NEW ADVANCEMENTS
1984
JOINING BUILDINGS
The West Parkway facility was
expanded despite some nearby home-
owner opposition in 1984. The $37.3
million project brought the facility’s total
bed count to 292. The “new” Chilton
(Top) A January 1983 rendering of
Memorial Hospital was the first hospital in the state to
the new cancer care center
include outdoor recreational facilities as part of its 20-bed
at Chilton Memorial Hospital
in Pompton Plains. (Above)
voluntary psychiatric unit.
A January 1993 photo of the
The joining of the two West Parkway buildings and
hospital.
creation of a new patient wing provided hospital officials
with enough capacity to close the original hospital on
Newark-Pompton Turnpike later in 1984. Quickly eyed for luxury apartments by a
Dover physician, the building is now known as Crestwood Park Condominiums.
Chilton Memorial Hospital continued to modernize, adding an octagonal interfaith
chapel in 1987, and the Collins Pavilion across the street in 1994 as the setting
for educational seminars. The hospital opened a new cancer center later that year
and a new nursery in 1995 at a combined cost of more than $5 million.
2003
NEW SERVICES
By 2003, special
centers for cardiac
rehabilitation, sleep
apnea, weight loss
and more were inte-
grated into the facili-
ty. Renamed Chilton
Hospital in November
2010, the facility
became Chilton
Medical Center upon
its January 2014 merger with Atlantic Health System.
Today, more than 550 physicians provide care at
the 260-bed center. Boasting about 1,350 employees,
it serves residents from more than 30 North Jersey
communities.
Chilton Medical Center in
Pequannock in November 2016
FOR A BETTER LOOK Dr. Margaret Sacco (standing)
assesses a breast image with her colleague, Dr. Lisa Bash.
SURGERY TO
RESTORE HEALTH —
AND CONFIDENCE
New procedures in breast cancer treatment are
aimed at restoring health, and a patient’s body
image and self-confidence. “Removing the cancer
remains our top priority, but surgical advances
have also helped to enhance cosmetic outcomes,”
notes Margaret Sacco, MD, medical director of
breast surgery at Atlantic Health System’s Chilton
Medical Center. “Improved instrumentation, such
as lighted retractors, allow surgeons to operate
through smaller, more concealed incisions around
the dark portion of the nipple or armpit area,”
says Dr. Sacco. “In many cases the scars are barely
visible.” Another notable innovation is the nipple-
sparing mastectomy, which enables surgeons to
remove breast tissue while leaving the skin,
nipples and areola intact. The technique is a safe,
viable option for some women with early-stage
cancers, when tumors are surrounded by clear
margins and the disease does not involve the skin
or tissue under the nipple.
— CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER
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