Media Contacts

Meridian Health and Meridian Partner Companies
Michael Valentino
Media Relations Manager
732-751-7538
Pager: 732-663-4418
mvalentino@meridianhealth.com

Special focus: breaking health news; national, state, and local health care issues and trends; hospital and health care industry policy and perspective; hospital quality and public reporting; emergency preparedness; community health and wellness, cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Jersey Shore University Medical Center and K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital
Robert Cavanaugh
Public Relations Manager
732-776-4166
Cell: 732-406-4454 (Media Only)
After Hours Patient Conditions: 732-775-5500, ask for the Nursing Supervisor
24-hour "On Deadline" Pager: 732-517-1918
rcavanaugh@meridianhealth.com

Special focus: medical research and academics; heart disease and heart surgery; pediatrics and children's health and wellness; stroke; trauma and emergency medicine; infectious disease and flu; ovarian and uterine cancer; advanced surgery; neonatology; gynecology/obstetrics/reproductive endocrinology; high risk pregnancy and perinatology; urogynecology; pancreatic surgery; ear, nose, and throat surgery; psychiatry; infectious disease and travel medicine; HIV/AIDS .

Ocean Medical Center
Donna Sellmann
Public Relations Manager
732-840-3279
After Hours Patient Conditions: 732-840-2200, ask for the Nursing Supervisor
24-hour "On Deadline" Pager: 732-663-6032
dsellmann@meridianhealth.com

Special focus: geriatric medicine and aging issues; pharmacology; orthopedics, joint replacement, and rehabilitation; breast, colon, and prostate cancer; vascular care and surgery; obstetrics/gynecology/maternity; radiation therapy; sleep disorders; emergency care; dialysis and kidney disease.

Riverview Medical Center
Sara Scipioni
Public Relations Manager
732-530-2282
sscipioni@meridianhealth.com
After Hours Patient Conditions: 732-741-2700, ask for the Nursing Supervisor
24-hour "On Deadline" Pager: 732-663-4419

Special focus: breast cancer, radiation therapy, rehabilitative medicine, spine health, health care technology and imaging, neurology and neurosurgery, advanced surgery, obstetrics/gynecology/maternity, diabetes, joint replacement and orthopedics, addiction and substance abuse, sleep disorders, epilepsy, opthamology and vision correction surgery; nutrition.

Meridian Partner Companies, Special Events, and Community Partnerships
Michael Valentino
Media Relations Manager
732-751-7538
Pager: 732-663-4418
mvalentino@meridianhealth.com

Special focus: Home health care, caring for aging loved ones, workplace health and safety, fitness, pediatrics, community health issues.