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Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
Our Lady of Lourdes Health System
Camden, NJ

Serving the South Jersey communities, Our Lady of Lourdes Health System is sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany. This system is made up of Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, and the Lourdes Wellness Center. The New Jersey Heart Institute at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center is the largest provider of Cardiac Services in the South Jersey Region. Lourdes Regional Transplantation Center is the only center in New Jersey approved to perform kidney, pancreas, and other liver transplants. Lourdes Regional Rehabilitation Center is the number one recommended rehabilitation center in the nation according to a national survey. In addition, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center offers a Regional Joint Replacement Center and a Regional Stroke Treatment Program. Lourdes is one of the largest providers of outpatient reneal dialysis with three community-based centers.

Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County offers a Cancer Program, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Network, is accredited by the American College of Surgeons commission on Cancer and a newly renovated Maternity Unit. It has one of the nation's largest Occupational Health Services program, serving the healthcare needs of the region's business community. Other services include Behavioral Health Services, Cardiac Catheterization, advanced diagnostics and surgical specialties. In May 2001, Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County opened a new three-story, 45,000 square-foot addition housing a state-of-the-art Surgical Center, Same Day Surgery Unit and expanded Cardiac and Intensive Care Units.

Lourdes Health System Online Resources



St. Francis Medical Center
St. Francis Medical Center
Trenton, NJ

St. Francis Medical Center was founded in 1874 by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia as Trenton's first hospital. Today, it is an acute care teaching hospital of more than 300 medical staff physicians representing all specialties. The tradition of service continues as St. Francis Medical Center leads the region in providing many specialized services. These include The Heart Hospital, Mercer County's only comprehensive cardiac surgery program that received the highest rating for risk-adjusted low mortality rates according to latest "Cardiac Report Card" by the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services; Fox Chase Cancer Center, offering the most advanced cancer care in the area; Compassionate Care Hospice, Mercer County's only inpatient hospice unit; Neuroscience Institute, the only dedicated facility in Mercer County to treat patients with neuromuscular disorders such as Muscular Dystrophy, Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), Myasthenia Gravis, polymyositis and other nerve disorders; an American Academy of Sleep Medicine accredited Sleep Disorders Center; Center's for Workers Health, dedicated to serving the occupational health needs of regional employers, and the area's most extensive Community Outreach Program which includes the St. Clare Mobile Health Van, a doctor's office on wheels that travels throughout the city to provide primary care to those most at risk. In addition, St. Francis Medical Center was the first hospital in the Delaware Valley to receive the prestigious Magnet Award Recognition for nursing excellence.

St. Francis Medical Center Online Resources

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