Patient Stories

“I knew the program had everything I needed to take control of my diabetes again, and I knew that this time, I was ready.”

“I was so nervous when I first stepped into the hospital,” says Ariely Garcia. “I was so far away from home.” Ariely was just 16 ...

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"I can’t stress enough how important it is to catch breast cancer early. If I didn’t go for the screenings, they would not have found mine when they did."

Lynne Kennedy, 60, of Beachwood, was three weeks past the one-year mark of her last annual mammogram when she got a new test at ...

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“I feel amazing. I can move. I can do so much more physical activity without feeling pain.”

New Jersey teen's painful hip dysplasia successfully treated with Orthopedic surgery Throughout her entire childhood, Cheyanne ...

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“I promised her [granddaughter] that I would make her 6th birthday party and I did. And here it is 5 years later and I'm still here, thanks to the hospital, doctors and everybody else.”

We recently caught up with Robert Regan, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center lung transplant recipient and proud grandfather. He ...

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They are the sweetest people; so patient as they would help me and they love Benjamin.

When Shirley Gonzales was pregnant with her fourth child, doctors told her that her baby boy was exhibiting signs of a rare ...

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“Simona held my hand every step of the way, ensured every appointment that I needed was made and that I was comfortable”

When Camille See Wai discovered a lump in her left breast in summer 2020, she wisely reached out to her doctor. After undergoing ...

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“When I look at my body now, it feels like this is how I’ve always been, which is pretty incredible. It just feels natural.”

Gwyndolin Vail was a student at Rutgers University in 2014 when the transitioning process began. “I had a kind of laissez-faire ...

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“So many people had a hand in his survival. We could not be more grateful. We are very lucky and very blessed.”

Anthony Catanese, MD Anthony Catanese, MD , a urologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset and a member ...

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“I tried to lose weight many times, but nothing worked. If I lost five pounds, I gained back 10 or 15."

Marilyn Gonzalez, 42, always knew her long hours as a security officer were contributing to her obesity. Then, one weekend in ...

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