DR. NARANG: PROVIDED BYCHILTON MEDICAL CENTER; HSS: PROVIDED BY KEVIN GUZEWICH
CHILTONMEDICAL CENTER
PREVENTIVE CARE THATWORKS
It’ s aperplexing development: While the number of colorectal cancer cases has decreased dramatically among older adults in recent years, since the 1990s, they’ ve nearly doubled in younger adults. The National Institute of Health reports that incidence rates in the U. S. have risen rapidly among people ages 20-49, with the largest increases
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observed in the 40-49 age group. And while the mortality rate has declined in older adults, ithasn’ t budged for younger ones.
The trend is especially infuriating because colon cancer is highly curable if it’ sdetected and treated early; when found in its early stages, the five-year survival rate is around 90 percent. These cases are found through regular colonoscopies, when precancerous polyps can be removed.
To advance the fight against colorectal cancer, the Atlantic Health System’ sChilton Medical Center welcomes Dr. Rahul Narang, acolorectal surgeon with more than 10 years’ experience diagnosing and treating conditions of the lower digestive tract. These include colon cancer, rectal cancer, diverticulitis, Crohn’ s disease, ulcerative colitis, and anorectal diseases. Narang is experienced in robotic, laparoscopic, and open colorectal surgery, and is adept at performing colon resections, colostomy closure, minimal invasive surgery, reconstructive surgery for IBD, aswell as in treating rectal cancer and anorectal diseases, and managing functional bowel problems including incontinence and pelvic floor disorders.
People with an increased risk of colorectal polyps have afamily member with a history ofcolon cancer orpolyps; being older than 50 may beafactor, but polyps can develop earlier from apoor diet, obesity, lack of exercise, excessive alcohol consumption or smoking.
“ Most colon polyps are benign and non-cancerous, but they shouldn’ tbeoverlooked,” says Narang.“ Over time, certain types of colorectal polyps can become cancerous, sowhether they’ re benign or malignant, it’ simportant to have them removed.”
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
NEW SPACES FOR NEW CASES hospitals
�here’ s good news for the tens of thousands of Northern New Jersey patients who receive specialized healthcare atHospital for Special Surgery: the medical center has vastly expanded its physical presence in Bergen, with anew full-service outpatient center inParamus and anew surgery center inMahwah. The latter marks the first-ever HSS surgery center dedicated to ambulatory procedures in New Jersey. The new sites join the existing HSS location in Paramus on East Ridgewood Avenue.
The HSS Northern NJ Surgery Center in Mahwah is a7,700-square-foot facility located 10 miles from HSS Paramus – Midland Ave. The center features three operating rooms, eight pre- and post-surgical bays and onsite central sterile processing. Practitioners there provide specialized care for conditions and injuries of the hip and knee, spine, foot and ankle, hand and wrist, as well as sports medicine surgery. Dr. Michael P. Ast, Chief of the Knee Service, Chief Medical Innovation Officer and Director of Ambulatory Surgery Center Strategy atHSS, serves as its medical director.
“ With the advanced technologies we’ ve implemented at our ambulatory surgery center, we’ re now able to safely perform a wider range of complex procedures that were once only possible in a hospital setting,” says Ast.“ Our new center is fully integrated with our main hospital, ensuring patients benefit from the same world-class diagnosis and treatment options.”
HSS Paramus – Midland Avefeatures 23 exam rooms and highly specialized physicians and staff tooffer care for conditions and injuries of the foot and ankle, hand and upper extremities, hip and knee, and spine; endocrinology / metabolic bone diseases; pediatric orthopedics; physiatry; rheumatology; and sports medicine.
The nearly 31,000-square-foot facility is double the size of the existing facility, HSS Paramus – Ridgewood Ave, allowing for an expansion of services and astate-of-the-art imaging suite including MRI, X-ray, and EOS low-dose radiation imaging. Aspecial procedures unit for injection therapy and other advanced interventions is also available at this location, as well as HSS Orthopedics Now, which provides quicker access to orthopedic care for sudden injuries and pain experienced by patients 12 and older.
Rated the world’ sleading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, the HSS facilities offer Bergen residents easier access to top-rated surgical and non-surgical care across abroad range of specialties.“( These) are more than just facilities,” says HSS President and CEO Dr. Bryan T. Kelly.“ They’ re purpose-built extensions of the main hospital, offering the same sophisticated, highly specialized care, but inamore accessible location. They reflect our commitment to serving communities by expanding care through innovation and strategic growth across the tri-state region and beyond.”
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