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.
April 04, 2024
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Andrew Ip, MD, discusses the implications of using next-generation sequencing alongside machine learning in the diagnosis of hematologic malignancies.
April 02, 2024
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Looking to the future, Lori A. Leslie, MD, offers closing thoughts on unmet needs and potential improvements in the lymphoma treatment space.
April 02, 2024
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Clinical insights on managing adverse events associated with CAR T-cell therapy and measuring patient response, highlighting a phase 2 trial on prophylactic anakinra.
March 29, 2024
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Andre Goy, MD, discusses the implementation of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.
March 29, 2024
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A deep dive into IL-15 targeted agents including N-803, those in the pipeline, and the fusion protein SAR445877 which Martin E. Gutierrez, MD, sheds light on.
March 27, 2024
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Andre Goy, MD, discusses updated data from the phase 2 ZUMA-2 trial, highlighting the expanded-access ZUMA-18 study in MCL.
March 26, 2024
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Focusing on mantle cell lymphoma, Lori A. Leslie, MD, reviews the primary analysis of the SYMPATICO trial investigating ibrutinib-venetoclax combination therapy.
March 26, 2024
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Dr Leslie discusses two abstracts on axi-cel recently presented at ASH 2023: a subgroup analysis of ZUMA-7 and the 4-year follow-up from ZUMA-5.
March 19, 2024
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A hematologist-oncologist discusses a recent abstract looking at subcutaneous mosunetuzumab in the first line for patients with follicular lymphoma.
March 19, 2024
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Lori A. Leslie, MD, a specialist in lymphoma, provides an overview of recent changes in the overall treatment landscape.
March 12, 2024
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Dr McCloskey highlights challenges in adverse event management and discusses unmet needs in the treatment of patients with leukemia.
March 12, 2024
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James K. McCloskey, MD, provides an overview of key takeaways from recent studies presented at the 2023 ASH Annual Meeting in leukemia.
March 05, 2024
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An expert on leukemia provides comprehensive insights on the subgroup analysis of the phase 3 PhALLCON study of ponatinib in Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
March 05, 2024
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Focusing on chronic myeloid leukemia, James K. McCloskey, MD, reviews the long-term results of the OPTIC trial presented at ASH 2023.
March 04, 2024
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Tatyana Feldman, MD, discusses the TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.
February 28, 2024
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Andre H. Goy, MD, discusses how the ZUMA-18 trial data support the benefit of earlier-line use of brexucabtagene autoleucel in mantle cell lymphoma.
February 27, 2024
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Following ASH 2023, a hematologist-oncologist discusses recent updates on approved and emerging therapies for patients with leukemia, highlighting the TRANSFORM-1 trial looking at navitoclax plus ruxolitinib.
February 27, 2024
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James K. McCloskey, MD, a specialist in leukemia, discusses how the treatment landscape has changed in recent years.
February 21, 2024
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Tatyana Feldman, MD, highlights updated data for liso-cel in relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.
February 20, 2024
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Burton Eliot Appel, MD, discusses the importance of recognizing Childhood Cancer Day in pediatric patients with cancer.