‘A CRITICAL
INITIATIVE’
THE TANZMAN FOUNDATION ADDS TO ITS FOUNDERS’ LEGACY BY SUPPORTING RWJUH’S EXPANSION.
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effries Shein knew from the start that the expansion of surgical services at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) would be an important project. Shein is President of the Marion and Norman Tanzman Charitable Foundation, so his understanding of the project’s significance would have a major impact on financial support that is helping to make the project a reality. “We felt it was important for us to be involved at an early stage of this critically important initiative,” Shein says. “Not only will it provide the hospital with state-of-the-art facilities, but because supporting the project
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is a community effort, we felt that doing our part up front could possibly encourage others to step up and participate.” The Tanzman Foundation has made a $1 million commitment to the Momentum Campaign that supports the surgical services expansion and reconstruction. “We’re among the lead supporters,” Shein says—“but not the only one.”
TIMELY UPGRADE
The ambitious surgical services expansion broke ground in 2020 and is advancing in phases toward scheduled completion in 2025. First-
phase construction of a new three-story building adjacent to existing surgical facilities has already been finished. The project adds three new advanced hybrid operating rooms (ORs), reconstructs every existing OR and provides a new Central Sterile Processing (CSP) unit that is responsible for cleaning and sterilizing all devices used in medical procedures across every unit at RWJUH. The transformation will help meet growing demands for complex procedures and more fully embrace forward-looking technologies that improve patient care. “Technology has advanced so rapidly over the years that it’s important—
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