M.D., MBA, CPE, the academic chair and professor of the School’s Department of Pediatrics, and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Hackensack Meridian K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital. “The group did its job - and found a way to make an even bigger impact - when we were confronted with the health crisis of our time.”
The Human Dimension course at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine is a three-year class focused on teaching future doctors the importance of the “social determinants of health” – including housing, food access, and other standard-of-life factors. Pairs of medical students are matched with families and a community. The students come to know these individuals, families, and communities very well—and in turn, the families and communities have become connected to the school. So far, about 265 families and 80 community partners have been touched by the program, in communities including Clifton, Nutley, Passaic, Paterson, Hackensack, Garfield, Bloomfield, West New York, Union City, and groups spanning the State of New Jersey.
“To create health equity, we must create meaningful partnerships within our communities built on trust,” said Carmela Rocchetti, M.D., director of the Human Dimension. “We are grateful to have provided this support in an unprecedented time of need.”
ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, the first private medical school in New Jersey in more than 50 years, welcomed its first class of students in 2018 to its On3 campus in Nutley and Clifton. Hackensack Meridian Health assumed financial responsibility for the School in July 2018, and the School established its independence as a freestanding Institution of Higher Education in July 2020. The first cohort of doctors graduated in 2021. The school’s vision is that each person in New Jersey, and the United States, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, will enjoy the highest levels of wellness in an economically and behaviorally sustainable fashion. The School’s unique curriculum focuses on linking basic science with clinical relevance, through an integrated curriculum in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. The school prides itself on outreach, through programs like the Human Dimension, which is active in communities across New Jersey.
ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH
- Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit healthcare organization that is the largest, most comprehensive, and truly integrated healthcare network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research, and life-enhancing care. The network has 18 hospitals and more than 500 patient care locations, which include ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers, physician practice locations, and a fitness and wellness center. With more than 35,000 team members and 7,000 physicians, Hackensack Meridian Health is a distinguished leader in healthcare philanthropy and is committed to the health and well-being of communities throughout New Jersey. To learn more, The network’s notable distinctions include having more U.S. News-ranked hospitals than any other health system in New Jersey, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, 2022-23. Hackensack University Medical Center is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in four specialties, more than any other hospital in New Jersey. Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, are ranked #1 in the state and top 20 in the Mid-Atlantic Region by U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Children’s Hospital Report. Additionally, their combined nephrology program ranks in the top 50 in the United States. To learn more, visitNewswise — December 15, 2022, Nutley, NJ – An innovative program started to assist public schools amid the pressures and uncertainty of the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic has culminated in a paper published by faculty from the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.
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