Volume 16 / Number 2 Spring - Summer 1998

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY
OF NEW JERSEY (UMDNJ)

President
Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., M.D.

Vice President for Administration
Celia Dorantes Abalos, Esq.

Director, University Marketing Communications and Executive Editor
Barbara Hurley

HEALTHSTATE Editor
Eve Jacobs

Managing Editor
Mary Ann Littell

Senior Writer
Merry Sue Baum

Editorial Assistant
Mamie Hargrove

Photography Coordinator
Doris Cortes

Business Coordinator
Patricia Staley

Design
McMillin Giacalone Thompson Design

Web Site Design
UMDNJ Media Resources Department

UMDNJ SCHOOLS:
UMDNJ­New Jersey Medical School
UMDNJ­New Jersey Dental School
UMDNJ­Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
UMDNJ­School of Health Related Professions
UMDNJ­School of Nursing
UMDNJ­Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
UMDNJ­School of Osteopathic Medicine

UMDNJ'S HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
AND CORE-AFFILIATED HOSPITALS:
UMDNJ­University Hospital, Newark
University Behavioral HealthCare
Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden
Kennedy Memorial Hospitals­University Medical Center, Stratford,
Cherry Hill, Washington Township
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick
University HealthCare Corporation (UHC) is UMDNJ's statewide, integrated managed care network.

UMDNJ is a member of University Health System of New Jersey, a consortium of the University and its major teaching hospitals.



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