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Morristown Medical Center

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Morristown Medical Center Ranked No. 3 in NJ

US News and World Report polled doctors across the nation.

A U.S. News and World Report 2013 survey of physicians throughout the nation ranks Morristown Medical Center as the #3 hospital in New Jersey. Physicians polled honored the institution with two national rankings: 38th in cardiology and heart surgery and 37th in gynecology. The hospital was among 148 facilities—only about 3 percent of the 4,793 studied—to earn a ranking in even one of the 16 specialties. Additionally, Morristown's hospital was classified as "high performing" in nine adult specialties: cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and pulmonology. It is also ranked as the #10 medical facility in the New York metropolitan area. Morristown Medical Center, …

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Gobsmacked

1:55 am on Thursday, March 28, 2013

Sure, Ange, because that's exactly what anyone can do in the throes of a heart attack: go hospital shopping. Now for the important stuff: learning how to spell possessives.http://freeology.com/grammar/your-youre-worksheet/   more ›

Friday, February 1, 2013

Alleged Attacker Near Hospital Surrenders After Standoff

Authorities are searching for man in area around Morristown Medical Center.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Sleeping Driver Crashes Into Tractor Trailer, Cops Say

24-year-old Highland Lakes woman airlifted to the hospital, truck driver avoided head-on collision.

A 24-year-old woman appears to have fallen asleep at the wheel when her car crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a tractor trailer on Route 94 Thursday afternoon, Sparta Police said. Renae K. Cianci, of Highland Lakes, was extricated with the Jaws of Life and airlifted to Morristown Medical Center with multiple fractures to her legs and pelvis, Sgt. John-Paul Beebe said. Cianci's condition was not immediately known Thursday night at about 7 p.m., Beebe said. According to Beebe, drug paraphernalia was found in Cianci's 2004 Nissan Sentra, which was destroyed in the crash. Officer Richard Smith, the lead investigator of the crash, said Cianci was travelling southbound on Route 94, fell asleep at the wheel and crossed the double-…

Liberty

9:04 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013

Holy crap! She is lucky to be alive, thanks to the truck driver and his split-second, instinctive reaction. If she was DUI, I hope this is a wake-up call to get help. Just looking at the picture of that car makes me shudder.   more ›

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Atlantic Health, Others Partner for 'Historic' Cancer Research Study

American Cancer Society 'cancer prevention study 3' to monitor 300,000 volunteers over several decades.

The mayor of Madison called out his fellow regional leaders Tuesday. But, don't expect a political bloodbath. Bob Conley, also as vice president of operations for the Madison Area YMCA, was one of several speakers at a press conference at Morristown Medical Center announcing a new cancer prevention study, which calls for volunteers between ages 30 and 65 to be monitored over the next several decades. That study, CPS-3, will collect blood samples from volunteers who have never been diagnosed with cancer and "help researchers better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer," according to an American Cancer Society statement, which also calls the campaign a "historic cancer research effort." "I …

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Give Blood to Help a Soldier Phone Home

Morristown Medical Center donating 20 minutes of call time to a soldier for every whole blood and platelet donation.

Are you interested in helping the community by giving blood? Interested in helping a soldier fighting overseas stay in touch with family? Both? Morristown Medical Center would like to see you. The hospital's Blood Donor Services currently is running a promotion–called "Operation Phone Home"–where for every whole blood or platelet donation they receive, a soldier from Fort Dix will receive 20 additional minutes of free phone card time, which they can use to call home. The promotion runs through July. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 973-971-7444 or visit the Blood Donor Services website.

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