| PROTECTING YOUNG LIVES |
| The Gregory M. Hirsch Memorial Foundation was established in memory of an aspiring young man who passed away suddenly in his sleep from an often unrecognized and misdiagnosed form of heart disease that is known as Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). |
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| "I can tell you that the passing of your child is something that cannot be put into words. It has taken a piece of my heart that can never be replaced." --Fred C. Hirsch |
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The GMH Memorial Foundation is dedicated to the prevention of sudden cardiac death in children and young adults by better understanding its causes, identifying at risk individuals and families and offering those families state-of-the-art diagnosis, treatment and support. |
Funds raised by The Gregory M. Hirsch Memorial Foundation support cardiac screening and education programs as well as the research and the detection of heart conditions in newborn babies and young children through The Pediatric Center for Heart Disease, a division of The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC).
The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at HUMC is also one of a select group designated a full institutional member of the National Association of Children's Hospitals. This designation honors the contributions of a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, healthcare professionals and volunteers who have made the medical center an outstanding place of healing for children and their families. The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital was twice selected as one of the top 25 children's hospitals in the country and the top-ranked children's hospital in New Jersey by "Child" magazine.
HUMC is a 775-bed teaching and research hospital and provides the largest number of admissions in New Jersey. The medical center was recently ranked in five specialties including geriatric care, gynecology, heart and heart surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, and orthopedics in U.S. News’s 2008 publication of America’s Best Hospitals. HUMC is the only New Jersey acute-care hospital to receive rankings in five specialties. For three years in a row, HealthGrades® named HUMC one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals. This designation recognizes hospitals that have demonstrated superior clinical quality over a seven-year time period. HUMC is the only healthcare facility in New Jersey, New York, and New England to be named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Only one percent of the nation’s hospitals can make this claim.
For additional information about The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, please visit www.humc.com
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