Press Releases

• Region’s First Successful “Beating” Donor Heart Transport Performed at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

• Mother and Baby Survive a Heart Defect at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

• A Big Chill Restores Man’s Life After Heart Attack

• American Heart Association Announces New Treatment for Heart Attack - Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Contributes to the Research

• Barnabas Health Cardiologist Named National Spokesperson for Take Fainting to Heart Campaign
  
  
• Learn More About A-Fib Free Heart Health Education Program
  
  
• Cardiac Arrest: One Man Beats the Odds and Heads Home
  
  

• Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center- First in NJ to Place Pulmonary Valve via Catheter-Based Procedure
  
  

• U.S. News Ranks Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Among Nation’s Top 50 Hospitals For Cardiology And Heart Surgery

• Amyloidosis Treatment at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Gives Union City Man a Second Life
  
  
• Warren County Man’s Heart Attack Results in Flight to Saint Barnabas Medical Center
  
  
• Marathon Surgery at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center to Remove Unique Tumor Puts Sea Bright Woman Back on Her Feet
  
  
• Cake Boss Makes Anatomically Correct Heart Cake For Newark Beth Israel Heart Transplant Recipient
  
  
• America's Heart Month - 28 Days to a Healthier Heart
  
  

• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program Opens at Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

• Heart Transplant Program Excels

• Heart and Lung Transplant Programs Awarded Bronze Level Community of Practice Donation Award by US Department of Health and Human Services

• Heart Transplant Program at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Identified Among Top in the Nation

• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Ranked Top in New Jersey for Heart and Heart Surgery by U.S. News & World's Report 2010-2011 America’s Best Hospitals

• Cardiac Research at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Changing Care Around the World

• Polo Match Benefits Cardiac Education and Research Fund

• Monmouth Medical Center Kicks-off New Heart Failure Program

• NJ Transplant Cardiologist Makes International News

• NJ Heart Transplant Recipient Part of Successful Nationwide Study for Detecting Organ Rejection

• Revolutionary Heart Pump Powers the Man Who Runs Cyclone Rollercoaster in Coney Island

• April is National Donate Life Month New Jersey's Most Experienced Heart Transplant Program

• The Saint Barnabas Health Care System is pleased to offer Pediatric Cardiac Screening for Young Athletes Ages 6 to 18 Years Old.

• New Jersey Mother Delivers Twins After Receiving Heart Transplant

• The Saint Barnabas Heart Centers Remind Families to Take Heart Attack Symptoms Seriously

• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Plays Significant Role in Clinical Trial that Leads to FDA Approval of Cardiac Device

• Heart Transplant Physician Named Health Care Professional of the Year by New Jersey Hospital Association

• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Receives Gold Performance Achievement Award From American Heart Association

• Catheter-Based Procedure For Genetic Heart Condition Puts Toms River Man Back On His Feet

• What You Shold Know About Heart Palpitations and Afib - Free Program at Saint Barnabas Medical Center

• Heart Surgery Consultation and Post-Surgical Care at Saint Barnabas Heart Centers' New Toms River Office

• Heart & Sole Walk To Support Heart Transplant At Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

• NJ Man Receives Revolutionary Heart Pump At Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Ranked Among US News Media Group’s 2009-2010 America’s Best Hospitals

• Physicians at Saint Barnabas Heart Centers Use New Generation Robotics to Treat Arrhythmias

• Saint Barnabas Health Care System Offers Free Cardiac Screening For Young Athletes

• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Receives Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association

• VAD Program Certified By The Joint Commission

• World's Smallest VAD Offers New Option in Cardiac Care at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

• Medical Mission To China

• 500th Heart Transplant Performed at World-Class Heart Transplant Program at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

• American Heart Association Names "Visionary Award" after Victor Parsonnet, M.D.

• Saint Barnabas Heart Centers Approved as State's Only Pediatric Heart Transplant Center

• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Named One of Nation's 100 Top Providers of Cardiovascular Care

• Mark Jay Zucker Chosen President-Elect of American College of Cardiology, New Jersey Chapter

• Saint Barnabas Medical Center Performs North Jersey’s First Non-Surgical Repair of Hole in the Heart

• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Is First in New Jersey to Offer FDA-Approved Treatment for People with Severe Coronary Artery Disease

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In the News

• ADVANCE for Nurses Northeast Edition-
  October 10, 2011
  Making Matches - Heart Transplant Program Offers Patients New Lease on Life at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
  
  
• The Star Ledger - October 8, 2011
  Waiting for His Match - In Newark Beth Israel, 20-year-old man bides his time atop heart-transplant list
  
  
• Circle of Life Magazine (pdf) - April 2011
  Second Chances Newark Beth Israel Surpasses 600th Heart Transplant
  
  
• Heart Surgery: The New Model (pdf) -- Craig R. Saunders, MD
  
  
• WHITEPAPER: A New Paradigm for the Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease in New Jersey (pdf) -- Gary J. Rogal, MD & Craig R. Saunders, MD
  
  
• Saint Barnabas Heart Center Offers Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant Services On New Campus of Summit Medical Group
  
  
• The Saint Barnabas Health Care System is proud to collaborate with the American College of Cardiology in endorsing and promoting the D2B Alliance. The program is aimed at reducing the time between hospital arrival and treatment with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (door-to-balloon time) for patients with segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). >> Read the white paper now (pdf)
  
  
  
• New Jersey Countryside Magazine - March/April 2008 (pdf)
  Matters of the Heart: Life-saving advances in artificial heart devices have led to the development of smaller designs ideal for
  women---proven to prolong lives.
  
  
• New Jersey M.D. News - February 2008
  The Saint Barnabas Heart Centers Continue to Grow Introducing the Atrial Fibrillation Center and the Valve Center
  
  
• The Star Ledger-December 6, 2007
  Today's obese children, tomorrow's heart patients
  
  
• The Star Ledger-November 23, 2007
  Heartfelt gratitude for his transplant.
  
  
• The Star Ledger-November 8, 2007
  Research links cholesterol medicine to sleep problems.
  
  
• The Star Ledger-September 23, 2007
  Dr. Friedman interviewed for article about the importance of pediatric cardiac screening, Playing with Heart
  
  
• The Star Ledger- September  3 and 9, 2007
  Dr. Marc Cohen quoted in articles (one of the front page) regarding drug-coated stents.
  
  
• NJ Monthly –Nov 2007
  The Beat Goes On - A last-minute heart transplant enabled a dying father to walk his daughter down the aisle and contemplate an active future.
  
  
• Asbury Park Press –Aug 4, 2007
  Heart transplant recipient who was discharged and the following day walked his daughter down the aisle at her wedding.
  
  
• The Star Ledger- Aug 2, 2007
  Children’s Heart Center and Rotary Gift of Life provide life-saving heart surgery for 9-year-old girl from Panama.
  
  
• New Jersey Savvy Living- August 2007
  "New Jersey Hospitals Top the Charts" article describes cardiac services at NBI Heart Center as top in the state.
  
  
• Daily Record of Morristown- July 28, 2007
  Children’s Heart Center and Rotary Gift of Life provide life-saving surgery for 9-month old boy from Panama.
  
  
• Daily Record of Morristown—April 9 and 29, 2007
  Two-part series with article and photos followed 9 year-old girl from Dominican Republic who had high risk cardiac surgery to correct a congenital defect (Dr. Starr and Dr. Hardin)
  
  
• The Star Ledger- April 1, 2007
  Playing with Heart pediatric cardiac screening program identifies potentially life-threatening heart problems before they occur. (Dr. Hardin and Dr. Verma)