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Feb 17, 2021 Breaking Ground on a Bright Future at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Transplant Services

A bold expansion project will transform the hospital's neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. On October 20, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a transformational $100 million renovation project that will literally ...

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Feb 9, 2021 Assistant Vice President at Saint Barnabas Medical Center Elected to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Board of Directors Transplant Services

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) announced that Andrea Tietjen, CPA, MBA, Assistant Vice President of Transplant Administrative Services, Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC), was elected to its Board of Directors, as the at-large transplant ...

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Nov 24, 2020 Transforming Our Neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey Transplant Services

A Major Renovation Project Is Designed for Community Interaction When envisioning the exterior changes that are part of a $100 million renovation project, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI) planners kept one word firmly in mind: “Welcome.” Meeting ...

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Nov 15, 2020 Could You Donate a Kidney? Transplant Services

Surgeons at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick currently perform about 60 to 70 kidney transplants a year. About 30 percent involve living donors. Doctors at RWJUH say they’d like to see more procedures—upwards of 200—to meet the ...

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Oct 19, 2020 A Match Made in Heaven Transplant Services

Shameena and Arthur with sons Jaden, 10, and Joel, 8. When her husband needed a kidney donation, a loving wife stepped up. In August 2019, husband and wife Arthur Williams and Shameena Layne had no clue what was coming when Arthur, 64, went in for a ...

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Oct 15, 2020 Renal and Pancreas Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center Welcomes New Transplant Physician Transplant Services

The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center is pleased to welcome Transplant Physician Purna (Bindu) Nandigam, MD. Dr. Nandigam joins Saint Barnabas Medical Center from Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, where she ...

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Oct 8, 2020 The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center Announces the Grand Opening of River Edge Transplant Satellite Unit Transplant Services

The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) has announced they will be opening a new satellite location in River Edge, New Jersey, located at 10 Elizabeth Street next to the New Bridge Landing Railway Station in River ...

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Oct 5, 2020 Newark Beth Israel Welcomes Matthew Montgomery DO, MBA, to the Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant Team Transplant Services

(Newark, NJ, October 5, 2020) – Matthew Montgomery, DO, MBA, MPH , has joined the Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant team at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. “Dr. Montgomery is a welcome addition to our team. His expertise in the growing ...

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Jul 28, 2020 More Than A Transplant, A New Friendship: Radio Personality Marks Special Anniversary With His Kidney Donor Transplant Services

Every April, we recognize National Donate Life Month, which is meant to encourage all Americans to register as an organ and tissue donor and to celebrate those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. No one is happier to do that than Bob ...

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