Valley Hospital Co-Founder Dead at 100

Vincent Giudici worked at Valley for more than half a century.

Dr. Vincent Giudici, a founding physician at Valley Hospital, died Friday at the age of 100, according to his obituary. The Record reports Dr. Giudici performed the first surgery at the hospital in 1951 and worked there until 1998. He is pre-deceased by his first wife Mildred, his second wife Emily and children Vincent Guidice Jr. and Vanessa Hampson. A former Ridgewood resident, the Saddle River centennial wrote a column on health in The Record in the 1980s. His funeral mass was held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on Monday.

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Two Valley Cardiologists Publish Book

Suneet Mittal and Jonathan Steinberg published a book on how to incorporate remote monitoring technology into clinical work.

The following press release was sent by The Valley Hospital. Two cardiologists at Valley Health System’s Arrhythmia Institute have written a book designed to help cardiovascular physicians, allied health professionals and medical technicians understand and make the best use of remote monitoring technology to monitor external ECG monitoring systems and implantable cardiac electronic devices.   Remote Patient Monitoring in Cardiology by Suneet Mittal, M.D., and Jonathan Steinberg, M.D., offers a concise, practical and current guide to the strengths and weaknesses of the existing remote monitoring technology and provides a framework for incorporating it into clinical practice.    The book is now available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com…

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Valley Hospital Pleased with Supreme Court Ruling

Ruling will "allow the much-needed reform of our healthcare system to continue," says CEO Audrey Meyers.

The Valley Hospital CEO Audrey Meyers issued the following statement regarding the 5-4 Supreme Court ruling that keeps the Affordable Care Act in tact: Today’s Supreme Court ruling will facilitate the provision of health insurance coverage to 32 million Americans, including nearly 1 million people from New Jersey. It will also allow the much-needed reform of our healthcare system to continue. Valley Health System has already invested greatly in reform efforts to improve healthcare quality, to make care delivery more coordinated and seamless, and to make healthcare services more cost-effective. These include the recent launch of our Accountable Care Organization, a system-wide commitment to operational excellence, and new collaborations and…

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Paramus Rotary Arranges Life Saving Heart Surgery For Filipina at Valley

With little time to spare, a local surgeon, Valley Hospital, and members of the Paramus and Fairlawn Rotary clubs teamed up to save the life of a 28-year old woman suffering from rheumatic heart valve disease.

While many college students are already enjoying summer vacation, several Paramus residents were visiting one at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood on June 19 to observe her recuperation after an intense heart surgery.   Diane Rossan Beltran, like many young women, dreams of completing college and pursuing a rewarding career. She also yearns to succeed so her mother will not have to resort to cooking street food as a major source of income, and to purchase medications. Rossan, who lives in Camarines Sur, of the poorest provinces of the Philippines, suffers from rheumatic heart valve disease, which is primarily caused by rheumatic fever in third world countries.   Her condition was so severe, she needed advanced treatment in the United States as …

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With $1.6M Donation From Bolger, Valley Buys Surgical Robot

Noted philanthropist's donations to the hospital now total $40 million; his latest check helps fund a state-of-the-art surgical system for hospital's Institute for Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Thanks to another large donation from philanthropist David F. Bolger, Valley Hospital can now boast a state of the art robotic surgical system. According to a news release sent on Thursday, Valley Hospital has boosted its technology stock with a $1.6 million da Vinci Surgical System that allows for more surgical procedures to be performed with "minimally invasive techniques." The timing couldn't be better – the hospital recently performed its 2,000th surgery using the machine, Valley said in the statement. "The da Vinci Surgical System consists of a surgeon’s console, a patient-side cart, a high performance vision system and additional instruments," the release states, adding that the system can be used for both training and collaboration…

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Valley Doctors Collaborate With Siberian Docs on Cardiac Research

Valley's collaboration with the Siberian doctors focuses on atrial fibrillation, a complex arrhythmia that involves multiple areas of the heart.

HUMC Application for Westwood Hospital Moves Forward

The state Planning Board will hold a public hearing Wednesday

It's been nearly four years since the doors of Pascack Valley Hospital closed, but a decision could be made in the next several months that would reopen a fully functioning hospital on Old Hook Road in Westwood. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services found the certificate of need application from Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) complete Friday after getting answers to some questions that came with the application. The State Health Planning Board has 90 days from Friday to make a recommendation to the commissioner, advising whether the application should be granted or denied. To help gather information for a decision, the State Health Planning Board has a public hearing on the application scheduled for Wednesday…

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Michael Sedon

5:58 pm on Friday, October 14, 2011

I guess somebody forgot to tell valley that there's this crazy, new-fangled gadget called the intra web, and like, people from different towns and even different countries can find all sorts of information on the thing. So when you argue in one article for one town that there are too many hospital beds in Bergen County and then argue in another article for another town that you need to double the…   more ›