Clara Maass Medical Center to Host Virtual Event for Families:

Belleville, NJ – A panel of physicians experienced in Maternal and Child Health will lead a virtual community conversation entitled “Pregnancy, Childbirth and COVID-19: What to Expect During and After Your Delivery.”

The event will convene at 6 PM- 7 PM on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 and can be accessed by computer, smartphone or telephone.

The event will include information for new and expecting mothers and their families on childbirth in a post-COVID-19 environment and will include an opportunity for attendees to direct questions to the panelists, who are physicians from Clara Maass Medical Center:

• Naveen Ballem, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Bariatric Surgery
• Michael Straker, MD, Director of Maternal Care Services, and Obstetrician and Gynecologist
• Susan Morrison, MD, Director of Pediatrics and Immunologist, and
• Morris Cohen, MD, Director of Neonatology

In addition, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Clara Maass Medical Center, Dr. Mary Ellen Clyne will also share an update regarding hospital programs and services.

To register for the free online event, go to: https://bit.ly/2Bt2xj7

If you would like to submit questions in advance for the panel, please email Stacie.Newton@rwjbh.org.

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About Clara Maass Medical Center

Founded in 1869 as the Newark German Hospital, Clara Maass Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is celebrating 150 years of service to the community. Conveniently located in Belleville, NJ, Clara Maass Medical Center is a 472-bed hospital that offers a complete continuum of care to residents of northern New Jersey. Clara Maass has completed a state-of-the-art campus expansion of its Emergency Department, Operating Rooms and Post Anesthesia Care Unit with the addition of a four-story, 87,000 square foot medical office building that features a private Intensive Care Unit, main entrance and lobby, retail pharmacy and patient registration area. Designated by the New Jersey Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, the Medical Center has earned national recognition in patient safety and quality from Healthgrades and The Leapfrog Group. The Medical Center leads the state in performing advanced treatment in ophthalmology, and has earned certifications in Disease-Specific Care from The Joint Commission in Acute Coronary Syndrome, Congestive Heart Failure, Hip and Knee Replacement, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Advanced Certification in Palliative Care, and has earned accreditation in Bariatric Surgery by the Aetna Institute of Quality program. In partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey -- the state's only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clara Maass Medical Center offers a world class team of researchers and specialists to fight most types of cancer, providing close-to-home access to the latest treatment and clinical trials. Committed to the health and wellness of its community, the Center of Excellence for Latino Health at Clara Maass Medical Center was established to address the social determinants of health within the local Hispanic community. The first in the country to be named for a nurse, the hospitals’ namesake, Clara Louise Maass was posthumously inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2017. For a physician referral or more information about Clara Maass Medical Center, call 1-888-724-7123 or visit www.rwjbh.org/claramaass.