RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Valley Health System has announced the addition of Dr. Stephanie Zandieh as Director of The Valley Pospital Pediatric Sleep Disorders and Apnea Center, welcome news to parents with children suffering from a sleep disorder.Zandieh is triple board-certified in sleep medicine, pediatric pulmonology, and pediatrics. As a pediatric sleep medicine specialist, Dr. Zandieh ...

RIDGEWOOD, NJ, -- The North Jersey ACO, a partnership between Holy Name Medical Center and Valley Health System, announced Kiran P. Mulgaokar as the new Executive Director for the Accountable Care Organization.As of January 1, Valley Health System and Holy Name Medical Center established the North Jersey ACO to serve the two hospitals’ complementary service areas. ACOs are groups of ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — The Valley Health System has partnered with Share 911 to implement a new emergency alert and response system that will provide real-time information to both employees and first responders. This new technology will play a critical role in increasing the system-wide safety measures that protect employees, physicians, volunteers, patients and guests.Share 911 is not a ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The Valley Hospital Emergency Services has been recognized with the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Silver Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks.“EMTs and paramedics play a vital part in the system of care for those who have heart attacks,” said James Jollis, M.D., ...

WALDWICK, N.J. -- The Valley Hospital, in conjunction with the Waldwick Girl Scouts, recently hosted a “Women in Medicine” evening at Waldwick High School. The evening provided female students at the high school with the opportunity to learn about careers in medicine with a focus on the operating room.The event showcased the experience of a patient, played by one of the Girl Scouts, in ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The Valley Hospital has earned the 2016 Women’s Choice Award as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Experience for a fourth consecutive year. This evidence based designation is the only award that identifies the country’s best healthcare institutions based on Medicare data weighed according to the preference of women in a 2016 national survey of 1,000+ female ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Valley Health System has earned CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ re-accreditation for maintaining a strong commitment to the health of its employees and satisfying the latest, comprehensive requirements of the Gold Standard.The CEO Roundtable on Cancer, a nonprofit organization of CEOs founded by former President George H.W. Bush, developed and administers the Gold Standard, ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The Valley Hospital and the NJ Sharing Network hosted a Gift of Life Memorial Event at Valley to honor organ and tissue donors from this past year. Family and friends of the donors were invited for a special ceremony in The Valley Hospital Auditorium, where each of the donors was honored through speeches and a special slideshow presentation. Pictured from left to ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The Valley Hospital Fertility Center recently hosted its annual Baby Jubilee to celebrate the all of the babies born since the program’s inception.The event, which was held at Season’s in Washington Township, offers parents the chance to enjoy an informal reunion with the Center’s doctors, nurses and staff who helped them achieve their dreams of parenthood, as well as ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The Okonite Company has made a second extraordinary commitment of $5 million to The Valley Hospital Foundation in support of the Valley Health System’s Translational and Clinical Research programs. Research within Valley Health System is dedicated to advancing medicine and discovering novel medical and surgical approaches to diagnosing and treating diseases in ...