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Press Releases

February 14, 2025

West Orange, NJ,– RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic health system in New Jersey, has appointed Roshan Hussain as RWJBarnabas Health’s Chief Data and Analytics Officer. In this role, Mr. Hussain will serve as senior executive for all enterprise-wide data and analytics ...

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West Orange, NJ. – At a time when more New Jerseyans are struggling to put food on the table, RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic health system in New Jersey, is the state's first health care provider to expand efforts to reduce hunger and improve food security by enhancing ...

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The 2025 New Jersey Youth Soccer Awards Dinner Presented by RWJBarnabas Health was hosted on Friday, January 31st at the Pines Manor in Edison. The celebration featured more than 1,000 youth players, teams, coaches, referees and volunteers recognized for their contributions to the game across the ...

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NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - Reacting to Monday’s launch of TAPinto’s new legal notices platform, more than fifty county and local elected officials are publicly urging Governor Murphy and the State Legislature to amend the law regarding legal notices to enable them to be published on local news sites ...

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Your heart works hard for you, make sure you’re doing the same for it! In this video, RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group provider, Stephen T. Rothbart, MD, Cardiology, discusses the different steps to take in order to avoid cardiovascular issues.Affiliated with Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Dr.

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ENGLEWOOD, NJ  - The heart team at Englewood Health has implanted its 1,000th WATCHMAN FLX device, a significant achievement in the prevention of stroke for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib).  Among the first in New Jersey to achieve this milestone, Englewood Hospital was also the first in ...

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Super Bowl Sunday -- America’s favorite unofficial holiday -- is almost here. On February 9th, millions of people will tune in as the Kansas City Chiefs look to make history with an unprecedented three-peat against the Philadelphia Eagles, who are determined to bring the Lombardi Trophy home to the ...

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NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - TAPinto, New Jersey’s leader in local news reporting, has launched a legal notices platform that provides transparency and accountability for publication of legal notices while significantly reducing the cost to New Jersey taxpayers.  Legal notices on TAPinto are only $25.   ...

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The annual INNOVATE100 celebration, which honors the state’s most influential innovation leaders, is now accepting nominations for its 2025 class. This year’s event will be held on May 13, 2025 at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, where leaders from across various sectors—including ...

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West Orange, NJ –RWJBarnabas Health has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 64 Simulation and Education Programs to Know list for 2025. The list celebrates hospitals and health systems with exceptional simulation and education programs across the U.S. The organizations on the list are ...

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (Jan. 28, 2025) – Garden Communities has announced two key milestones at 147 Columbia, the newest luxury apartment community in Florham Park. Construction of the boutique property is now complete, and occupancy has reached the 90% leased mark. Situated at 147 Columbia Turnpike in ...

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Two local nonprofits, Laptop Upcycle and Montclair Kiwanis, have teamed up to expand access to technology for students in northern New Jersey. While many students have school-issued laptops, these devices are often restricted to classroom use, leaving a gap in access outside school hours.Laptop ...

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WEST ORANGE, NJ -  RWJBarnabas Health, the state’s largest academic health system, announced today that two of its hospitals — Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (RWJUH Somerset) — have been named among America’s 250 Best Hospitals ...

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WASHINGTON, DC - Gov. Phil Murphy will speak at the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s 84th Congressional Reception on Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, in Washington, D.C. Also scheduled to deliver remarks are Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim, and Congressman Chris Smith, the dean of the ...

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WEST ORANGE, NJ, - RWJBarnabas Health announced today that it has joined the Healthcare Transformation Consortium (HTC), a collaboration of leading, independent health systems in New Jersey working together to advance health care services for their employees and dependents. RWJBarnabas Health is ...

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Construction is progressing right on schedule at Providence Place in New Providence, with rental townhomes now framed and under roof at the newly named, 192-residence luxury property. The Garden Communities’ development, the borough’s first new multifamily option in decades, is advancing toward a ...

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January 23, 2025 - Englewood Health has introduced a specialized program to support individuals diagnosed with colorectal cancer before the age of 50, a key step in addressing rising cases among younger adults. “The Young Onset Colorectal Cancer Program is dedicated to empowering young adults to ...

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RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group Primary and Specialty Care at Kearny is where compassion meets cutting-edge care. Located at 206 Bergen Ave, Suite 201, Building C, our physicians offer a wide range of health care services, including cardiology, gastroenterology, general surgery, neurology, primary ...

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HARRISON, NJ - Episcope Hospitality -- led by David Morton of the renowned Morton’s Steakhouse family, Ryan Gaudin, and Daniel Orrison -- is thrilled to announce the construction of Keepers and Keepers Coffee, two new culinary concepts set to open in Harrison, New Jersey in spring 2025. Situated ...

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NEWARK, NJ  - The New Jersey Devils will host their Next Generation Weekend presented by RWJBarnabas Health on January 18-19, 2025, when they face off against the Philadelphia Flyers for a 12:30 PM contest on Saturday and at 1:00 PM on Sunday against the Ottawa Senators at Prudential Center. The ...

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SOMERVILLE, NJ  – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, will offer its annual Cardiac Athletic Screening on Saturday, February 1, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the hospital’s Cardiac Diagnostic Testing Department located on the second floor of ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Center for Discovery, Innovation and Development (CDID) at Children’s Specialized Hospital, a part of the Children’s Health network at RWJBarnabas Health, recently partnered with BILLY Footwear to create a new shoe, BILLY Limitless. BILLY Limitless was designed with input ...

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WEST ORANGE, NJ -  January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and RWJBarnabas Health is once again committed to raise awareness of this pervasive issue that affects millions worldwide, including individuals in our own community. As one of the country’s most densely populated and economically ...

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NEW JERSEY - This week, RWBarnabas Health hospitals celebrated Three Kings Day, the Feast of the Epiphany, which marks the traditional 12th Day of Christmas. Also known as Día de los Reyes Magos, the event is widely celebrated by the region’s Hispanic community as a day of faith and renewal.To mark ...

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WEST ORANGE, NJ -  January is National Blood Donor Month, and RWJBarnabas Health is making its annual Winter Blood Drive Appeal encouraging life-saving blood and platelet donations by hosting several blood drives in January and February across its healthcare facilities to help replenish supply ...

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West Orange, NJ, January 8, 2025 – RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic health system in New Jersey, was awarded with two Human Experience (HX) Awards from Press Ganey, the global leader in healthcare experience solutions and services. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital ...

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ENGLEWOOD, NJ - Englewood Health has expanded local access to high quality women’s health services with four well-known obstetrician-gynecologists joining its network of physicians serving northern New Jersey. Located at 401 S. Van Brunt Street in Englewood, the practice, Englert, Tovmasian, ...

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West Orange, NJ, January 2, 2025 – John W. Doll, Chief Operating Officer of RWJBarnabas Health, has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of 118 COOs to Know. The list honors outstanding hospital and health system chief operating officers who lead the charge in crafting and executing ...

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PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ - We may have rung in the new year earlier this week, but there is still time to celebrate Colonial Christmas at Dey Mansion Washington’s Headquarters in Wayne. Having already welcomed many visitors this holiday season, festivities run through January 5, 2025. For the first time ...

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RWJBarnabas Health has welcomed its first babies of 2025! Baby girl Clementine Frances Muglia was born at 12:37 a.m. on January 1 at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center to parents Grace Ann Caramico and Alfonse Muglia of Bloomfield. Baby Clementine, who weighed exactly 7 pounds and was 19 inches ...

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