Mark Christensen, MD, Director of Emergency Medicine at Highlands Medical Center in Scottsboro and Cullman Regional Medical Center in Cullman was recently selected as one of five 2020 Facility Medical Directors of the Year by Alteon Health, the industry-leading national medical group that manages these emergency medicine programs.
The award honors Medical Directors from across Alteonâs more than 125 clinical sites who exhibited exemplary leadership and professionalism in 2020, mentoring their physicians and advanced practice providers while improving department performance amid the challenges of COVID-19. In her nomination of Dr. Christensen, Destiny Harvey, Regional Vice President of Operations for Alteon, celebrated the strong collaboration Christensen has fostered between the emergency medicine providers, the nursing staffs, and other hospital departments at both facilities since becoming medical director in 2019.
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A person waits in line at the Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton for a COVID-19 vaccine.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus as vaccine appointments continue to open across the state.
All New Jersey residents ages 16 and older are eligible for the vaccine. Individuals ages 16 and 17 must schedule an appointment to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is the only vaccine in the United States approved for ages 16 and older. The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are recommended for residents ages 18 and older.
Alec Grabowski joins the hospital from Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina, where he was chief operating officer as well as interim president. As the new Mountainside Medical Center COO, he succeeds Tim O’Brien, who was promoted to CEO in August.
“Alec brings a breadth of experience in health care operations to this role,” O’Brien said in a prepared statement. “His expertise will enhance our ability to increase the range and scope of services available at our community hospital, and we are excited to have him on board.”
Grabowski has more than a decade of health care leadership experience, including work at United Health Services in New York and Evolent Health and WellStar Health System in Georgia.
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Announces new Chief Operating Officer
Alec Grabowski, Chief Operating Officer
Newswise MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (April 26, 2020) – Alec Grabowski has been named chief operating officer (COO) for Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center. He replaces Tim O’Brien, who was promoted to chief executive officer in August 2020.
Grabowski comes to Mountainside Medical Center with over a decade of healthcare leadership experience in a variety of hospital settings including; United Health Services in Binghamton, NY, Evolent Health and WellStar Health System, located in Atlanta, Georgia. Most recently, he served as chief operating officer at Hospital Corporation of America’s Summerville Medical Center, where he also served as interim hospital president. While at Summerville, his leadership resulted in improved patient experience, increased employee engagement, expansion of the hospital’s campus totaling over $150 million, and
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Registered Nurse E. Renee Cantwell, left, and Registered Nurse Therese Zeitz, right, prepare vaccines at the Rowan Medicine COVID-19 Vaccination Center at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford.Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Coronavirus vaccines are available across New Jersey even as the distribution of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine remains paused throughout the United States.
This means that the two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are currently the only vaccines available to the public, and are replacing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in all appointments for the foreseeable future.