Rajnik Raab, MD, of Franklin Lakes, Receives Chilton Hospital’s “Physicians We Admire” Award

Neurosurgeon Rajnik Raab, MD, of Franklin Lakes, was named the recipient of Chilton Hospital’s “Physicians We Admire” award. He has been a member of the Chilton Medical Staff for eight years and is a partner in the North Jersey Spine Group in Wayne.

The quarterly Physicians We Admire award was created to provide Chilton Hospital staff the opportunity to recognize physicians that embrace the organization’s five shared values on a daily basis: collaboration, ownership, excellence, compassion and innovation. The award winner is also one who leads the health care team in delivering high quality, safe, personalized patient care.

“All of our physicians play a vital role in what we do every day,” said Chilton Hospital Chief Nursing Officer Joanne Reich, RN, MA, NE-A, BC. “With this award, we celebrate and highlight one of our physicians who takes ownership in working with all staff to meet patients’ needs and who provides compassionate care each and every time to our patients and their families.”

Chilton’s Director of Critical Care Services Karen Stutzer, RN, MS, CCRN, APN-C, elaborated on Dr. Raab’s professionalism and devotion to patient care: “Dr. Raab dedicates time to patients and families in order to assure that they understand the diagnosis and prognosis. If surgery is indicated, he carefully reviews all the options. I have seen Dr. Raab review MRI and CAT scans with families so that they could understand the gravity of their loved one’s situation.”

Samples of other comments from staff members who work alongside Dr. Raab include:

• “Sympathetic, loyal and conscientious”   
• “Truly feels for his patients”
• “Has even visited patients’ homes on occasion”
• “Always makes every effort to meet patient needs”

About Rajnik Raab, MD:
Dr. Raab has lived in the New Jersey region for more than 20 years, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in New Haven, CT. He completed his medical degree at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn in 1997, an internship in General Surgery at UMDNJ/New Jersey Medical School and a residency in Neurosurgery at the same location. Dr. Raab is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Association of Neurosurgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Alpha Omega Alpha Society.

Chilton Hospital is a fully accredited, 260-bed, acute-care, community hospital. It is a four-time recipient of the HealthGrades Specialty Excellence Award in Stroke, and Five-Star Rated for Stroke Care, the highest possible, for six years in a row. It is also Five-Star Rated for Joint Replacement and Total Knee Replacement for 2012. Chilton’s many services include minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery, a state-of-the-art Emergency Department, a Pain Management center, the Sleep Health Institute, the Comprehensive Wound Healing/Hyperbaric Center, the Chilton Cancer Center, the Mother/Baby Center, an American Diabetes Association-recognized diabetes education program and a weight loss surgery program. Chilton has recently embarked on a $24 million modernization project, which includes the Cardiovascular Interventional Lab, the Comprehensive Breast Center and the Total Joint Center. The hospital is located at 97 West Parkway in Pompton Plains, NJ 07444. For more information about Chilton's facilities and services, or to find a doctor by name, specialty, or location, please visit www.chiltonhealth.org or call 1-888-CHILTON.