Press Releases
By RWJBARNABAS HEALTH
October 11, 2025
MILLBURN, NJ – On Monday, Sept. 15, Opportunity Project’s 17th Annual Golf Classic at the Brooklake Country Club in Florham Park raised over $306,000 –– the highest total in the event’s history. Proceeds help fund New Jersey’s first and only free-standing Clubhouse – a place where people who have ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – RWJBarnabas Health has announced that more than 100,000 patients have now benefited from a program initially launched in 2023 to help tear down barriers to care, reduce hospital readmissions, and improve overall health outcomes. The milestone coincides with the expansion of the ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Hussein Syed, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for RWJBarnabas Health, was honored by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of just 53 hospital and health system CISOs and chief privacy officers to know, recognized for his dedication to optimizing health care through ...
WEST ORANGE, N.J– RWJBarnabas Health has been ranked among the nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals for 2025–2026 for Pediatric Urology by U.S. News & World Report for the third consecutive year. RWJBarnabas Health provides New Jersey’s largest network of pediatric care and the state’s only ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ– John W. Doll, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at RWJBarnabas Health, has been named among Becker’s Hospital Review’s Academic Medical Center COO to Know for 2025. The Becker’s list recognizes chief operating officers who lead academic medical centers and ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Bob Taylor, MBA, CMRP, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, RWJBarnabas Health, was recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of just 64 health system supply chain leaders around the country who are successfully guiding their organizations through unprecedented supply chain ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Mark E. Manigan, President and Chief Executive Officer of RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic health system in New Jersey, has been named to New Jersey Business Magazine’s 2025 Awards for Excellence list, powered by the New Jersey Business & Industry ...
In response to President Trump’s comments this week from the White House suggesting a link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism, Spectrum Care Management & Counseling (CMC) is urging the national conversation to focus less on speculation and more on solutions that directly improve ...
New Brunswick, NJ – Bill Arnold, Chief Executive Officer of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of Academic Medical Center CEOs to Know for the third consecutive year. The list recognizes executives from ...
Old Bridge, NJ – RWJBarnabas Health officially marked the opening of RWJBarnabas Health at Old Bridge with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for this brand-new, multi-specialty ambulatory care facility, set to open its doors on September 29. The investment in Old Bridge is part of a larger, systemwide ...
WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY – September 10, 2025 – RWJBarnabas Health and the New Jersey Devils will host the 9th Annual RWJBarnabas Health Running with the Devils 5K Run & Walk on Sunday, November 2, at Essex County’s South Mountain Recreation Complex in West Orange. Both the competitive 5K race ...
West Orange, New Jersey – Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC), and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) along with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), have earned national recognition from the American Medical Association (AMA) as Joy in Medicine® organizations. They ...
West Orange, NJ – RWJBarnabas Health, the largest and most comprehensive academic health care system in New Jersey, will transition to paperless patient billing beginning October 1, 2025. Through MyChart, RWJBarnabas Health’s secure online patient portal, patients will receive billing statements ...
West Orange, New Jersey – Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC), and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) along with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), have earned national recognition from the American Medical Association (AMA) as Joy in Medicine® organizations. They ...
West Orange, New Jersey –Thomas A. Nahass, MD, MS, Vice President of Health Informatics of RWJBarnabas Health, has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s Rising Stars: 100 Healthcare Leaders Under 40 list for 2025. The annual list recognizes a new generation of forward-thinking professionals who ...
New Brunswick, NJ—RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute, the state’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, in collaboration with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Transplant and Cellular Program, ...
Do you have a mission-aligned innovation ready to scale?The Center for Discovery, Innovation, and Development (CDID) at Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH) is excited to announce the launch of its 2025 Pitch Competition, inviting for-profit entrepreneurs and mission-driven companies to apply for ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, has appointed Anthony Altobelli III, MD, as chief medical officer. In this role, Dr. Altobelli will oversee a number of departments and clinical staff at the 343-bed hospital, including ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ--When hospitalized patients struggle to breathe, doctors typically reach for their stethoscopes, but results from a Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health clinical study in JAMA Network Open suggest they should diagnose the problem with portable ultrasounds instead.The study found initial ...
MILLBURN, NJ—August 27, 2025—Opportunity Project is thrilled to announce a significant donation from Tevogen Founder and CEO Dr. Ryan Saadi, which will support the organization’s work on behalf of individuals with brain injury. Dr. Saadi is donating 10,000 of his personal shares of common stock to ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.— Researchers from Rutgers Health and other institutions were awarded a grant for $2.8 million over the course of three years from the National Institutes of Health to improve implantable devices for epileptic patients. The grant will fund a program to develop the next generation ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Amy Cotton, DNP, APRN, CPHQ, FAAN, Senior Vice President of Quality and Safety at RWJBarnabas Health, was honored as one of just 132 patient safety experts to know nationwide by Becker’s Hospital Review. The list recognizes patient safety leaders who are unwavering champions for ...
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery’s Toms River Communities That Care (CTC) initiative unveiled the Kindness Grows mural last week at Community Medical Center, honoring the power of positivity, the voices of local youth, and the community’s commitment to ...
Jersey City, NJ – Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, will host its annual Baby Fair on Saturday, September 13, from 11 AM to 3 PM at the Medical Center, located at 355 Grand Street in Jersey City. The annual Baby Fair will offer access to its team of specialists, vendors, ...
To help lift the spirits of patients and staff, and to highlight the importance of community outreach, Gotham FC soccer players visited RWJBarnabas Health Hospitals across the State of New Jersey on Wednesday, August 6. The professional soccer players delivered gifts, signed autographs, shared ...
New Brunswick, NJ— In keeping with its commitment to bring the most advancement cancer treatments close to home for New Jersey residents, RWJBarnabas Health together with Rutgers Cancer Institute, the state’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, are now ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ–Robert T. Adamson, PharmD, FASHP, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of RWJBarnabas Health, was honored as one of just 148 hospital and health system CIOs to know nationwide by Becker’s Hospital Review. The IT leaders featured on this year’s list are driving ...
Monmouth Medical Center’s Breastfeeding Wellness Center, a part of RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, hosted its 4th Annual World Breastfeeding Week Event on August 7, joining the global celebration to support and honor breastfeeding families. This year’s international theme was “Prioritize ...
Radiation Oncology at Jersey City Medical Center, a part of the RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, and Rutgers Cancer Institute, the state’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, consist of two providers with one location in Jersey City. The oncology team is committed to providing a ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ–Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program Re-Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that ...