CentraState Healthcare System, in a unique collaborative initiative, has partnered with the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) Health Group, VNACJ Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School through the Family Medicine Residency Program at CentraState to create a new Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) accessible [...]

CentraState Healthcare System is pleased to announce the appointment of James Matera, DO, FACOI, as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer effective March 3, 2019. Dr. Matera has been a highly respected physician on staff at CentraState Medical Center for more than 20 years.“Now, more than ever, [...]

CentraState is proud to announce that Moustafa Shafey, MD, LFAPA, medical director of psychiatric services at CentraState Medical Center, has been awarded Distinguished Life Fellowship designation by The American Psychiatric Association (APA). Distinguished Fellowship is awarded to outstanding psychiatrists who have made significant contributions to the psychiatric profession in [...]

The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center at CentraState is proud to announce that it has received the 2019 Excellence in Quality Improvement Award from the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA). The Manor’s Administrative Certified Nursing Aide Program was selected for its work to improve care quality and resident safety [...]

Building on the success of its first solar panel installment, CentraState Medical Center plans to take the next step this winter by expanding its solar energy production capabilities. In 2015, the hospital installed a 7-megawatt ground-mounted solar panel “farm” on its campus that currently provides for 33 percent of [...]

CentraState is proud to announce that Kenneth Tomkovich, MD, a board-certified interventional radiologist on staff at CentraState, radiologist with Princeton Radiology, and an internationally recognized expert in breast cancer diagnosis and interventional treatment procedures, presented preliminary results of a breast cancer cryoablation clinical trial with fellow principal investigators at [...]

CentraState is pleased to welcome Michelle A Mitchell, RN, MS, CNM, a Certified Nurse Midwife with a Master’s Degree in Midwifery. Michelle joins CentraState’s maternity department, overseeing perinatal quality and safety measures, in addition to joining the physician staff at W2W (Women To Women) Physicians Obstetrics and Gynecology of [...]

CentraState is proud to announce that board-certified breast surgeon John Pellegrino, MD, who has been on staff at CentraState Medical Center for more than 20 years, has recently been named the medical director of the hospital’s Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program. Dr. Pellegrino earned his medical degree from Creighton University [...]