At
the core of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System's
Heart Failure
Treatment and Transplantation Program at Newark Beth
Israel Medical
Center is a team of dedicated physicians who possess
equal measures
of talent, experience and compassion.
The Program, established nearly 20 years ago, is the
largest of its
Kind in the state of New Jersey.
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The Left
Ventricle Assist Device (LVAD) prolonged the lifeof
heart failure patient Janine Quick who ultimately
received a
life-saving transplant against extraordinary odds.
The 27-year-old mother of two received a successful
heart transplant after being hospitalized on an LVAD
for over two years. |
The center has achieved short- and long-term graft survival
rates that consistently exceed national averages and ranks
among the nation's top programs by volume.
Before the 1950s, organ transplantation belonged more to the
realm of science fiction than to medical science. By the early
70s it was considered an experimental treatment with serious
risks. Today, thanks to incredible advances in one of medicine’s
most rapidly evolving specialties, organ transplantation is
accepted as the standard and most cost effectivetreatment for
organ failure over the long term.
Newark Beth Israel’s program –New Jersey’s
most experienced heart transplantation program –has transplanted
hearts into 450 patients since its inception. Theprogram has
all the components of a premier transplant center, excelling
in the critical factors laid out by The
United Network of Organ Sharing, the nation’s organ
donation and procurement governing body, including the number
of transplants performed, the graft survival rates and the
confidence instilled by the transplant team. With its long-standing
history of excellence in transplantation, Newark Beth Israel
has received approval to establish the state’s only lung
transplantation service and is well-positioned to implement
an exceptional program.
Recognizing that heart and lung transplants are complex,
life-altering events, the program prides itself on delivering
comprehensive support throughout the transplant process.
On all fronts – research, mechanical assist devices
and transplant – the program is advancing at an unprecedented
rate and is poised for future growth and scientific breakthroughs.
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