NEW ADVANCEMENTS
1975
INCREASING
THE SIZE
Hospital officials set out to
raise $12 million for a 280-bed
wing and a 500-car parking
lot. By 1975, the 11-story Dean
Wing had been completed at a
cost of $18 million. New spe-
cial care, X-ray and laboratory
facilities were added. The hospital also
reached its current capacity of 547 beds.
2004
TO THE PRESENT
PROMOTING VASCULAR HEALTH Members of the
Englewood Health Vascular Surgery team.
(Top) An aerial view of
Englewood Hospital under
construction taken in January
1980. (Above) The proposed
expansion plans for Englewood
Hospital as seen in February 1971.
Englewood Hospital today
LOWERING THE
RISK OF STROKE
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
recently became one of the first hospitals in
New Jersey to offer a new, minimally invasive
procedure to treat severe carotid artery disease.
During transcarotid artery revascularization
(TCAR), blood flow is temporarily reversed so that
any small bits of plaque that might break off in
the artery are diverted away from the brain, which
helps prevent a stroke. A stent is then placed
inside the artery to stabilize the plaque,
minimizing the risk of a future stroke.
The innovation won Englewood Hospital
recognition from Healthgrades, the company that
provides information about physicians, hospitals
and health care providers, as one of America’s 50
Best Hospitals for vascular surgery; Healthgrades
also awarded the hospital a 2019 Vascular Surgery
Excellence Award.
— CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER
Englewood Hospital nonetheless continued to evolve. In 2004, it opened the
125,000-square-foot Russell & Angelica Berrie Center for Humanistic Care to provide
rehabilitation, patient education and ambulatory surgery. Since 2014, the hospital has
also opened new birthing and cancer treatment centers as part of a $90 million expan-
sion.
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