ABOUT HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Hackensack University Medical Center, a 803-bed nonprofit teaching and research hospital, was Bergen County’s first hospital founded in 1888. It was also the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation to become a Magnet®-recognized hospital for nursing excellence, receiving its sixth consecutive designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The academic flagship of the Hackensack Meridian Health network, Hackensack University Medical Center is Nationally-Ranked by U.S. News & World Report 2022-2023 in four specialties, more than any other hospital in New Jersey. The hospital is home to the state's only nationally-ranked Urology and Neurology & Neurosurgery programs, as well as the best Cardiology & Heart Surgery program. It also offers patients nationally-ranked Orthopedic care and one of the state’s premier Cancer Centers (John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center). Hackensack University Medical Center also ranked as High-Performing in conditions such as Acute Kidney Failure, Heart Attack (AMI), Heart Failure, Pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Diabetes and Stroke. As well as High Performing in procedures like Aortic Valve Surgery, Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG), Colon Cancer Surgery, Lung Cancer Surgery, Prostate Cancer Surgery, Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement. Named to Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2023 list, Hackensack University Medical Center is also the recipient of the 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ by Healthgrades as well as an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. This award-winning care is provided on a campus that is home to facilities such as the Heart & Vascular Hospital; and the Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which houses the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital and the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, ranked #1 in the state and top 20 in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Children’s Hospital Report. Additionally, the children’s nephrology program ranks in the top 50 in the United States. Hackensack University Medical Center is also home to the Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center and is listed on the Green Guide’s list of Top 10 Green Hospitals in the U.S. Our comprehensive clinical research portfolio includes studies focused on precision medicine, translational medicine, immunotherapy, cell therapy, and vaccine development. The hospital has embarked on the largest healthcare expansion project ever approved by the state: Construction of the Helena Theurer Pavilion, a 530,000-sq.-ft., nine-story building, which began in 2019. A $714.2 million endeavor, the pavilion is one the largest healthcare capital projects in New Jersey and will house 24 state-of-the-art operating rooms with intraoperative MRI capability, 50 ICU beds, and 175 medical/surgical beds including a 50 room Musculoskeletal Institute.
Oral Decitabine Plus Cedazuridine Combo Shows Promise in Lower-Risk MDS
James K. McCloskey, MD, discusses the efficacy of oral decitabine plus cedazuridine, the combination’s potential role in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, and what this could mean for the patient population.
Dr. Feldman on Adding Etoposide to Brentuximab Vedotin/CHP in Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas
January 10th 2022Tatyana Feldman, discusses the efficacy of adding etoposide to brentuximab vedotin followed by brentuximab vedotin consolidation in patients with newly diagnosed, CD30-expressing peripheral T-cell lymphomas.
Dr. Goy on the Utility of Axi-Cel and Brexu-Cel in Relapsed/Refractory Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
January 10th 2022Andre H. Goy, MD, discusses the clinical data reported with axicabtagene ciloleucel in patients with relapsed or refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma and real-world findings with brexucabtagene autoleucel in mantle cell lymphoma.
Dr. Leslie on Axi-Cel Vs SOC in Relapsed/Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma
January 7th 2022Lori A. Leslie, MD, discusses results from the primary analysis of the phase 3 ZUMA‑7 trial, which evaluated axicabtagene ciloleucel vs standard‑of‑care therapy in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.
JTCC and Georgetown’s Alliance in Cancer Research Achieves New Level With Immunotherapy Breakthrough
It was 5:00 PM on a Monday, and Andrew Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE, was just wrapping up his practice for the day when one of his nurses came to the door, asking if he could see one more patient.