Newark Beth Israel Welcomes Matthew Montgomery DO, MBA, MPH to the Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant Team
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atthew Montgomery, DO, MBA, MPH, has joined the Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant team at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. “Dr. Montgomery is a welcome addition to our team. His expertise in the growing field of interventional heart failure will enhance our ability to deliver advanced minimally invasive and non-surgical treatments to heart failure patients,” said Sergio Waxman, MD, MBA, director of Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Dr. Montgomery is a cardiologist whose specialties include advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, heart transplantation, and coronary interventions. “I am honored to join a team with such a rich history of providing advanced heart failure treatments to Newark and the surrounding communities. I look forward to partnering with our patients as we work together to aggressively battle advanced heart failure,” said Matthew Montgomery, DO, MBA, MPH, cardiologist with the Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant program at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Prior to coming to Newark Beth Israel, Dr. Montgomery was an Internal Medicine Hospitalist at Morristown Medical Center, Aria-Jefferson Health, and Nazareth hospitals in Philadelphia. He completed his Interventional and General Cardiology fellowships at Deborah Heart and Lung Center, and his fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Dr. Montgomery holds a master’s in Public Health from Yale School of Public Health and a master’s in Business Administration from St. Joseph’s University. He completed his medical education at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and his internal medicine residency at Aria-Jefferson Health.
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Innovation in Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant
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ewark Beth Israel Medical Center has been at the forefront of cardiac care and heart transplant. The first heart transplant in New Jersey was performed at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in 1986. In 1992 Newark Beth Israel became the first center in New Jersey to employ Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Newark Beth Israel was the first hospital to use Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) in New Jersey. For more than a decade the Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant program at Newark Beth Israel has been ranked among the top ten heart transplant programs in the nation. The team has performed more than 1,100 heart transplants, to date.
To make an appointment with Dr. Montgomery, please call 973-926-7205 or visit rwjbh.org/heart.
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