The Matawan Regional High School Vocal Music Academy performs “Give Us Hope” at the groundbreaking ceremony for Monmouth Medical Center’s Vogel Medical Campus at Tinton Falls.
Tinton Falls, NJ – June 22, 2023 – Monmouth Medical Center and The Unterberg Children’s Hospital opened the program for its celebratory groundbreaking of the Vogel Medical Campus at Tinton Falls on June 20th with a moving performance by the Matawan Regional High School Vocal Music Academy.
A four-year sequential program for the serious vocal student, the academy offers a unique education stressing not only musical skills and a lifelong appreciation of music, but discipline, self-confidence and a sense of accomplishment by working toward a common goal of excellence. The Choral Group, led by Choir Director Andre Baldasserini, performed the dynamic piece “Give Us Hope” for the nearly 200 people assembled for the groundbreaking program.
“We understand that the arts are life enhancing and enriching, and are so thankful to the Matawan Regional High School Vocal Music Academy for joining in the celebration of our new campus,” said Eric Carney, President and CEO of Monmouth Medical Center and Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, RWJBarnabas Health facilities. “With their stirring performance, they delivered a powerful message of hope for a better world that struck a universal chord with an audience that came together to celebrate a facility that will advance health care in Monmouth County and the surrounding area.”
The Vogel Medical Campus is being built with patients and the community in mind. The serene park-like setting will feature expansive soothing environmental considerations such as water features and walking paths. The hospital has engaged in years of planning to reach this important milestone, working with local community members and partners to develop a new campus that will provide exceptional, patient-centered care close to home for more Monmouth County residents. The campus will offer seamless access to surgical and imaging services and comprehensive cancer care together with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The five-story, 150,000-square-foot outpatient center, located at the historic Fort Monmouth Myer Center site, is set to open in 2025 and will honor Fort Monmouth’s legacy of innovation. The campus will leverage the very latest advancements in medical space planning and technology to provide easy access for patients and their loved ones and an ideal space for physicians to deliver the highest caliber of care.
The new medical campus is designed to enhance the patient experience by providing comprehensive same-day surgery, on-site specialty physician offices and advanced diagnostic imaging. Multiple floors will be dedicated exclusively to state-of-the-art cancer services, offering a comprehensive oncology clinic and centers for state-of-the-art infusion and radiation therapy treatment. Like the campus environment itself, Monmouth Medical Center’s oncology services will honor the mind-body connection with a focus on both medical and psychosocial care at the time of diagnosis, during treatment through to survivorship.
Monmouth Medical Center is dedicated to providing timely updates with the community throughout this building process. For the latest information, please visit: www.rwjbh.org/vmc.
About Monmouth Medical Center
Monmouth Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) facility, along with The Unterberg Children’s Hospital, is a regional teaching campus for Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. As the first hospital in Monmouth and Ocean counties, Monmouth Medical Center offers the most experienced surgeons in robotics and other minimally invasive procedures as well as bariatric and joint and spine surgery. Monmouth Medical Center delivers more babies annually than all other hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean counties combined and the fourth most in the state and was recently one of nine New Jersey hospitals recognized by Newsweek magazine as a top maternity hospital. The hospital offers access to the region’s top cardiologists and the award-winning, nationally recognized RWJBarnabas heart centers. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has conferred Magnet® recognition for Monmouth Medical Center as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care. It is the only hospital in Monmouth and Ocean counties to consistently receive an “A” Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization. RWJBarnabas Health and Monmouth Medical Center, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey — the state’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center — brings a world class team of researchers and specialists to fight alongside patients, providing close-to-home access to the latest treatment and clinical trials.
About RWJBarnabas Health
RWJBarnabas Health is the largest, most comprehensive academic health care system in New Jersey, with a service area covering nine counties with five million people. The system includes twelve acute care hospitals – Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, Community Medical Center in Toms River, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton in Hamilton, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway in Rahway, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville; Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth; three acute care children's hospitals; Children’s Specialized Hospital, including a network of outpatient centers; a behavioral health center and the state’s largest behavioral health network; two trauma centers; a satellite emergency department; ambulatory care centers; geriatric centers; comprehensive home care and hospice programs; fitness and wellness centers; retail pharmacy services; an affiliated medical group; multi-site imaging centers; and two accountable care organizations.
RWJBarnabas Health is New Jersey’s largest private employer – with more than 37,000 employees and 9,000 physicians – and routinely captures national awards for outstanding quality and safety. RWJBarnabas Health, in partnership with Rutgers University, is New Jersey’s largest academic health care system. The collaboration aligns RWJBarnabas Health with Rutgers’ education, research and clinical activities, including those at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey – the state's only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center – and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.
Contact: Elizabeth Brennan
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