Virtua Memorial Hospital

Virtua Memorial Highlights

• NJ Department of Health-designated Primary Stroke Center
  
  
• Aetna Institute of Quality (IOQ) designation for spine surgery program
  
  
• "Get with the Guidelines" Gold Plus Achievement Award from The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association
  
  
• "High Performing Hospital" designation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure by U.S. News & World Report
  
  
• Outpatient diabetes counseling recognized by the American Diabetes Association
  
  
• Echocardiography labs accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories
  
  
• Physicians and surgeons named “Top Docs” by regional magazines
  
  
• "Best Overall Hospitals" (fewer than 350 beds) designation by licensed New Jersey physicians through survey conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd
  
  
• Pediatric care provided by Virtua pediatric nurses and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pediatricians
  
  
• Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  
  
• Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence designation by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
  
  
• Get With The Guidelines® AFIB Bronze Quality Achievement Award  by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society. 

Virtua has partnered with Penn Medicine to provide brain and spine procedures and bring the region’s foremost leader in neurosurgical treatment and research to Virtua Memorial Hospital. The Penn Medicine Virtua Neurosurgery Program is another way these two great health systems are working together to ensure the highest level of care is available to residents of South Jersey.

Rapid diagnosis and treatment
Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly, New Jersey, is recognized regionally and nationally for its excellent care of stroke patients and adherence to stringent national guidelines. It has developed a comprehensive system for rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients.

Access to neurologists
The hospital was the first in New Jersey to implement teleneurology technology, which enables emergency room physicians to have round-the-clock access to neurologists via real-time, two-way audio and video communication.

Stroke accolades
Virtua Memorial Hospital has received the following awards and recognition for its excellent stroke care:

• Designated a Primary Stroke Center by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
  
  
• Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association. The award recognizes hospitals that have more than a dedicated stroke unit; they have also a comprehensive system for rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients admitted through the emergency department and then to a dedicated stroke unit.
  
  
• Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award from the American Heart Association. The award recognizes Virtua Memorial Hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted guidelines.

Maternity resources
From pre-natal testing to childbirth classes, Virtua Memorial’s maternity staff and clinicians guide new moms every step to the delivery of their babies and beyond.

Comprehensive care
The maternity center at Virtua Memorial in Mount Holly, NJ, offers sophisticated care, from advanced antenatal testing and prenatal support through labor and delivery. The maternity center also provides:

• Family-centered labor, delivery and postpartum care
  
  
• Labor and delivery triage area where patients are evaluated to determine how close they are to delivering. Advanced fetal monitoring enables doctors to see babies’ heart rates at all times even remotely in their private offices
  
  
• Private birthing rooms with advanced technology and personal amenities, including computers, flat screen televisions, and comfortable seating areas
  
  
• 24/7 availability of anesthesiologists, obstetricians, pediatricians, neonatologists, maternal/newborn nurses, lactation experts and other special delivery team members
  
  
• One specially trained nurse assigned to care for all mother and baby needs
  
  
• Fully equipped surgical suites for cesarean births and more complicated deliveries
  
  
• Special Care Nursery (SCN) that provides the latest technology in ventilators, electronic monitoring and leading-edge medical therapies for babies. The SCN received a Beacon Award for Excellence (Silver) from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). 

Surgical options
Virtua Memorial in Mount Holly provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical options from minimally invasive surgeries and advanced procedures to specialized rehabilitation and recovery care. Virtua Memorial was the first in the northeastern United States to receive Joint Commission accreditation for joint replacement and the second in the nation to have been accredited for spine surgery. Virtua’s orthopedic surgeons perform more joint replacements than any other healthcare organization in South Jersey.

Spine Surgery
Virtua Memorial Hospital has been designated an Aetna Institute of Quality (IOQ) for its spine surgery program. Designated IOQ facilities demonstrate excellence in care, a commitment to continuous improvement and represent an exceptional value to its members.

Pain Management
Virtua Pain & Spine Specialists provide comprehensive pain management to all patients using a wide range of minimally invasive injection, surgical procedures, implantable devices, and non-invasive modalities such as acupuncture and orthotics, as well as a variety of medications. 

• State-of-the-art operating rooms that support sophisticated orthopedic and neurosurgery cases including Penn Medicine – Virtua Neurosurgery
  
  
• Radiology services supported by digital imaging information and storage systems that provide faster and more efficient access to radiology records
  
  
• Comprehensive cancer services through Virtua Cancer Program
  
  
• First hospital-based heartburn center in New Jersey that provides the most advanced technology available for diagnosing and treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
  
  
• Hospital-based hospice unit to manage end-of-life medical and psycho-social issues
  
  
• State-of-the-art cardiac catheterization labs
  
  
• Virtua Rehabilitation Network, which offers a broad scope of services to adult and pediatric patients including physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy
  
  
• Outpatient procedures performed at Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center in Mount Holly
  
  
• Sleep Center that offers sleep studies and treatments
  
  
• Outpatient diabetes counseling recognized by the American Diabetes Association
  
  
• Bariatric Surgery Program achieved a “Comprehensive Center” National Accreditation from MBSAQIP (The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program).

Innovative model of care
Virtua Memorial Hospital's Pediatric Pavilion in Mount Holly, NJ, centralizes inpatient and outpatient emergency services in the same location for children under 18.

• Eight emergency treatment beds
• Three minor injury chairs
• Five inpatient beds
• Ronald McDonald family space
• Playroom for children 
• Respite area for patients and siblings
• Media center for patients and their families

Full service emergency care
Virtua Memorial Hospital provides compassionate care to thousands of patients who come through the emergency department. As the only emergency department in Burlington County that is supported by a full-service hospital with maternity care, Virtua Memorial offers patients a full spectrum of options during a medical emergency.

Expanded services
The emergency room has been expanded in recent years to help meet the needs of the growing Burlington County community. Virtua Memorial’s emergency department features:

• Digital technology that includes bedside registration and a patient tracking system, which allows staff to streamline care and enhance patient service
  
  
• Special unit to treat pediatric emergencies. The Pediatric Pavilion treats children for emergencies in a comforting, family-friendly environment with unrivalled expertise. The unit is staffed by Virtua pediatric nurses and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) pediatricians.
  
  
• A Minor Emergency Center (MEC), which treats patients who have a variety of conditions from sore throats and lacerations to those suffering from abdominal pain and vomiting

Advanced care
Virtua Memorial Hospital is recognized as a regional destination for cardiovascular services, delivering quality care through sophisticated technology, comprehensive programs and the area's top heart and vascular specialists. The hospital provides life-saving angioplasties to remove clogged arteries and restore blood flow for patients experiencing heart attacks.

Emergent angioplasty
Virtua Memorial in Mount Holly, NJ, recently became licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services as a Primary PCI Center. With this designation, Virtua Memorial’s expert team of cardiologists, nurses and technicians perform emergent angioplasty on patients with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (heart attack).

The hospital's cardiovascular program provides:

• Board-certified cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, vascular surgeons, specially trained nurses and registered cardiovascular technologists
  
  
• State-of-the-art catheterization labs that offer immediate life-saving capabilities and the ability to treat more cardiovascular conditions

• Aldrin Amistoso, MD
• David Buck, DO
• Sharon Castellino, MD
• Preeti Chaurasia, MD 
• Neelima Chilukuri, MD
• Erik DeLue, MD
• Sahil Dhru, DO
• Peter Ghobrial, MD
• Jin Ping Guo, MD
• Rupa Kashyap, MD
• Navneet Kaur, MD
• Vijendra Kotturi, MD
• Michael Lawandy, DO
• Dawn Maier, MD
• Sanaa Mithaiwala, DO
• Amar Nanavati, MD
• Amara Nidimusili, MD
• Sabeeha Nisar, MD
• Jubril Oyeyemi, MD
• Christopher Pomrink, DO
• Swati Patel, MD
• Brian Peng, DO
• Elizabeth Pollard, MD
• Miguel Rivera, MD
• Faraz Rizvi, MD
• Caroline Ropiak, MD
• Kavitha Shah, MD 
• Parth Shah, MD
• Jasdeep Singh Sodhi, MD
• Ramneek Singh, MD 
• Bernard Steinbacher, MD 
• Pierre Valeus, MD
• Steven L. Bocchese, APN
• Taylor Kolle, PA
• Shanda Moore, NP 
• Celeste Swanson, APN