Research, in all its forms, is an important part of clinical excellence.  The spirit of inquiry that guides research – discovering why something occurs – is critical to helping our patients and their families understand what is happening.  Further, we are committed to not only taking care of our patients, but in constantly finding the very best treatments and in helping to prevent disease in our community.  Research is how we do this.  In some cases, an experimental therapy is the only option, and a research institution such as ours makes such treatments available.  This means that the newest treatments may be available for our patients years before they are on the general market.  Pediatricians, pediatric nurses, pediatric pharmacists – all experts in taking care of children – can develop and test new therapies of their own, or work with other professionals nationwide, making the same treatment and study protocols available at The Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center as at large institutions across the country.  Of course, patients and their parents are our partners in care, and participating in research is entirely voluntary, something to be discussed and decided upon with guidance from your physician.  We just want to be able to offer our patients the most up-to-date care available.

Monmouth Medical Center is one of the largest and oldest teaching hospitals in the state of New Jersey, and is an official Regional Medical Campus of Drexel University College of Medicine.  While many hospitals use the word “university” in their names, being a regional medical campus is a status few hospitals can claim.  Monmouth has been affiliated with Drexel (formerly called MCP Hahnemann) for over three decades, one of the longest affiliations in the state.  Being an academic medical center helps Monmouth attract the best and brightest physicians to care for our patients.  Many of the physicians on our staff are regionally, nationally, and even internationally know in their fields, respected for their writing, research, and clinical care.  Also, being an academic medical center means that there are more experienced faculty physicians and physicians in training available to monitor the children’s progress, 24 hours a day, each and every day.  Additionally, being a teaching hospital means that the very latest in scientific evidence, medical knowledge and clinical thinking is brought to bear on fighting the illnesses that affect our patients.

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