NEW ADVANCEMENTS
1976
Exterior view of The Valley
Hospital circa 1978.
SATELLITE EXPANSION
By 1976, hospital officials had started to consider expansion through satellite
facilities. They nonetheless enlarged the X-ray department, improved the pediatric
area and pushed for the demolition of the 88,000-square-foot Linwood building to
make way for a 193,000-square-foot addition and an underground garage.
Approved by local planners in 1983, the $55-million project was later amended
to a $70 million project and subsequently rejected by town council members after
neighbors protested. The hospital won the resulting court battle in 1984, but was
made to stick to its original plan to increase capacity from 387 to 421, and to add
new surgical facilities.
Now up to 451 beds, Valley is staffed by more than 1,100 physicians, 3,700
employees and 3,000 volunteers. Further expansion looms, but not in Ridgewood.
ROBOTS HELP HUMANS Dr. Anthony Delfico,
Director of Orthopedic Surgery at Valley
ROBOTIC ARM HELPS
HUMANS WITH THEIR
JOINT REPLACEMENTS
2016
DOUBLE THE SIZE
A rendering showing the
proposed Valley Hospital
location in Paramus.
In 2016, after another court battle, hospital officials obtained a key approval for a
$750 million project that would have doubled the hospital’s size but retained similar
capacity. However, residents protested the project’s scale and, in 2018, hospital offi-
cials started fundraising for the construction of a new 372-bed hospital in Paramus.
THE NEW FACILITY ON 40 ACRES near the hospital’s outpatient cancer services is
expected to cost $738 million and TO OPEN IN 2023 . Under a settlement reached with
the Ridgewood Village Council, services including urgent care, nutrition programs
and diagnostic imaging could remain at the hospital’s original campus.
The orthopedic surgeons at The Valley Hospital
are partnering with the Mako Robotic-Arm
Assisted Surgical System for less painful partial
knee, total knee and hip replacements that require
shorter recovery times. With Mako, orthopedic
surgeons can provide each patient with a
personalized surgical experience using CT-based
3D modeling of bone anatomy. Surgeons then
create a personalized surgical plan. Dr. Anthony
Delfico, director of orthopedic surgery, performed
the hospital’s first robotic-assisted partial knee
replacement. “The Mako System is transforming
joint replacement surgery by allowing us to tailor
our surgical procedures to each patient’s
individual needs and anatomy,” he says. “We are
proud to be the first hospital in Bergen County to
offer this highly advanced robotic technology.”
— CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER
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