Patient Stories

“I was afraid I would miss food and want to eat more, but I just feel full with less food.”

Chris Hozer’s weight loss story is not one of those reality-TV ready sagas of a man who lost 400 pounds followed by a “big ...

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When a fitness instructor collapses in class, he receives a lifesaving intervention.

One afternoon last summer, 33-year-old Jonathan (not his real name), a part-time fitness instructor who appeared to be the ...

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"Pain that literally had me in tears was instantly gone and hasn’t been back since."

Peter Kenny has always sought to be active. To him, movement is a key to feeling alive, healthy and sharp. Even when working as ...

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“I was in Atlantic City a while ago and I walked two miles!”

Robert Martinez, a Jersey City retiree in his mid-60s, noticed that whenever he walked, he would get pain in his left leg. His ...

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“Everybody was great. All the people who responded from the floors and in the ED were fantastic.”

Mark Freiwald was just finishing his shift as Security Supervisor at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (MMCSC) in April ...

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“It’s not easy, but it is rewarding. The best is still to come. You haven’t seen anything yet.”

Four years ago, J.B. Flemming McNeill weighed nearly 700 pounds when his primary care physician delivered a warning he would ...

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“I now know that if my pain flares up, I have exercises that will bring me relief.”

David Herren, a 30-year-old Colonia resident, started experiencing chronic neck pain in his 20s. Frequent forays on the ...

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A team of doctors—and a robot—eradicate a man’s fungal lung infection.

Nearly every day, Bob Cannella meets with close to a dozen of his lifelong friends over breakfast. When the weather is nice, ...

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A retired SWAT team member is as good as new after a mitral valve repair.

As a former member of the Newark Police Department SWAT team, Alejandro “Alex” Martin worked hard to stay in great physical ...

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