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M O N M O U T H H E A LT H & LIFE ■

MARCH 2009

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Contents

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March 2009 4 Welcome letter 6 Editor’s letter 13 Monmouth mix

· Antiques abound · Savor the Flay-vor · “What I’m listening to ...” · From Poland, with love · Winners’ circle

17 What you love best!

Cast your vote in our 2009 readers’ choice awards.

20 Flash

Captured moments around the county

22 Profile Past forgetting A loving husband and father helps his kids keep the memory of mom alive.

24 Health link

· When hospital patients need help—fast · An easier way to assess heart disease · Innovative cancer treatments · Where to get the best scans · It’s a tough time for hospitals · Is the recession keeping you awake?

34 Spotlight /

Independent spirit

How Neptune native Danny DeVito crafted an inspired film career, one quirky choice at a time

38 Cover feature /

Flying colors

Want your spring style to soar? Items in these uplifting hues will help your ensembles take flight.

46 Monmouth gourmet

Divine revelation Housed inside a renovated

church, Trinity Restaurant and Lounge in Keyport delivers a heavenly dining experience.

48 Where to eat Your Monmouth County dining guide

50 Be there!

A listing of local events you won’t want to miss

52 Shopping guide 54 What’s happening at Monmouth Medical Center

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Welcome LETTER

The bedrock of excellence CONGRATULATIONS TO MONMOUTH MEDICAL Center pulmonologist George Davis, M.D., the recently elected president of the hospital’s 800-member medical and dental staff.

A longtime member of the hospital’s teaching faculty and Medical and Dental Staff Executive Committee, Dr. Davis assumed this post January 1 from outgoing president, internist Ronald Weinberg, M.D. Dr. Davis—who has 32 years experience treating pulmonary disease and in critical care medicine—completed his graduate medical training here at Monmouth, and studied medicine at Monmouth’s teaching affiliate, Drexel University School of Medicine.

As a leading academic medical center, Monmouth Medical Center attracts the state’s top physicians, who are committed to academic and medical excellence through their role as members of the hospital’s teaching faculty. The bedrock of this hospital’s reputation for excellence has always been the quality of its staff, and the executive committee of the medical and dental staff exemplifies our culture of excellence and enviable record of superior care and service.

I am so grateful to our exceptional medical and dental staff officers for the dynamic leadership they provide. In addition to busy practices and the rigors of graduate medical teaching, these physicians volunteer countless hours to the governance of the hospital’s attending staff.

Like Dr. Davis, I was fortunate enough to receive my physician’s training here at Monmouth and, also like Dr. Davis, I was privileged to serve as president of this hospital’s outstanding medical and dental staff. As a former officer, I can attest to the devotion of our Medical and Dental Staff Executive Committee in making a vital difference in the lives of the patients we serve, as well as the physicians who practice here.

These physician leaders enrich the medical center and its medical staff through service characterized by pride, dedication and compassion. Their efforts help make Monmouth Medical Center a better place and our community a stronger, healthier one.

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Outstanding primary care. Plus regional leadership in stroke care, diabetes, gastroenterology, cardiology, chronic lung disease, oncology, kidney disease, infectious diseases, palliative care, and more.

We do it better. And we can prove it.

Allan Tunkel, M.D., Ph.D., MACP Chairman, Department of Medicine Monmouth Medical Center

Internal Medicine at Monmouth Medical Center: ● More of the region’s primary care physicians trained

At Monmouth Medical Center, we know that it’s results that matter.

That’s why we’re proud that we train more of the region’s primary care physicians than any other medical center.

And we do it well. We continue to teach and train the doctors who will provide primary care to the people of New Jersey, and are consistently recognized for our outstanding teaching of medical students.

It’s because of our outstanding primary care physicians that our Intensive Care Unit is a regional leader, offering the newest therapies, multidisciplinary care and a commitment to the highest quality. And it’s because of our primary care physicians that our pneumonia outcomes are superior.

At Monmouth Medical Center, we know that it’s results that matter.

And our doctors do, too. That’s why they provide outstanding primary care. Plus regional leadership in stroke care, diabetes, gastroenterology, cardiology, chronic lung disease, oncology, kidney disease, infectious diseases, palliative care, and more.

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Our internists consistently receive awards in recognition for outstanding teaching and mentoring of medical students from Drexel University College of Medicine.

Our internists and specialists participate in nationally conducted multi-center clinical trials and creation of national patient-care guidelines; their work can be found in such publications as The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases and primary care and specialty textbooks.

Intensive Care Unit maintains lower infection rates than national averages when compared with the Centers for Disease Control’s national health care safety reports.

Significantly lower mortality rates than state wide average for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and pneumonia.

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Editor’s LETTER

A peek at spring EACH YEAR, THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE ISSUES. Our staff is full of devoted recreational shoppers, and we must admit that the process of sifting through an array of fun new springtime clothes gets our pulse racing just a bit faster. This season, we found a variety of cute offerings in a host of bright hues. We present them for your perusal in “Flying Colors,” an eight-page pictorial feature that starts on page 38.

As always, in Monmouth Mix, page 13, we take a look at a few notable local finds. There you’ll get info on a celeb chef ’s burger spot in Eatontown, a veritable treasure trove of antiques in Allenhurst, a new European-inspired Red Bank shop peddling wares from Poland—and more.

A new addition to our favorite local spots is the divine Trinity Restaurant and Lounge in Keyport, which our reviewer visited for this month’s Gourmet. Housed in a 100-plus-yearold church, the inspired eatery serves all manner of creative combinations in a quaintly elegant setting. Read our writer’s raves on page 46.

For a local gem of quite a different kind, see our Spotlight article on page 34. There we talk to Danny DeVito and learn that the actor/director/producer/all-around-auteur is much more than meets the eye. Accompany him on a walk down memory lane as he discusses his Asbury Park childhood and more.

We’re also excited to start the voting for our annual readers’ choice awards. On page 17 you’ll find the ballot, where you can share the Monmouth County spots you think make life here truly a joy. An added perk: Each reader who casts his or her vote will be entered to win two tickets to a top Broadway show. We’ll reveal the winners in our July issue and celebrate them with a party and expo set for June 25 at Branches in West Long Branch. This will be a can’t-miss event chock-full of food and entertainment. Look for additional details in upcoming issues.

We look forward to reading your selections—and discovering a few future favorites of our own.

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It’s why we created the Patricia Burton High Risk Colorectal Cancer Program, which offers the only high risk familial colorectal cancer registry in New Jersey.

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We not only perform among the most laparoscopic colorectal resections of any hospital in New Jersey, we also have the region’s lowest conversion rate from laparoscopic to open colorectal surgery (4% at MMC vs. 15% nationally).

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LEFT: SHUTTERSTOCK; RIGHT: NOAH KALINA

Want to know where antique dealers shop for themselves? Try Allenhurst’s SHORE ANTIQUE CENTER (732-531-4466): “I’m seeing a lot of things here I like,” says Carlese Westock of West Paterson, “and I’m ready to buy today.”

That’s real music to the ears of Chris and Rose Meyer, who ran the beloved Point Pleasant Antiques Center before buying store’s Allen Avenue building.

“We rented for years in Point Pleasant Beach, but our new location has 5,000 more square feet,” says Rose. More room means more opportunities for shoppers, as the space is filled with 30-plus dealers (including the venerable Copper Kettle Antiques, formerly of Red Bank) peddling a diverse collection of vintage furniture, jewelry, art and collectibles, from costume jewelry for $5 to one-ofa-kind furniture finds.

And if perchance you fail to find that treasure you seek, fear not: The ever-changing inventory and great deals demand repeat visits.

Bite into a better burger—courtesy of chef Bobby Flay—at Bobby’s Burger Palace in Eatontown.

SAVOR THE FLAY-VOR Chef Bobby Flay certainly doesn’t let any arugula grow under his feet. Already a renowned restaurateur, cookbook author and television personality, Flay has now taken his famous love of the grill to the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown for BOBBY’S BURGER PALACE (732-544-0200, www.bobbysburgerpalace.com).

The casual spot serves up 10 signature variations of the humble hamburger—from the spice-crusted Dallas Burger, topped with coleslaw, Monterey Jack cheese, barbecue sauce and pickles, to the L.A. Burger, covered with avocado relish, watercress, cheddar and tomato. Not keen on beef? Choose ground turkey or a chicken breast instead.

“These burgers are incredible,” enthuses Peggy Liantonio of Brick as she finishes off a Napa Valley Burger adorned with fresh goat cheese, Meyer Lemon honey mustard and watercress. “I came to the mall today just to try one of Bobby’s burgers. I’m not even shopping.”

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Monmouth MIX ‘What I’m listening to ...’

Ever wish you had a musically minded friend to introduce you to great songs you might otherwise miss? Meet Tim Cronin, a manager at Jack’s Music Shoppe in Red Bank (732-842-0731, www.jacksmusicshop.com) with more than 20 years’ service behind the counter. “Being surrounded by a lot of different music does influence my listening habits,” Cronin says. “My wife, Carrie, also has eclectic tastes and has turned me on to a lot of cool stuff.” Cronin— whose garage/swamp/barnyard rock band, the Ribeye Brothers, will release its latest album, New Ways to Fail, “sometime this century”—shares 10 of his current favorites for your own musical discovery:

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December was the realization of that dream.

“Downtown Red Bank reminds me of the stores I used to visit in the villages of Europe,”

in the Moonlight 4. “SEARCH & DESTROY,” Iggy & the Stooges, from Raw Power 5. “YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME,” 13th Floor Elevators, from

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators 6. “2,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME,” the Rolling Stones,

she says. “Small shops in an intimate setting.”

Adams Imports features Boleslawiec Pottery, heirloom-quality stoneware handdecorated in Poland by artisans using centuriesold techniques; prices range from $45 for a delicate creamer to $300 for a magnificent vase.

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Past forgetting A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER HELPS HIS KIDS KEEP THE MEMORY OF MOM ALIVE

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PATRICK DOHERTY, 38, STILL REMEMBERS THE first time he saw Robin, the woman he was destined to marry. “There was an instant attraction,” recalls Doherty, sales manager at the Princeton campus of a New York investment management company. The two had both gone to Mater Dei High School in New Monmouth, he says, “but we didn’t meet until 1999, while working together at Merrill Lynch. On our first date we went to a hockey game, and the rest was history.” After he proposed in Aruba, Patrick and Robin were married at Princeton’s Saint Paul’s Church on October 5, 2001.

For a while, theirs was an untroubled love story. “We moved to a nice house in South Jersey,” says Doherty. Their son, Kyle, now 5, was born a few months later, followed by daughter Olivia, 3. But then misfortune struck—twice.

“My brother Steve was diagnosed with kidney failure on December 28, 2005,” says Doherty. He received dialysis at Monmouth Medical Center for five months before undergoing a kidney transplant at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. Doherty was the donor. “At the time, I only knew that my purpose was to help my brother. I now understand how important organ donation is,” he says. Today Steve, 34, is a healthy police officer in Monmouth County.

Doherty only wishes he could have given another piece of himself when the second crisis came. While moving furniture at home, Robin had a seizure. She was rushed to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Doctors thought she might have suffered a stroke, until a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan revealed that she had a brain tumor. She was later diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme tumor, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer.

“My initial reaction was, ‘What do we need to do to beat this?’ ” says Doherty. Robin underwent two brain surgeries “which were traumatic for everyone involved,” says Doherty.

She received chemotherapy from Sumul Raval, M.D., a neuro-oncologist at Monmouth, and went to the best cancer treatment centers in the area. “We attended healing masses and worked with a nutritionist to put Robin on a special diet,” says Doherty. “Basically, it was 15 months of doing whatever might save her life, to ensure that every option was considered for us to fight this together. But we also tried to do things as a family, like taking the kids to Disney World.” Despite their efforts, the tumor returned and Robin passed away on October 19, 2007. She was 38.

“Being a single dad is a challenge,” says Doherty, “but I’m getting better at it. Being there for my kids is my main purpose. On weekends, we do everything together.

We go to the park, watch movies. And every day, we talk about Robin.” Recently, Doherty raised funds to dedicate the library at the David S. Zocchi Brain Tumor Center at Monmouth to his wife. “I saw the benefits she received while being treated there, and I wanted other families to have a place where they could research ways to fight this horrible disease,” he explains. “At the same time, this will become a place our kids can call ‘Mommy’s Room.’”

Today Doherty is looking to the future. “Every experience, good or bad, has helped me to more clearly realize what my purpose in life is,” he says. Next year, he even hopes to take his kids back to Disney World. “There are constant memories and reminders of Robin in all that we do,” he adds. “And that’s how it will always be.” ■

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THE HOSPITAL WORLD WAS SHAKEN IN 2001, first developed in Australia: the Rapid Response Team when an 18-month-old girl named Josie King, who (RRT). If a patient needs immediate assistance beyond was being treated for burns at a renowned what the staff nurse can deliver, this team can Baltimore medical center, died needlessly rush to the bedside to provide it before the Thanks because busy nurses missed the gravity of problem turns more serious. And as of greatly to the her condition. Her mother had known January, such a team can be summoned RRT, mortality at something was wrong, but had been not just by hospital staffers, but by unable to summon appropriate help. patients themselves or their visitors if Monmouth was Afterward, from coast to coast, hospital need be. down 3 percent in officials asked themselves: “How do we “Back in 2004, Josie’s story forced 2008 from two save the next Josie?” us to ask the question: ‘How do you get years before.

Today, at Monmouth Medical immediate help in our hospital?’” says Center, there’s an answer in an innovation nurse Sue Skola, Monmouth’s assistant vice

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president for patient care services.

Sara Wallach, M.D., vice chair of the Department of Medicine, was assigned to meet with representatives from the nursing staff and the medical residents to put a program together. That group decided that an RRT led by a senior medical resident and also including a registered nurse and a respiratory therapist would be designated at the beginning of each shift.

Should a patient require immediate aid, an attending nurse or resident can activate the RRT by calling a special internal phone number. The operator will notify the team members by pager and announce over the intercom: “A rapid response team to ——.” When summoned, team members temporarily put aside their regular duties and rush to the patient in need to assess the situation and take action before things worsen.

“The hope is that early intervention can prevent cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest,” says Skola.

And apparently it does. Dr. Wallach reports that, in great measure thanks to the RRT program, overall mortality at Monmouth was down 3 percent in 2008 from just two years before, and cardiac arrests in noncritical areas were down 16 percent. Also down, she says, was the number of “codes”—serious emergency calls for patients who have gone into cardiac or respiratory arrest.

“In many cases,” the doctor explains, “the RRT program has allowed us to stabilize those patients before a code was required.”

When the program was rolled out in 2005, it was confined to off-shifts—nights, weekends and holidays— when fewer doctors and nurses were available, says Skola. It was only used in the main part of the hospital for general adult patients. But last year, administrators began expanding the program.

“Several months ago, we had a situation in obstet-

The impact of rapid response Pioneered in Australia, Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) had been put in place in 1,500 U.S. hospitals by February 2007, according to the Cambridge, Mass.–based Institute for Healthcare Improvement,

“The hope is that early intervention can prevent cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest.”

—Sue Skola rics that warranted rapid response,” says Skola. So the hospital added an obstetric RRT that would include a senior obstetrics resident and a labor and delivery nurse. The program was also made available for all adult care, 24/7. Then, last fall, a pediatric RRT was added, with a pediatric nurse and a pediatric resident to handle all children’s cases, including those in the children’s psychiatric unit.

“In January, we made the service available to all patients and visitors too,” says Skola. “Now you don’t have to be a medical professional to activate the system.”

Signs posted throughout the hospital and brochures placed in each room tell patients and visitors how to call a special phone extension to request the RRT. Of course, calls have increased as the service has expanded. In 2008 the hospital experienced an average of about 20 calls per month, says Dr. Wallach, up from seven to nine calls in the previous two years. And there was concern that those numbers would shoot up even faster once anxious patients and visitors were allowed to activate calls to the RRT. “We did talk about the potential that people might overuse the system,” says Skola. “But research from other hospitals where it’s in place shows that doesn’t happen.

We will monitor it, of course. And if someone feels that urgent help is needed when in reality it’s not, the RRT can be quickly dispersed and its members returned to their regular work.”

In advanced hospitals like Monmouth, where life is on the line every day, no one has forgotten what little Josie King’s experience has taught them. “It goes back to that little girl’s story, where the mother felt her child was in need and she was not being heard,” says Skola.

“RRTs help ensure that such a terrible event doesn’t happen again.” ■

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An easier way to assess HEART DISEASE TAKING A PICTURE INSTEAD OF INSERTING A CATHETER? ONE PATIENT, A DOCTOR, WELCOMED THE SWITCH

ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, WHEN 69year-old Dennis Mojares, M.D., noticed severe swelling in his left ankle, he worried. This was a possible sign of heart disease, which ran in his family, and his medical knowledge told him it could require a cardiac catheterization (coronary angiogram), in which a catheter is snaked up through an incision in the groin to the coronary arteries to check the heart’s blood flow.

Happily, though, it turned out that Dr. Mojares’ condition could be evaluated in a less invasive way: with a 64-slice CT (computed tomography) scanner at Monmouth Medical Center.

“In 1971, while working as a cardiovascular surgeon at a hospital in Newark, I assisted with a number of cardiac catheterizations, and I saw a few patients get in trouble,” says Dr. Mojares. “Having seen it performed on others, I was afraid of having it done to me.”

Cardiac computed tomography angiogram “is much less painful and intrusive” than cardiac catheterization.

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Catheterizations have improved in the last 38 years, but they remain somewhat invasive, with a small element of risk. And though Dr. Mojares, an emergency/urgent care specialist who works at Walk-in Medical Treatment in West Long Branch, would have had the procedure had it been necessary, he’s glad it wasn’t.

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significant blockage that may warrant further who’s my doctor—and also my son,” says Dr. intervention, such as stenting or bypass Mojares. Knowing that his father had several carsurgery. “Cardiac catheterization is considered diovascular disease risk factors, including high our gold standard for making these determinacholesterol, high blood pressure and a family histions,” says Dr. Choi. “Yet it does come with a tory of heart disease (one of his brothers died of a certain amount of risk.” heart attack at 49), the younger Dr. Mojares Edward Choi, M.D. Fortunately, when Dr. Mojares asked if referred his patient to Edward Choi, M.D., a carthere was any alternative, Dr. Choi was able to diologist on staff at Monmouth. suggest a new, noninvasive therapy called cardiac com“When Dennis Mojares first came to see me, he puted tomography angiogram (CCTA). This test, too, wasn’t experiencing any frightening symptoms, like requires intravenous iodine dye. But instead of a chest pain or shortness of breath,” says Dr. Choi. “Still, catheter being inserted into a patient’s femoral artery we felt it necessary to perform several tests to determine and threaded toward the heart, an IV is simply injected whether he had coronary artery disease.” into a vein in his arm. “This is much less painful and The first was an electrocardiogram (EKG), which intrusive,” says Dr. Choi. records the heart’s activity as it contracts and relaxes. It’s After the patient lies down on a table that slides used to detect abnormal heartbeats and ascertain into a donut-shaped, state-of-the-art 64-slice CT scanwhether there are areas of damage or inadequate blood ner, X-rays pass through his body and are picked flow. A nuclear stress test—which involves up by a high-speed computer that records obtaining images of the heart while the clear three-dimensional images of his patient is resting and comparing them to 1.2 million heart. The scan takes about 15 minutes, images of the heart after several minutes cardiac and the patient is always awake. of cardiovascular activity, such as runcatheterizations Although the CCTA has not been as ning on a treadmill—also indicated were performed in effective in detecting disease in smaller that Dr. Mojares was in no immediate the United States arteries and is still not safe for pregnant danger of having a heart attack. women, it has effectively detected plaque in 2005.

The third test, however, concerned and coronary lesions in most patients.

Dr. Choi. The echocardiogram, which uses “For me, the process was very easy,” says sound waves to create pictures of the heart, Dr. Mojares. “Of course, with chest pains or other major “showed that part of his heart wasn’t quite moving the symptoms Dr. Choi would probably have recommended right way,” says the cardiologist. “We also noticed some the cardiac catheterization, and I certainly would have areas of damage to the heart muscle. This told me he may followed his advice.” In this case, the CCTA revealed have once had a heart attack he wasn’t aware of.” (Such noncritical lesions, “which we’ve been able to treat with so-called “silent heart attacks” are relatively common, Dr. risk-factor modification and medication,” says Dr. Choi.

Choi explains. Sufferers may experience little or no pain, “By following a low-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, yet are left with dangerous muscle damage they often eating more fresh fruit and vegetables and running on the don’t know about.) treadmill three times a week, I’ve helped to lower my choAt first, says Dr. Choi, cardiac catheterization was lesterol and get my blood pressure under control,” says exactly what came to mind. In that procedure, a catheter Dr. Mojares. The swelling—which, as it turns out, was is first inserted in the femoral artery (near the groin) of a caused by spending too much time on an airplane—is lightly sedated patient. The tube is then maneuvered gone. And, adds this savvy patient, “I’m feeling great.” ■ through the body via the arteries until it reaches the coronary arteries, which run along the outside of the heart.

Once it’s in place, an iodine dye is injected through the catheter into the patient’s bloodstream. With the help of this contrast agent, detailed X-ray images of the arteries are taken, allowing a doctor to establish whether there is

For more information on the 64-slice cardiac CTA at Monmouth Medical Center, please call 1-888-7247123. And to read more about imaging studies, see “Where to Get the Best Scans” on page 29.

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candidates for interventional oncology, says Dr. Wiggins.

“In some cases, a previous treatment attempt, such as with chemotherapy, has failed and this is the next option.”

Depending on the patient, the interventional radiologist may employ one of these treatments: Hepatic artery embolization involves cutting off the liver tumor’s blood supply. The tumor is deprived of blood from the vessels that branch off the heptatic artery by the insertion of microscopic beads. “These beads act as a dam to block blood flow to the tumor, but blood still flows to the rest of the liver,” Dr. Wiggins explains. The tumor cells then lack the nourishment to multiply and survive, and in many cases their size is decreased. With smaller tumors liver surgery often becomes viable.

Radiofrequency ablation, used for small tumors, utilizes radio waves to create heat that is directed at the tumor to destroy the cancer cells and leave healthy liver tissue intact. Over the next few months, the dead cells turn into a harmless scar.

“We use these techniques to preserve liver function by either killing the tumor or keeping it from progressing,” says Dr. Wiggins. “They help preserve quality of life and may extend life.”

Besides liver tumors, interventional oncology is utilized to treat kidney tumors, lung tumors and neuroendocrine tumors. Embolization is also used to treat benign tumors of the uterus in a procedure called uterine fibroid embolization, a possible alternative to hysterectomy or myomectomy.

Dr. Park and Dr. Wiggins hope to add other treatments to the interventional oncology program, including chemoembolization and portal vein embolization.

“We’re pioneering types here,” says Dr. Park. “People should know they don’t have to go to New York or Philadelphia to get this high-end care. It’s right here.” ■ For more information on interventional oncology at Monmouth Medical Center, please call 1-888-724-7123.

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WHEN WE THINK OF CANCER TREATMENTS, we usually think of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. But today there’s a fourth approach, which uses imaging technologies like those employed in X-rays. It’s called interventional oncology, and it is performed by radiologists with special fellowship training. It includes a group of treatments for advanced cancers—especially liver cancer—that can destroy hard-to-reach or inoperable tumors. In a specially designed interventional radiology suite, physicians use computer-guided imagery generated by X-rays to thread tiny guide wires and instruments through the body’s network of blood vessels and perform procedures at the site of disease.

At Monmouth Medical Center, these treatments are offered in the Interventional Oncology Program, recently established in the Department of Radiology, explains Peter Park, M.D., chief of interventional radiology. The Ernest Wiggins, M.D. program’s launch was made possible by the addition to the staff of Ernest Wiggins, M.D., 32, an interventional radiologist who did his residency under Dr. Park at Monmouth.

“He was one of the best residents we’ve had,” says the doctor.

Interventional oncology offers another treatment option for patients who aren’t considered candidates for surgery, says Dr. WigPeter Park, M.D. gins. “These techniques may also be part of a multidisciplinary treatment plan through collaboration with a patient’s medical oncologist.”

The procedures can be helpful with many liver cancers where surgical removal of the tumor is inadvisable because it wouldn’t leave enough liver to maintain function. Both primary liver tumors and liver tumors that result from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body are good

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Where to get the best scans HOSPITALS PROVIDE THE MOST RELIABLE IMAGING STUDIES, AN EXPERT SAYS

NOT LONG AGO, RADIOLOGISTS AT MONmouth Medical Center were looking at a breast MRI taken at an outside imaging facility. The radiologist there had diagnosed a suspicious spot as cancer and ordered a biopsy. But a Monmouth specialist looked at the film and knew right away that the growth was benign. “We saved that woman an unnecessary biopsy,” says Richard Ruchman, M.D., chairman of Monmouth’s Department of Radiology. “That kind of thing is a daily event here.”

Imaging studies are often the key to diagnosing and treating a health condition. But how do you know if your image—be it an X-ray, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) study, CT (computed tomography) scan or mammo-

For the best in imaging, ask 3 questions Richard Ruchman, M.D., chairman of radiology at Monmouth Medical Center, suggests getting “yes” COURTESY OF MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER

answers to these inquiries before you settle on a facility for medical imaging: 1. Has the facility has been accredited by the American College of Radiology?

gram—is being taken properly and interpreted correctly?

Dr. Ruchman’s advice: Have your imaging studies performed by radiologists specially trained in your area of need. And, he says, such subspecialists are most commonly found at an academic hospital such as Monmouth.

Smaller hospitals and independent imaging centers are usually staffed with general radiologists, says Dr. Ruchman. That means that on a typical day, they may take and read, say, a breast MRI, followed by a lung CT scan, followed by an X-ray of a broken leg. They’re understandably less attuned to the nuances of each particular kind of imaging study than is someone who focuses on that type.

“The field of radiology is so wide and diverse that it is difficult to master all its subtleties,” says the doctor.

“There are very subtle findings you would only be aware of if you are oriented to that subspecialty and focus all your time in that area.” Of the 11 radiologists at Monmouth, each is fellowship-trained in one of eight principal subspecialties.

Further, Dr. Ruchman notes, physicians at an academic center conduct research and publish articles. “They are aware of all the research in their area long before that information reaches the general radiologist,” he says. ■

2. Is there a radiologist with specialist training in the scan I’ll be getting? (Most hospitals and radiology facilities list their faculty and fellowships on their websites.)

3. If so, will the appropriate fellowship-trained sub-

To find out more about getting an X-ray, a magnetic resonance imaging study or another scan at Monmouth Medical Center, please call 732-923-6800.

specialist be reading my image? (“You don’t want a pediatric radiologist or general radiologist reading your breast MRI,” says Dr. Ruchman.)

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Dr. D: Medical staff leadership now meet every two weeks instead of monthly. And we have been inviting past medical staff presidents to attend our meetings to offer their expertise.

We also plan to create a group comprising trustees, administrators, nursing representatives and other leaders to make rounds every other week to discuss staff concerns and suggestions. We’ve launched a new monthly newsletter to keep medical staff apprised of current developments.

MH&L: How have these ideas been received?

Dr. D: The Joint Commission, which oversees and evaluates hospitals, was here recently for one of its visits, and they liked what they saw us doing—especially the open communication we’ve established. But we have a lot of work to do. Everyone is working harder, longer hours, with fewer resources.

MH&L: Several times residents have honored you as the best teacher among Monmouth physicians. What does teaching mean to you?

Dr. D: It’s one way of showing my commitment to the medical center—serving in this administrative post is another. I feel doctors must continue to show loyalty to the hospital and to its teaching mission. Monmouth Medical Center is a tremendous asset to the community, and keeping it strong requires that its services—both inpatient and outpatient—be supported. ■ CORRECTION: Two phone numbers in the January 2009 issue were inadvertently listed incorrectly. The correct number for information about childbirth services at Monmouth Medical Center is 1-888-724-7123.

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WHEN A SEVERE ECOnomic downturn strikes, hospitals aren’t immune. Financing is harder to come by, people lose jobs and thus health insurance, cash-strapped families postpone elective procedures and budgets are squeezed for both government and private payors. In a recent American Hospital Association survey, a majority of hospitals said they’re finding more patients unable to pay.

So it was a difficult environment that George Davis, M.D., faced when he became president of the medical and dental staff at Monmouth Medical Center on January 1. But Dr. Davis, a pulmonary medicine and critical care specialist who lives in Wayside with his wife, Ellen, is excited by the challenge. Recently he took a few moments to discuss his ideas about the medical staff and the hospital’s future with Monmouth Health & Life.

Monmouth Health & Life: You’ve been a doctor since you started your residency here at Monmouth in 1973.

Have you ever seen a tougher time?

Dr. Davis: No. As you know, the financial situation nationally is simply terrible, and it’s affecting every hospital in the country. But we still have a job to do, and we still need to provide the community with the highest possible level of services.

MH&L: As president of the medical and dental staff, what can you do?

Dr. D: I represent the doctors as they relate to the hospital and patients. It’s paramount that we have open communication among the medical staff leaders, nursing, the board of trustees and the administration. We all agree that there has to be transparency in our decisionmaking. We must let everyone on staff know what is going on.

MH&L: What steps have you taken?

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and alcohol. (Yes, a glass of wine right before you turn in may make it easier for you to fall asleep. But alcoholinduced sleep tends to be lighter than normal, and alcohol also makes it more likely that you’ll wake up during the night.)

To learn more about the evaluation and treatment of sleep problems at Monmouth Medical Center, please call 732-923-7660.

SHUTTERSTOCK

IF YOU’RE FINDING YOURSELF UP at night, worried about your job, your mortgage and your shrinking retirement savings, you’re not alone. Physicians are seeing more cases of stress-induced insomnia these days, says Robert M. Kosinski, M.D., medical director of the Monmouth Medical Center Sleep Disorder Center.

“Sleep problems increase in stressful times,” says Dr Kosinski. For some, the problem is temporary: When the stressor goes away, normal sleep patterns return. “But for others, stress may bring up some deeper, underlying issues and make them worse,” he says.

Two sleep problems are closely linked with stress, the doctor explains.

One is a schedule disorder. If your daily routine is disrupted because of job loss, a change in shifts worked or the addition of a second job, you may have difficulty adjusting your normal wake-sleep pat-

terns to fit your new schedule. As a result, you may have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep.

Another problem directly related to stress is periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD). It involves repetitive limb motions, usually in the lower extremities, that occur during sleep. Often, patients are unaware of the movements, Dr. Kosinski says, but they do report waking often during the night, which leads to daytime fatigue. PLMD, which can make sleep unrefreshing, is different from restless leg syndrome, in which abnormal sensations in the legs may keep one from getting to sleep in the first place. Sometimes, however, CHECKLIST FOR HEALTHY Zs patients have both conditions.

You probably don’t need Can you answer “yes” to these questions about your sleep habits? Doctors an overnight laboratory sleep say these tips can help protect—or study if you’re having stressrestore—your restful slumber: induced insomnia. But if you I follow a relaxing prebedtime sleep enough hours and still ❑ routine—for example, reading a book, wake up feeling unrefreshed, listening to music or taking a hot bath. ask your doctor if such a study I avoid exercising or eating heavy would be appropriate. You ❑ meals within three hours of bedtime. could have a disorder such as PLMD or obstructive sleep My bedroom is sleep-friendly, min❑ imizing bright lights and distractions apnea, in which one briefly such as a TV, a computer or a pet. stops breathing many times each night. Such problems are I go to bed and get up at roughly ❑ the same time each day, not deviating often treatable. too much even on weekends.

For those who lie awake counting too many sheep—or Near bedtime, I avoid caffeine, ❑ Wall Street bears—the first step tobacco and other stimulants (caffeine’s effects can take up to eight is to make sure to observe good hours to wear off), certain over-thesleep habits (See “Checklist for counter and prescription medicines Healthy Zs,” left) and mainthat can disrupt sleep (check labels) tain a normal sleep schedule. ■

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spirit HOW NEPTUNE NATIVE DANNY DEVITO CRAFTED AN INSPIRED FILM CAREER, ONE QUIRKY CHOICE AT A TIME

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IT TAKES ONLY A FEW MINUTES TALKING WITH Danny DeVito to realize he is both everything you want him to be (roguishly funny, with a mischievous charm and an open, tell-it-like-is demeanor) and much more that you never expected.

Indeed, beneath the sometimes-coarse surface of this twinkling-eyed scamp of a character actor is a man passionate for his art—a filmmaker who’s helped bring to the fore a number of lauded films that lie just off Hollywood’s beaten path: Pulp Fiction (executive producer), Reality Bites (producer), Erin Brockovich (producer) and that nod to his beloved home state, 2004’s Garden State (executive producer). And his ardor shows.

“I’ve produced a couple of films that were truly independent movies,” the 64-year-old Neptune native recalls, “where you’re looking at two people who did every single thing on their own, from A to Z, whether it’s booking the talent, writing the script, dealing with the financing, all the way down the line. These are the kind of films that I think we need to support—that I support.”

DeVito’s production company—which he runs with his wife of 27 years, actress Rhea Perlman—is called Jersey Films, and that nod to his old stamping grounds speaks volumes.

Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. grew up in Asbury Park, where his Italian-American parents owned several local businesses, including—conveniently for the fun-

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loving youth—a pool hall and a Springwood Avenue candy store.

“I remember we used to go to the boardwalk at the 1st Avenue beach next to the casino, because that was really the thing to do. I’d ride my bike over from 2nd Avenue, take Cookman Avenue and go onto Lake and Wesley. It’s amazing that I remember all the street names still!

“I got all the good things out of Asbury: loyalty to my friends, a strong sense of family. And two much older sisters who bullied me all my life,” he jokes.

“No—I’m only kidding. They took care of me.”

DeVito was a movie fan from childhood, but didn’t aim for a showbiz career at first—or for college either. Hoping to endear himself to a ready stream of

DeVito as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s improbable brother in 1988’s Twins.

“There isn’t anything really like the Jersey Shore and its lifestyle—its energy and the people there.”

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girls, he became a hairdresser in his sister’s beauty salon. Then, to broaden his skills by learning makeup, he applied to take a course at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. For admission, the school required a monologue. Something clicked.

Two years at the academy led to summertheater gigs, a small part in the 1968 movie Dreams of Glass and a Hollywood sojourn. “Nobody wants a 5foot character actor,” DeVito kept being told, so he came back East, where he sought stage and small-film roles and made a few 8-millimeter movies himself. In 1970 he was cast in a stage revival of Ken Kesey’s play One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and was asked to reprise that role in the 1975 feature film, an Oscarwinning smash that brought him visibility.

After his Emmy-winning work as crabby cab dispatcher Louie DePalma on Taxi (1978–1983), movie casting directors began taking notice.

Memorable roles in Terms of Endearment (1983), Romancing the Stone (1984), Ruthless People (1986) and as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s unlikely sibling in Twins (1988) soon followed.

But DeVito believes in stretching himself, and was not content with just one side of the camera.

Though he continues acting steadily—he’ll be seen

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DeVito stands behind the camera for his turn as director

this year in both When in Rome and Solitary Man— he’s taken bigger roles behind the camera.

He made his directorial debut in the 1987 comedy Throw Momma From the Train, in which he also starred (“I had the premiere at the Paramount Theater, right down the street from my old Asbury Park home,” he recalls), and has gone on to direct five other features, including 1989’s The War of the Roses and the biopic Hoffa in 1992.

In addition to his work with Jersey Films, DeVito runs an offshoot called Jersey Television, which produced Comedy Central’s Reno 911, among others.

Though Malibu, Calif., is now home, DeVito maintains a vacation home in Interlaken, where his sisters live, and most years comes back East for Christmas with Perlman and their three grown children.

“There isn’t anything really like the Jersey Shore and its lifestyle—its energy and the people there,” he asserts. “When I go back I visit with some of my school buddies and we play pool at my dad’s pool hall.”

Still, not all his Garden State memories are happy ones. DeVito speaks with frank regret about the racial discord he saw in his hometown as a young man.

“It was Italian and Jewish, and then African-Americans moved in and everybody moved out,” he recalls, noting that his dad, by contrast, welcomed neighbors and customers of all colors. After the riots of July 1970, he says, “the neighborhood was burned, and everything went south. So, you learn things about life. But the Asbury boardwalk looks pretty good now— they’re building it up.”

While DeVito credits his parents for teaching him to “be sensitive to other people’s needs,” it’s clear that his hometown went into the making of him in a hundred ways.

“We all have to work through the environment we’re brought up in,” says this Hollywood multitalent. “Sometimes you have to escape it, and sometimes you have to embrace it. And there are a lot of things you keep with you.” ■

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FLYING COLORS WANT YOUR SPRING STYLE TO SOAR? ITEMS IN THESE UPLIFTING HUES WILL HELP YOUR ENSEMBLES TAKE FLIGHT

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For stores that carry the product lines shown, see our shopping guide on page 52.

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added depth. But even this paled beside the beet “Carpaccio,” with slices of the tuber providing a lovely base for two smoky toppers: crisp applewood bacon bits and a creamy, slightly charred bleu cheese brûlee. Our poor three-cheese plate, while full of tasty nibbles (a creamy Langre, a robust ewe’s-milk bleu and a delicate Fontina, plus sweet and crispy pairings), could hardly compete.

But the night’s highlight was one of our entrées: the pan-seared sea bass. The fish was perfectly cooked, but it was the glorious accompaniments that had us aflutter. Beneath the seafood was a FORGIVE ME, NEW YEAR’S DIET, FOR I HAVE tender spinach-mushroom mix, then a smooth, whipped sinned. But it was a transgression well worth any penance. concoction unlike any we’d tasted. Try as we might to The site of my temptation: Trinity in Keyport, identify the source ingredient, we were stymied. where—truth be told—my dinner companion and I “Parsnips,” our waitress said, “with lots of butter, I’m sure.” weren’t sure what to expect. Before our arrival, we knew When the mixture was scooped up with the lemon-chive the eatery was set in a century-old church, operational wine-butter sauce, swoons ensued. until shortly before the restaurant opened a year and a In fact, the only recommendahalf ago. We also knew that the menu tion that fell short was a side dish, the featured sections such as “In the chorizo chorreadas. Though appealing, Beginning” (appetizers) and “Last this home fries–style creation lacked Rights” (desserts), and proclaimed “wow.” (Still, it made an excellent “Thou shalt not use thy cell phone in breakfast the following morning.) the dining room.” All together, it The mushroom risotto, meanseemed a smidge gimmicky. while, was a bit more al dente than Thankfully, our worry was for we would have liked, but we apprecinaught. Inside the quaint white edifice Tr i n i t y R e s t a u r a n t ated the thicker consistency and specwas an elegant two-story space, with and Lounge trum of mushrooms, from tiny elfin hardwood floors, white tablecloths, 84 Broad Street, Keyport; 732-888sprouts to large slices. maroon curtains adding coziness to 1998; www.trinitykeyport.com Our “Can’t Decide” dessert dining nooks and whimsical wroughtsampler—a trio of warm chocolate iron detailing on the focal-point stairHours Kahlua cake, rum-raisin bread pudcase. And the menu brimmed with DINNER: Wednesday through Thursday, ding and crème brûlee—was a sweet succulent-sounding creations.

5–10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5–11 cap to the evening, but not worth Taking our server’s advice, we p.m.; Sunday, 4–9 p.m. skimping on the savory selections for. began with the excellent BoylanThe bottom line is that Trinity braised pork belly appetizer. A superb What you should know is a can’t-miss dining experience. But mix of flavors and textures, the dish • Entrées range from $14 to $32 the real sin was that on a Friday paired the crispy/sweet soda-kissed • Full bar night only a smattering of this inpork with a tangy/spicy chipotle • Major credit cards accepted spired eatery’s tables were taken. ■ pineapple sauce, while roasted potatoes

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where TO EAT If you’ve got a craving, there’s a dining establishmentin Monmouth County (or nearby) that will satisfy it.

Turn to this listing next time you want a wonderful meal out.

A S B U R Y PA R K BISTRO OLÉ Latin-infused Spanish and Portuguese cuisine. MC/V/AMEX accepted. · 230 Main St., Asbury Park · 732-897-0048 BRICKWALL TAVERN AND DINING ROOM American fare featuring a variety of steaks and salads. Major credit cards accepted. · 522 Cookman Ave., Asbury Park · 732-774-1264 CARMINE’S Italian favorites: Pasta, pizza and seafood. Major credit cards accepted. · 162 Main St., Asbury Park · 732-774-2222 JIMMY’S Italian cuisine featuring dishes like chicken scarpariello. Major credit cards accepted. · 1405 Asbury Ave., Asbury Park · 732-774-5051 MARKET IN THE MIDDLE Innovative global cuisine with late-night tapas and wine bar. Major credit cards accepted. · 512 Cookman Ave., Asbury Park · 732-776-8886 MOONSTRUCK American/Italian/ Mediterranean cuisine and cocktail lounge.

MC/V/AMEX accepted. · 517 Lake Ave., Asbury Park · 732-988-0123 TAKA Stylish Japanese eatery. MC/V/AMEX accepted. · 632 Mattison Ave., Asbury Park · 732-775-1020

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS JULIA’S Elegant Italian and Mediterranean Dining. BYO. Major credit cards accepted. · 91 First Ave., Atlantic Highlands · 732-8721007

B AY H E A D GRENVILLE HOTEL & RESTAURANT American & French cuisine. BYO. Major credit cards accepted. · 345 Main Ave., Bay Head · 732-892-3100

BELMAR KLEIN’S Fresh fish, raw bar and sushi. Major credit cards accepted. · 708 River Rd., Belmar · 732-681-1177 MATISSE Ocean-front restaurant and catering.

V/MC/AMEX accepted. · 1301 Ocean Ave., Belmar · 732-681-7680

BRIELLE DUE AMICI Northern Italian with 10 nightly specials. Major credit cards accepted. · 420 Higgins Ave., Brielle · 732-528-0666 BRIELLE RIVER HOUSE Italian cuisine featuring seafood. V/AMEX accepted. · 1 Ocean Ave., Brielle · 732-528-7000 SAND BAR RESTAURANT Seafood and American cuisine. House specialty: blackened mahi mahi bites. Major credit cards accepted. · 201 Union Ln. Brielle · 732-528-7750

C O LT S N E C K GREEN MEADOWS RESTAURANT Continental cuisine featuring 1954 Steak. MC accepted. · 88 Hwy. 34 South, Colts Neck · 732-431-8755

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I CAVALLINI Italian cuisine with seafood and pasta. Major credit cards accepted. · 29 Hwy. 34, Colts Neck · 732-431-2934

MANASQUAN MAHOGANY GRILLE Creative grill cuisine, steaks and seafood. Major credit cards accepted. · 142 Main St., Manasquan · 732-292-1300

FA I R H AV E N RAVEN & THE PEACH International fare featuring steak. Major credit cards accepted. · 740 River Rd., Fair Haven · 732-747-4666

MONMOUTH BEACH SALLEE TEE’S GRILLE Pasta, seafood and burgers. Major credit cards accepted. · 33 West St., Monmouth Beach · 732-870-8999

FREEHOLD CAFÉ COLORÉ Unique Italian eatery. Try Veal Roberto. BYO. MC/V/AMEX accepted. · 3333 Rt. 9 North, Freehold · 732-462-2233 CITRUS Fusion cuisine with Mediterranean influences. Major credit cards accepted. BYO. · 32 West Main St., Freehold · 732-294-0202

OAKHURST MIKE AND NELLIE’S Italian grill with entrées including prime steaks and seafood. BYO. MC/V/AMEX accepted. · 1801 Hwy. 35, Oakhurst · 732-531-7251

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THE GREYSTONE MANOR Continental cuisine featuring seafood and steaks. MC/V/ AMEX accepted. · 260 South St., Freehold · 732-431-1500

GAETANO’S Authentic Italian cuisine featuring lamb osso buco, seafood risotto and seafood pomodoro. BYO. MC/V/AMEX accepted. · 10 Wallace St., Red Bank · 732-741-1321

LORENZO’S RESTAURANT Italian cuisine featuring veal scallopini. BYO; limited wine list. Major credit cards accepted. · 52 West Main St., Freehold · 732-780-2232 METROPOLITAN CAFÉ American cuisine with a Pacific Rim flair. · 8 East Main St., Freehold · 732-780-9400

HIGHLANDS CHILANGOS MEXICAN RESTAURANT Authentic Mexican fare. Major credit cards accepted. · 272 Bay Ave., Highlands · 732-708-0505 DORIS & ED’S Contemporary American fare featuring seafood. Major credit cards accepted. · 348 Shore Dr., Highlands · 732-872-1565 ORIGINAL OYSTER Seafood and Italian cuisine featuring oysters, lobsters, clams and more. Major credit cards accepted except Diner’s Club. · 1 Willow St., Highlands · 732-872-1450

KEYPORT DREW’S BAYSHORE BISTRO Cajuninfluenced fare. Major credit cards accepted. · 58 Broad Street, Keyport · 732-739-9219 TRINITY RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Inspired American fare. Major credit cards accepted. · 84 Broad Street, Keyport · 732-888-1998

L I T T L E S I LV E R RAY’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT AND MARKET Fresh seafood selection. No credit cards accepted. · 123–125 Markham Pl., Little Silver · 732-758-8166

LONG BRANCH AVENUE Combining French and American traditions. Major credit cards accepted. · 23 Ocean Ave., Long Branch · 732-759-2900

NICHOLAS New American cuisine featuring signature braised suckling pig. Major credit cards accepted. · 160 Rt. 35 South, Red Bank · 732-345-9977 RED American menu featuring seafood, sushi and steak. Major credit cards accepted. · 3 Broad St., Red Bank · 732-741-3232 TEAK Stylish restaurant featuring many flavors. Major credit cards accepted. · 64 Monmouth St., Red Bank · 732-747-5775

RUMSON SALT CREEK GRILLE American cuisine and seafood. Major credit cards accepted. · 4 Bingham Ave., Rumson · 732-933-9272

SEA BRIGHT MCLOONE’S RIVERSIDE New American cuisine featuring large lobsters. MC/V/AMEX accepted. · 816 Ocean Ave., Sea Bright · 732-842-2894 THE QUAY Steak and seafood dishes with a location directly on the waterfront. MC/V/ AMEX accepted. · 280 Ocean Ave., Sea Bright · 732-741-7755

SEA GIRT FRATELLO’S RESTAURANT Italian fare featuring seafood. Major credit cards accepted. · 810 The Plaza, Sea Girt · 732-974-8833

SHREWSBURY SAN REMO Italian cuisine. BYO. Major credit cards accepted. · 37 East Newman Spring Rd., Shrewsbury · 732-345-8200

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Be THERE F E B R UA R Y February 20—Laugh out loud when comedian LOUIS C.K.—a veteran of HBO’s “One Night Stand”—visits the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, 8 p.m.

Admission: $18 to $58. Call 732842-9000 or visit www.countbasie theatre.org for more information.

February 28—Enjoy original

songs from a trio of local musicians at SONGWRITERS-IN-THEROUND, 2 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library in Manalapan.

FREE. Call 732-431-7220 or visit www.monmouthcountylib.org for more information.

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March 5 to May 17—Look into

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Admission: $7. Call 732-7472266 or visit www.monmouth museum.org for more information.

March 17 to April 5—Marvel

at MELISSA ARCTIC, Craig Wright’s modern retelling of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, presented by the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank. Call 732-345-1400 or visit www.trtc.org for more information.

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EASTER EGG HUNT March 15—Bring the kids to this fun-filled day at Battleview Orchards in Freehold. Registration is 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., egg hunt is at 2 p.m. perishable food item. Call 732-462-0756 or visit www.battlevieworchards.com for more information.

APRIL April 2—Meet ROBERT PINSKY,

three time National Poet Laureate and founder of the Favorite Poems Project, when he visits Monmouth University in West Long Branch as part of the Visiting Writers Series. Begins at 4:30 p.m. FREE. Call 732-571-3512 or visit www.monmouth.edu/arts_events for more information. ■ SEND EVENT LISTINGS TO:

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What’s HAPPENING C H I L D B I R T H P R E PA R AT I O N / PA R E N T I N G Learn why more than 4,000 families a year choose Monmouth Medical Center to welcome their child into the world. We offer classes ranging from childbirth education, baby care and sibling programs to breastfeeding and grandparenting. For a complete listing of classes, call 732-923-6990 or visit www.mmc.saintbarnabas.com.

Programs are held at Monmouth Medical Center, 300 Second Avenue, Long Branch. To register, call 732-9236990 unless otherwise noted.

■ One-Day Preparation for Childbirth February 22, March 22, April 19, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $179/couple (includes breakfast and lunch).

■ Two-Day Preparation for Childbirth March 7 and 14, April 4 and 18, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $150/couple (includes continental breakfast).

■ Preparation for Childbirth (five-session program) February 24, March 3, 10, 17 and 24; April 14, 21, 28, May 5 and 12; 7:30–9:30 p.m. $125/couple.

■ Two-Day Marvelous Multiples March 29 and April 5, May 31 and June 7, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. For those expecting twins or more. $150/couple (includes continental breakfast).

■ Baby Fair March 1, 1–3 p.m. Free. For parents-to-be and those considering starting a family, featuring Eisenberg Family Center tours, refreshments, gifts. To register, call 1-888-SBHS-123. (No children under 14 years old.)

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Young Children Through S.T.E.P. (five-session program) May 13, 20, 27, June 3 and 10, 7–9 p.m.

Systematic Training for Effective Parenting from infancy to age 6. $75/person or $100/couple.

■ Adoptive Parenting Private, two-session programs scheduled to accommodate your needs. $150/couple.

■ Gestational Diabetes One-session class for women who develop diabetes during pregnancy. Call the Center for Diabetes Education at 732-923-7550. Fee required.

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13-year-olds on responsible, creative and attentive babysitting. Monmouth Medical Center. Call 1-888-SBHS123. $50/person. (Snack provided; bring bag lunch.)

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March 19, April 16, 3:30–6:30 p.m. Offered through a cooperative effort of the Long Branch Police Department, the Monmouth County Sheriff ’s Office, the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, The Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center and Monmouth Medical Center’s SAFE KIDS chapter. At Long Branch Union Fire Company, 199 Union Avenue, Long Branch.

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■ “Change Your Thoughts for Inner Calm,” February 26, 7–9 p.m.; “Evening Enlightenment,” March 10, 7:30–9 p.m.; “An Introduction Into the World of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy,” March 19, 7:30–9 p.m. At Tatum Park Activity Center, Red Hill Road, Middletown.

To register, call 732-842-4000, ext. 1. Fee required.

■ Stress-Free Workshop: “Change Your Thoughts for Inner Calm,” March 3; “Mood Shifters,” April 7;

“Getting a Good Night’s Sleep,” May 5. 7–9 p.m. at Monmouth Medical Center, 300 Second Avenue, Long Branch. Registration required; call 1-888-724-7123. Fee. ■ Diabetes Self-Management Series Four-session focusing on diet, nutrition, glucose monitoring, medications, prevention/treatment of complications, dining out and exercise. For dates and times, call the Center for Diabetes Education at 732-923-5025. Fee required.

S E N I O R H E A LT H Hereditary Breast, Ovarian and Colon Cancer: Does It Run in Your Family? February 18, 1–3 p.m.

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Presented by the High-Risk Cancer Assessment Program, Familial Colorectal Cancer Registry Program, Monmouth Medical Center. SCAN.* ■ Mediterranean Diet: What Is It and What Are the Benefits? March 4, 1–3 p.m. Presented by Nutritional

Care, Monmouth Medical Center. SCAN.* Disorders March 5, 11–11:45 a.m. Presented by The Center for Sleep Disorders, Monmouth Medical Center. At Howell Senior Center.†

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■ Nonsurgical Treatment Options for Back Pain: What Older Adults Should Know March 11, 1–3 p.m.

Presented by Barry L. Swick, M.D., nonoperative spine specialist, Monmouth Medical Center. SCAN.* ■ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome March 12, 11–11:45 a.m.

Presented by Arthur E. Brawer, M.D., rheumatology and internal medicine, Monmouth Medical Center. At Howell Senior Center.† ■ Colorectal Cancer: What You Need to Know March 24, 11–11:45 a.m. Presented by Cancer Services, Monmouth Medical Center. At Howell Senior Center.† ■ Humor and Healing March 30, 1–3 p.m. SCAN.* ■

Nutrition: Creating Wellness from the Inside Out

April 1, 1–3 p.m. Presented by HealthSouth/The Rehabilitation Hospital of Tinton Falls. SCAN.* ■ Cosmetic Surgery for All Ages April 2, 1–3 p.m.

Presented by Andrew Elkwood, M.D., plastic and reconstructive surgery, Monmouth Medical Center. SCAN.* ■ Chronic Pain of the Neck and Back April 22, 1–3 p.m. Presented by Harris Bram, M.D., anesthesiology.

Monmouth Medical Center, SCAN.* *SCAN Learning Center (Senior Citizens Activities Network, age 50 and over) is located at Monmouth Mall, Eatontown. To register for programs, call 732-542-1326. SCAN membership is not required. †Howell Senior Center (age 60 and over) is at 251 Preventorium Road. To register for programs, call 732-938-4500, ext. 2554.

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We’re the only hospital in New Jersey performing minimally invasive total laparoscopic esophagectomy and we have one of the highest volumes of anti-reflux surgery in the state.

We’re also the first in the region to perform cutting edge, minimally invasive surgery for the spleen, colon and stomach.

Just a few of the reasons why we’ve earned the coveted Thompson 100 Top Hospitals Performance Leaders award.

• First in the region to perform laparoscopic gastric bypass.

• Extensive experience in gastric bypass, Lap-band, sleeve gastrectomy, revisional procedures, anti-reflux and paraesophageal hernia repair.

• First Bariatric Surgery Center in the region.

• Among the lowest complication rates for Bariatric Surgery in the nation.

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