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Sep 15, 2023 - In In the News The Exec: Physician Cultural Shift from Autonomy to Administrator Partners

Carol Ash, DO, MBA According, to Dr. Carol Ash, DO, MBA , CMO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway , “to promote quality care, physicians must shift from a model of professionalism based on self-governance and autonomy to a model based on ...

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Sep 12, 2023 - In In the News Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Places Final Steel Beam for New Cancer Center Building

Celebratory events held for patients, survivors, donors, and staff as hospital marks construction milestone. Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, raised the final steel beam today on its freestanding Cancer Center, now ...

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Sep 7, 2023 - In In the News Expert Addresses Stigma, Disparities in Prostate Cancer

As the most common cancer (after skin cancer) and second leading cancer cause of death in American men, prostate cancer is among the largest health concerns for men today. David M. Golombos, MD , urologic oncologist in the Urologic Oncology Program at ...

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Sep 7, 2023 - In In the News Gynecologic Cancers: Know Your Body, Empower Each Other

Gynecologic cancer is the growth and spread of cancer cells in the cervix, ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, vagina, vulva– also known as the reproductive organs. Eugenia Girda, MD, FACOG , a gynecologic oncologist at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ...

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Sep 7, 2023 - In In the News Answers from an Expert: Bone Marrow Transplant for Kids with Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder that affects red blood cells, causes significant health problems for children, which can worsen as they become adults and even shorten their lifespan. In recent years, bone marrow transplant (BMT), also known as stem ...

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Sep 7, 2023 - In In the News Multiple Myeloma: The Black Community, Disparities & Clinical Trials

The incidence of multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable cancer of a person’s plasma cells that fight infection and disease, is more than two times higher in Black people compared to white people according to the American Cancer Society’s 2022- 2024 Cancer ...

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Sep 7, 2023 - In In the News A Mind-Body Approach can Reduce Pain in Kids with Cancer & Sickle Cell Disease

For many people living with cancer and undergoing treatment, some degree of pain is inevitable, and children are no exception. Pain is widely understood to be both a sensory and emotional experience. Karen Long-Traynor, PhD , clinical psychologist in the ...

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Sep 7, 2023 - In In the News ROI-NJ Influencers - People of Color 2023

Indu Lew, Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff, RWJBarnabas Health Balpreet Grewal-Virk, Senior Vice President, Community Health, RWJBarnabas Health Christopher James, Vice President, Government Affairs, RWJBarnabas Health Suzette Robinson, Vice ...

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Sep 6, 2023 - In In the News Children’s Specialized Hospital Celebrates Second Graduating Cohort Of Its Pediatric Palliative Care Program

Children’s Specialized Hospital recently celebrated the second graduating cohort of the Pediatric Palliative Care Anchor Training Program at a symposium on June 5 and 6 at McLoone’s Pier in Long Branch. The cohort consists of 35 clinicians, social workers, ...

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