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University Hospital announced today that its Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Treatment & Observation Protocols (N.A.S.T.O.P.) program has successfully reduced the average length of stay duration for babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome by more than 50%, from more than 42 to days to fewer than 20 days. The program has also decreased the neonatal abstinence treatment

On Thursday, January 9th , University Hospital and First Lady Tammy Murphy hosted Surgeon General, VADM Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., for a Maternal Mortality & Morbidity Listening Session. Dr. Adams moderated a panel discussion with healthcare providers, State and local leaders, and other stakeholders on the efforts underway in New Jersey to address these

On Wednesday, January 22nd, University Hospital was honored to host First Lady Tammy Murphy and New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, for N.J.’s Maternal Health Awareness Day. They were joined by a group of University Hospital physicians from the Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s health department for a conversation on Maternal Health. Their discussions covered a

“We are honored to have started the state’s first Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program, and that our service to the community has achieved results that were recognized by so many of our state’s leaders. Today’s announcement is a testament to how many more people in NJ stand to benefit from this work,” said Dr. Shereef Elnahal,

In honor of American Heart Month, University Hospital is proud to share progress that the newly established Arrhythmia Institute has made to push the boundaries for treating chronic heart failure in New Jersey. Last October, the Arrhythmia Institute was the first in the state, and second in the country, to successfully implant the Optimizer Impulse

Today, the Foundation for University Hospital announced that an anonymous corporate donor has given $2,271,295 to support University Hospital’s COVID-19 response efforts. The anonymous donor worked with the Foundation as of earlier this week, and asked for a list of priorities to best help the hospital prepare for a potential growing surge of COVID-19 patients.

University Hospital announced today that it has appointed three new members of the executive leadership team. Joining University Hospital on April 13 will be Robert Iannaccone as the hospital’s Executive Vice President, William Holubek, M.D. as the Chief Medical Officer, and Tomas Gregorio as Chief Innovation and Technology Officer. These three new leaders join the

Epic and University Hospital have rapidly turned Meadowlands Exposition Center into a healthcare facility. Epic is a healthcare software company, University Hospital is New Jersey’s state hospital and Level I Trauma Center, and Meadowlands is now Secaucus Federal Medical Station. Epic provided a plan and staffed a team with experience from other surge installs around