Trinitas Regional Medical Center recently launched Trinitas HealthChat, a new podcast created to help you take better care of yourself and your family.
Three doctors were featured, each interviewed about their given disciplines, during lively how-to chats meant for a lay audience.
Dr. Michael Zaboski, who maintains a general private practice and is Medical Director of the Trinitas Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine, talks about the importance of having a good bedside manner, especially now that Telehealth has become common practice since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Wound care is not simply choosing the right dressing or even performing minor surgeries,” Dr. Zaboski said, regarding his general approach. “It’s primarily about making the whole person better and then the healing with follow.”
Dr. Zaboski joined Trinitas in 1990 in private practice with Dr. William McHugh. He is also a member of the teaching staff at Trinitas, and has been an active associate professor of medicine for both Seton Hall University and now Rutgers University as well.
While attending medical school at Saint George’s University School of Medicine, he received extensive experience in wound care management in his surgical rotation at Queen Alexandria Hospital in Portsmouth, England. He was named Chief Resident at St. Elizabeth Hospital, whose program converted to the Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education.
Do you suffer from depression or mood disorders? Salvatore G. Savatta, MD answers this question in another episode of Trinitas HealthChat. Dr. Savatta, the Chairman of Behavioral Health and Psychiatry, also Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry, discusses Trinitas’ modern approach to treating mood disorders.
“Trinitas has been treating people with mood disorders for more than 50 years, but things are a little different now. Not only do more people suffer from depression and mood disorders considering what’s been going on in the world, but now there are new treatment options, as well as new approaches to old treatments.”
Dr. Savatta received his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Economics from New York University and his M.D. from NYU School of Medicine. In addition, he holds a M.S. in Biostatistics Clinical Research Methods from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Prior to completing his Psychiatry Residency at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center, he served three years as a surgical resident. He also completed a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Prior to arriving at Trinitas, Dr. Savatta was Director of Inpatient Psychiatry at New York Methodist Hospital.
Sleep is something everyone needs and almost no one gets enough of or the right kind. This is something sleep specialist Vipin Garg, M.D., FAASM, Academic Chief of the Pulmonary Division, and the Director of Sleep Disorders Center at Trinitas Regional Medical Center knows all too well. In his own podcast segment, Dr. Garg offers information to help us “Sleep Well, Live Longer.”
“It’s critical that humans sleep in order to feel refreshed during the day,” said Dr. Garg, who is board certified by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine as a Sleep Specialist as well as board certified in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Internal Medicine. “Sleep is a restorative process that helps reset the brain and body for the challenges of a new day and, while sleep requirements differ for each person, adults typically need 7 to 8 hours of sleep and children need anywhere from 9 to 12 hours of sleep a night depending on their age.”
As a pulmonologist, Dr. Garg possesses specialized knowledge and skills in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing, e.g. sleep apnea, overlap syndrome, nocturnal hypoventilation, nocturnal cough and nocturnal hypoxemia. Besides board certification in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, he is a Diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine.
Licensed by the states of New Jersey and New York, Dr. Garg received his undergraduate and medical degrees from University of Delhi. After finishing residency at Coney Island Hospital, he completed a Fellowship in Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York. There, he received Fellow of the Year award in 2002. He completed his Fellowship in Sleep Disorders Medicine at Sleep Disorders Institute at Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York. He was investigator in multiple research projects related to Sleep Medicine.
"I have a long-standing interest in sleep disorders, and helping people solve this important problem brings me great personal and professional satisfaction," he says. "I believe our accredited sleep center is the pre-eminent center of choice for patients seeking solutions to their sleep-related problems. Our diagnostic, treatment and follow up protocols set us apart from other sleep labs and centers."
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About Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Trinitas Regional Medical Center was established in 2000 following the consolidation of Elizabeth General Medical Center and St. Elizabeth Hospital. Trinitas, a major center for comprehensive health services for those who live and work in Central New Jersey, is a Catholic teaching medical center sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth in partnership with Elizabethtown Healthcare Foundation. With 12 Centers of Excellence across the continuum of care, Trinitas has distinguished itself in cardiology, cancer care, behavioral health, renal care, nursing education, diabetes management, wound healing, breast health, seniors health care, women's health care and sleep medicine.
Contact Information
Doug Harris
908-994-5138
dharris@trinitas.org
Yolanda Fleming
908-994-5139
Yfleming@trinitas.org