Belleville, NJ, April 22, 2026 — The Clara Maass Medical Center, an affiliate of RWJBarnabas Health, has been awarded a $400,000 grant from The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (HFNJ) to support the renovation of its cardiac catheterization laboratory and enhance access to advanced heart care for the community.
The grant—the largest awarded by the Foundation in its first quarter of 2026—will fund the purchase of a Philips Azurion 7 M20 FlexArm imaging system, a state-of-the-art technology that enables physicians to perform complex cardiac and vascular procedures with real-time, high-resolution imaging.
Clara Maass Medical Center is currently undertaking a broader $4.3 million renovation of its cardiac catheterization laboratory. This investment will ensure that patients—particularly those served by the hospital’s safety-net mission—have access to the highest quality cardiac care close to home.
“This generous grant from The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey represents a transformative investment in the health of our community,” said Thomas M. Burke, BPharm, MBA
Chief Administrative Officer, Clara Maass Medical Center. “By modernizing our cardiac catheterization laboratory with advanced imaging technology, we are enhancing our ability to deliver lifesaving, minimally invasive procedures with greater precision and improved outcomes for our patients.”
The new imaging platform will serve as the centerpiece of the upgraded lab, supporting physicians in diagnosing and treating a wide range of cardiovascular conditions with increased accuracy and efficiency.
The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey awarded more than $2.19 million in grants and core operating support in the first quarter of 2026 to organizations across the region, reinforcing its mission to improve the health and well-being of underserved populations.
About Clara Maass Medical Center
Founded in 1869 as the Newark German Hospital, Clara Maass Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is celebrating over 150 years of service to the community. Conveniently located in Belleville, NJ, Clara Maass Medical Center is a 472-bed hospital that offers a complete continuum of care to residents of northern New Jersey.
Clara Maass Medical Center has completed a state-of-the-art campus expansion of its Emergency Department, Operating Rooms and Post Anesthesia Care Unit with the addition of a four-story, 87,000 square foot medical office building that features a private Intensive Care Unit, main entrance and lobby, retail pharmacy and patient registration area. Designated by the New Jersey Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, the Medical Center has earned national recognition in patient safety and quality from Healthgrades and The Leapfrog Group.
The Medical Center leads the state in performing advanced treatment in ophthalmology, has earned certifications in Disease-Specific Care from The Joint Commission in Congestive Heart Failure, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Elective Joint Hip Replacement, Elective Joint Knee Replacement, Advanced Certification in Palliative Care, and Primary Stroke, and is designated as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Aetna Institute and Clinical Sciences Institute of Optum. In partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey -- the state's only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clara Maass Medical Center offers a world-class team of researchers and specialists to fight most types of cancer, providing close-to-home access to the latest treatment and clinical trials. Committed to the health and wellness of its community, the Center of Excellence for Latino Health at Clara Maass Medical Center was established to address the social determinants of health within the local Hispanic community.
The first in the country to be named for a nurse, the hospitals’ namesake, Clara Louise Maass was posthumously inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2017.
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