Philip Yachmetz comes to the generic drugmaker from Sovereign Medical Services Inc.

Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation honored Helena Theurer in a celebration on Thursday at the John Theurer Cancer Center for her lifetime giving, which totals $35 million.

The pairing, which includes five cardiology practices in Bergen and Hudson counties, will expand advanced cardiac services in New Jersey.

The health care system opened the institution three years ago in partnership with Seton Hall University, assuming complete financial responsibility for it in 2018 when the agreement was restructured.

The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers added Bonnie Brady Lavoie, Joan McKibben and Caroline Ivanovski-Hauser.

The money will be used to expand operations fir the Hoboken-based company's digital medical technology and allow it to make increase its staff to meet growing demand from health care providers and patients.

Together, Prosperity Behavioral Health and Vertex Healthcare Services will establish a national footprint to serve mental and behavioral health facilities of all sizes.

RWJBarnabas Chief Experience Officer Amy Mansue will take over for John DiAngelo, who announced his intention to retire in January following a 20-year tenure with the organization.

The partners will work to identify candidate treatments for the virus.

Lisa McFarlane brings 15 years of experience in pathology and laboratory operations.

The Englewood-based company said it filed an Investigational New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a Phase 2 clinical trial of EC-18 as a preventative therapeutic against Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome.

The funding will be used to develop and implement a tool to evaluate all patients for social determinants of health including accessibility to nutritious food and food security; access to safe, stable housing; education opportunities; employment status; personal safety; accessibility to transportation; and more social and environmental factors.