep Center "Medical Minute" broadcast.
Aquatic and hyperbaric therapies
 The aquatic therapy program at OceanFirst Rehabilitation
Center can get you back in the swim of things. Click
here to read more, or click here to
hear more, about this innovative rehabilitation therapy program and our Aquatic Center's
three therapeutic pools, including the HydroWorx® with an underwater
treadmill. 
Hyperbaric oxygen
therapy (HBO), now available at the Central Jersey Wound Treatment Center, is
the most sophisticated treatment technology available for promoting wound
healing—often achieving improvements even when other treatments have
failed. Click here to read more, or
click here to hear more.
The Ambulatory Campus
is located at 901 W. Main St., adjacent to CentraState Medical
Center.
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