Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
From pediatrics to adults – our team of cardiac and pulmonary professionals at RWJBarnabas Health work alongside your physicians to provide exceptional rehabilitation services to help you improve your quality of life following illness, injury, or a medical procedure.
Once you receive a physician’s orders to start our cardiac or pulmonary rehab programs, we will tailor your care for effective recovery. Our trusted team of cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation clinicians will boost your daily functioning using step-by-step activities to help with your healing.
We feature:
- Multiple facilities accredited by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehab (AACVPR) and The Joint Commission (TJC)
- All major insurances accepted, including charity care. We are also affiliated with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield OMNIA Health Plan Tier-1 designated sites
- 9 cardiac-focused outpatient centers throughout New Jersey
- 3 Central New Jersey cardiac-focused outpatient centers
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We partner with
Children’s Specialized Hospital outpatient centers in 13 locations throughout New Jersey
- 4 children’s outpatient centers specific to heart issues
- Exclusive children’s pulmonary care at 5 sites
- Additional support for lung and heart transplant candidates
- State-of-the-art neuropathy and cardiac program
- Curb-to-curb transportation services at our Rahway facility
We specialize in:
- Improving lung function by pulmonary exercise
- Increasing exercise tolerance and the ability to perform activities of daily living
- Increasing your understanding of cardiac and lung disorders
- Education about lifestyle changes and disease management relating to lung and heart diseases
- Teaching the proper uses of medications to help manage your health
Our rehab programs are designed to:
- Boost knowledge
- Educate about disease management
- Improve quality of life
- Increase functional capacity
- Offer nutrition and diet advice
- Provide a structured exercise program
- Provide emotional support
Some conditions and procedures that a rehabilitation program can help:
- Asthma
- Chronic bronchitis
- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)
- Coronary stent placement
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Emphysema
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Heart failure stages II-IV
- Heart transplant
- Lung transplant
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Stable angina
- Valve repair or replacement surgery
- Ventricular Assist Device placement
Location
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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center 94 Old Short Hills Road
Livingston, NJ 07039 (855) 571-2600MI Away -
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 201 Lyons Avenue at Osborne Terrace
Newark, NJ 07112 (855) 571-2600MI Away Newark Beth Israel Medical Center -
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (855) 571-2600MI Away Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
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Kjersti
Kjersti Myhre Cronin hadn’t felt really well for several years. The 51-year-old Woodbridge resident was suffering from breathlessness, which she attributed to her pack-a-day cigarette habit. She was always worried about her ability to pull off even simple physical tasks—something she refers to as “asking permission to do everything.” She remembers, prior to a vacation, asking her husband, “Well, do you think I can climb a hill?” Yet she didn’t see a doctor because, as she later realized, she wasn’t in the habit of listening to her own body. In March of 2021, she began to feel bloated and ...Read More -
James
Recovery program helps one man regain strength after a coronavirus infection. I thought I had taken my last breath,” James Lin remembers about the morning of December 10, 2020. The 51-year-old Edison resident had contracted COVID-19 and was experiencing fever, aches, coughing, difficulty breathing, chills and sweats. When he’d first visited a local hospital emergency room two days before, he’d been sent home with cough medication. Now he felt significantly worse, as though he couldn’t get enough air to stay alive. “I woke my wife, and we went to the ER again,” he recalls. Doctors found James’s ...Read More -
Anita
Seventy-year-old Anita Swallick, a part-time school bus driver from Perth Amboy, has lived with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for two decades. Last year, she entered the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway on the advice of pulmonologist Vijaya Tirunahari, MD. “Ms. Swallick’s exercise tolerance has improved, thanks to Pulmonary Rehab,” Dr. Tirunahari says. “It’s given her the independence she needed to walk further without getting short of breath. I’ll be referring other patients to the program.” For Ms. Swallick, climbing the stairs from ...Read More -
Ronald
Ronald Gray, Executive Vice President of Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America, felt that he was in pretty good shape physically up until recently. Although his parents gave him some great DNA, he knew there were some cardiac issues in there as well, so he tried to maintain good health and saw a cardiologist regularly. However, he knew something wasn’t right when he started to feel random, tight pains in his chest. A CAT scan revealed that he had blocked arteries and would need triple bypass surgery. “When it came time for cardiac rehab after surgery, the logical choice would have been to ...Read More
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“I feel fantastic. There’s nothing that comes up that makes me nervous, and I trust my body so much more than I did a year ago.”
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"I needed to find a way to get back to health quicker. The Post-COVID Recovery Program provided me with that."
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“I was petrified of climbing stairs,” she says. “Now, I’m more confident."
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"I consulted with a number of doctors, cardiologists included, and they told me that Monmouth South was the place I wanted to be. They knew I was going to get excellent care here.”