To train
caring, compassionate physicians who are competent to provide the
best possible medical care for neonates, infants, children and
adolescents; are children’s advocates in terms
of social, emotional and medical needs; and have the requisite
medical and scientific background to pursue careers in pediatric
medicine.
Monmouth's 26,000-square-foot Mary Stavola Children's
Pavilion is the core setting for providing comprehensive care for
children from birth through adolescence. The Medical Center is
located two blocks from the beach, and a seashore theme is carried
throughout the pavilion. The Stavola Pavilion also features a 21
bed inpatient pediatric unit, including a 6 bed pediatric ICU,
and an isolation intensive care room. Monmouth's Child Life Services
staff assists families and children in making life as normal as
possible for youngsters in the hospital. There is a playroom, children's
library, and Stay Smart University, a one-room schoolhouse developed
to meet the educational needs of children hospitalized at Monmouth.
Child Life Services also offers a pediatric preoperative program,
featuring a slide presentation, medical play and tour of the Surgical
Day Stay Area.
More than 100 pediatricians are affiliated with the
department's attending staff, more than half of whom are subspecialty
trained in such areas as
- Adolescent Medicine
- Allergy
- Cardiology
- Child Psychiatry and Psychology
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Developmental Pediatrics
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Disease
- Neonatology
- Neurology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- Pathology
- Pulmonary
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Urology
Monmouth Medical Center's location and population base provides
a context in which a very high level of general pediatrics is practiced
in a large number of top quality practices in the area. Pediatric
ambulatory services at Monmouth include a large primary care clinic
for the residents' continuity clinic training. There is also a
pediatric emergency department, where patients from both private
and resident practices may be seen.
Monmouth has extensive subspecialty
outpatient services for children with special needs or chronic
illnesses. There are outpatient programs and electives in all the
major subspecialties listed above.
Monmouth is one of six hospitals
in New Jersey that are Valerie Fund Centers, which treat children
with cancer and blood disorders.
Monmouth has one of only two Cystic
Fibrosis Centers in New Jersey and is part of national research
trials in leading-edge therapy sponsored by the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation.
The hospital's Muscular Dystrophy Program is one of
five in the state sponsored by the National Muscular Dystrophy
Association.
Monmouth Medical Center has a Regional Newborn Early Intervention
Program, where pediatricians and other specialists provide services
to children up to the age of 3 who are developmentally disabled.
The hospital also serves as a Regional Cleft Palate Center, one
of four in the state, providing outpatient services and surgery
to children born with cleft lip, cleft palate or other oro-facial
abnormalities.
Monmouth's Regional Newborn Center includes a 28 bed neonatal intensive
care nursery and 8 special care/step-down care beds, all part of
Monmouth's state designated Level III Regional Perinatal Center
covering Monmouth and Ocean counties. Babies and mothers from throughout
central New Jersey are transported here to be treated for problems
such as prematurity, acute illness or congenital disorders. Infants
who begin their lives in this specialized nursery become part of
a regional newborn extension program where their neurodevelopment
is evaluated as they grow up. The regular nursery cares for about
over 4,000 births per year, with its own individualized teaching
program.
Today Monmouth is one of 150 hospitals in the country and one of
two in New Jersey that offers a Ronald McDonald House. Here, home-like
accommodations are provided for families of seriously ill children
who are being treated at Monmouth and other area hospitals. Hospital
based schooling/tutoring is also offered for children who need
prolonged hospitalization. The Ronald McDonald House at Monmouth
completed a major expansion and has also undertaken the installation
of a special parent and child rest area within one of the Pediatric
wings of the hospital.
Child life specialists work
with patients, parents and health care team to make the hospital
stay for patients as learning and enjoyable as possible. They provide
games, hands on activity, videogames, and movies for the fun and
distraction of the patients, and help them in the tough time of
pain and suffering.
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