Ocean Medical Center Association Celebrates 31st Anniversary with Cocktail Reception Fundraiser

The Ocean Medical Center Association is sponsoring a special cocktail reception to celebrate the hospital’s thirty-first anniversary. The reception will honor Kathleen A. Martin, R.N.-B.C., OCN, MSW, LSW, nurse navigator and clinical advocate of oncology services for Ocean Medical Center and Neal and Ann Metnick, co-presidents of Ocean Medical Center Association.

The anniversary celebration will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30 at The Crystal Point, River Road in Point Pleasant. There will be an open bar and cocktail-style hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Tickets are $75 per person, with proceeds benefiting the cancer expansion project and other areas of greatest need at Ocean Medical Center. A multi-million dollar transformation of cancer services will soon be underway at the Brick-based medical center, which is part of Meridian’s $128 million investment to bring a higher level of care close to home by enhancing cancer services in Ocean and Monmouth counties.

For more information or to purchase tickets to the cocktail reception, contact Ann Metnick, committee co-chairperson, at 732-458-8157.

About Ocean Medical Center Association

Ocean Medical Center Association was originally known as “The Brick Township Hospital Fund Group.” From 1961 - 1968 a group of community-minded citizens worked tirelessly to generate interest in the possibility of the greater Brick area having its own hospital, since southern Monmouth County and northern Ocean County were growing at such a rapid pace. Through decades of fundraising, the Ocean Medical Center Association provided the impetus to build what is now known as Ocean Medical Center by purchasing and donating the hospital’s acreage in October of 1969. Since the hospital’s inception, they have continued to dedicate time and services to the hospital and in recent years have pledged over $2,000,000 towards the Ocean Medical Center Building Fund for improvements to the facility.

About Ocean Medical Center

Standing out as a premier medical center along the Jersey Shore, Ocean Medical Center is home to exceptional talent, state-of-the-art technologies, and a growing medical campus, all surrounded by a community that offers quality of life for individuals and families of all ages. Ocean is a 321-bed non-profit community hospital located in Brick, New Jersey that provides health care programs and services in all major medical disciplines. Some key services include designation as a Primary Stroke Center; brain lab and neurological surgery; DaT Scan and advanced imaging technology; DaVinci robotic surgery; general, thoracic, and vascular surgery; comprehensive cancer care and radiation therapy technologies; a Joint Commission accredited orthopedic program; one of the nation’s most advanced cardiac catheterization laboratories and cardiac services; maternity, Acute Care of the Elderly, and critical care services. The Medical Center recently completed a four-level expansion that has transformed the campus through an $82 million project that sets a foundation for future decades of growth. The main component of the project is a new 44,300 sq. ft. Emergency Department. The Medical Center features Magnet award winning nurses who work in collaboration with the medical staff, and is a System Partner, along with the other Meridian Health facilities, with the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Ocean Medical Center also operates the state’s first Satellite Emergency Department in Point Pleasant, called the Ocean Care Center. The Medical Center has grown tremendously since opening in 1984 and is well positioned to evolve and respond to the changing community and health care landscape.