Press Releases

• Young Athletes Attend Free Cardiac Screening Provided By Saint Barnabas Health Care System

• 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 Health Care System Offers Free Cardiac Screening For Young Athletes

• Post-Acute Cardiac Services Expanded

• Children's Heart Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Hosts Annual Party for Children and Families - May 8, 2007

• 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

• 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)