Jersey Shore University Medical Center Commencement Sees 84 Residents and Fellows Graduate

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center held its annual Resident & Fellow Graduation Ceremony June 20 at Bell Works in Holmdel. Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s (JSUMC) medical education faculty and administrators celebrated the graduation of 84 residents and fellows in 10 residency and 10 fellowship programs. For the past three years, JSUMC’s medical education program has celebrated the largest graduating classes in its history.

“Our patients received exemplary care from this class of outstanding physicians and health care professionals,” said David S. Kountz, M.D., MBA, MACP, vice president, Academic Affairs, JSUMC, and chief academic officer, Hackensack Meridian Health and senior associate dean, Graduate Medical Education, and professor of medicine, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. “I’m proud that many of our graduates will continue their careers at JSUMC, as well as other Hackensack Meridian medical centers, and know they will have successful careers in medicine.”

JSUMC sponsors ACGME-accredited residency training in General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, and Psychiatry, as well as residencies in Pharmacy, Podiatry and Dentistry.

“It’s a privilege to be among the first to congratulate our graduates,” said Kenneth N. Sable, M.D., MBA, FACEP, regional president, Southern Market, Hackensack Meridian Health, who opened the ceremony. “As Monmouth and Ocean counties’ leading academic medical center, dating back to the 1950’s, our residency and fellowship offerings and graduating classes continue to grow as we educate new generations of extraordinary physicians.”

Additionally, the medical center provides a Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship through the Department of Pediatrics; six fellowships in the Department of Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease, Endocrinology, Critical Care, Pulmonary Disease, Nephrology, and Hematology / Medical Oncology; and fellowships in the Department of Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine.

“Our patients and community ultimately benefit the most from the educational and collaborative environment fostered by our faculty, residents, fellows, medical staff, and nurses,” said Vito Buccellato, MPA, LNHA, president and chief hospital executive, JSUMC. “I’m grateful for their contribution in providing the best patient care at Jersey Shore.”

Medical residency training is required to practice as a physician in the U.S., and begins after graduation from medical school. Fellowship training enables physicians to specialize in specific fields of medicine. JSUMC will welcome 90 new residents and fellows to begin their respective training programs July 1.

JSUMC is a major affiliate of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine; St. George’s University School of Medicine, and the Physician Assistant Program at Monmouth University. For more information, visit www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/Healthcare-Professionals/JSUMC.