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Valley Health System is now offering a comprehensive suite of hospital-based cardiovascular services in one location on its new 40-acre campus in Paramus. 

The provider announced June 18 it moved these offerings to the sixth and seventh floors of the Medical Arts Pavilion’s north tower, located at 140 E. Ridgewood Ave. 

“This move was designed to streamline our services, enhance patient care, and create a central location for our multidisciplinary team to collaborate,” explained Dr. Suneet Mittal – director of electrophysiology and medical director of The Snyder Center for Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation at The Valley Hospital, and chair of the Cardiovascular Service Line for Valley Health System. 

Cardiovascular specialists and offerings at the new location include: 

• The electrophysiology team from the Snyder Center for Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation; 
• The cardiovascular surgery team; 
• Structural heart specialists; 
• Interventional cardiologists; 
• Heart failure specialists from the Center for Comprehensive Heart Failure Care; 
• Valley’s cardiac rehab program, which supports and educates patients recovering from a major cardiac event. 

On April 14, Valley completed its move from Ridgewood to its new $868 million facility on Winters Avenue in Paramus. In addition to the Medical Arts Pavilion and the 370-bed, 910,000-square-foot, seven-floor acute care hospital, the campus also includes the Robert and Audrey Luckow Pavilion, home to Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care and the George R. Jaqua Same Day Services Center.   

Valley Hospital’s new interventional suite also recently added the latest imaging technology for patients with conditions such as stroke, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and other cerebrovascular diseases.  

Hey, Hal

Additionally, the Valley Hospital unveiled a new training tool for its team. 

The health care provider announced June 17 that its simulation center is the first hospital in New Jersey and New York to use an adult manikin called HAL S5301, or Hal for short, manufactured by Gaumard.  

Hal is a high-fidelity, full-body manikin. It can mimic human functions and is designed to represent a potential patient for staff training. 

The device replaces Valley’s previous simulator, SimMan, which has been used for more than a decade. The hospital did not disclose Hal’s price tag, but said it was purchased using donor funds. 

Hal’s features include: 

• Artificial intelligence-driven conversational speech, which allows for life-like conversations between provider and patient; 
• The ability to follow some voice commands, including lift arm, look left, look right, squeeze hand, and close and open eyes;  
• Can emulate conditions such as stroke and seizure-like activity; 
• Offers training in areas including intubation and placement on a ventilator; chest tube placement; and vital sign monitoring. 

Hal also will train the residents of Valley’s newly established Graduate Medical Education program. Students will join Valley’s team in early July, according to James Warin, simulation operations specialist for The Valley Hospital.