(WAYNE, NJ) - September 27, 2022 – St. Joseph’s Health and Hackensack Meridian Health are proud to announce a clinical affiliation that brings the expertise of Hackensack Meridian Health’s John Theurer Cancer Center – offering the highest levels of cancer care – to residents of Northern New Jersey. The first step of a more extensive oncology partnership was made official today with the announcement of a new infusion center located on the St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center campus in Wayne. John Theurer Cancer Center is part of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. It has…

PATERSON, N.J. (September 26, 2022) — St. Joseph’s Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Eric T. Choi, MD, FACS, as the new Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery and as a member of the Division of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Choi comes to St. Joseph’s from Temple University Hospital, where he served as Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Co-Surgical Director of the Temple Heart and Vascular Institute, and Professor of Surgery at Temple University. Dr. Choi will provide leadership and oversight of surgical services and functions across the St. Joseph’s Health system, including St. Joseph’s University…

PATERSON, N.J. (October 11, 2022) — St. Joseph’s Health is the first in New Jersey to perform a spinal procedure using a 3D printed patient- specific spinal implant. Geoffrey Appelboom, MD, PhD, FACS, Chief of Neurological Surgery, St. Joseph’s Health, and instructor of spine surgery at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine, performed the revolutionary surgery on a patient who was having difficulty walking and was suffering from chronic pain. As the first surgeon in the state to complete this procedure, Appelboom utilized a personalized implant to replace a diseased disc. The patient had already undergone several unsuccessful…