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Niveen Hanna, MD, FACS Curriculum Vitae

Capital Health Surgical Group
Two Capital Way, Suite 356
Pennington, NJ 08534
Tel: 609-537-6000
Fax: 609-537-6002

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Work experience
2005-2014

Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ
Associate Director, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Chair, Trauma Performance Improvement Committee

  • Practice Trauma/Surgical Critical Care/General Surgery
  • Developed multiple protocols to improve the care of trauma patients including Massive Transfusion, Anticoagulation reversal, ICP management, Ventilator Weaning, ED Triage protocols
  • Helped in three site visits for the ACS verification of maintaining a Level II trauma center status for Jersey Shore University Medical Center
2004-2005

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY

  • Fellow Surgical Critical Care
  • Per Diem Attending Trauma/General Surgery
2001-2004

Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ

  • Assistant Director Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
  • Practice Trauma/Surgical Critical Care/General Surgery
2000-2001

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY

  • Affiliate of Cornell Medical College
  • Chief Resident in General Surgery
1996-2000

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY

  • Affiliate of New York Medical College
  • Resident in General Surgery
Education
1992-1996 M.D. University Of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
1990-1992 B.S. Rutgers University, Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Newark, NJ
1988-1990    Rutgers University, College of Pharmacy, New Brunswick, NJ 
Certifications
Diplomat American Board of Surgery (10/29/2002)
Recertified (12/2010)
Fellow American College of Surgeons (10/10/2004)
Subspecialty certification Critical Care Certifying Exam 
Certified (10/2006)
BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS   
Licenses
New York State
New Jersey
Honors and awards
1992 Graduated Cum Laude
1992 Golden Elrenmeyer Award
2006 Nurse's Choice Physician of The Year Award
Research experience
1995-1996 Researched the effects of Somatostatin on Pheochromocytoma cell lines 
under the auspices of Susan Feldman, MD
Presentations:  
Basic Science Electrolyte and Metabolic Disturbances; FCCS course, JSUMC, 2006
Clinical Trauma in Pregnancy, Trauma Lecture Series, JSUMC, 2007
  Shock in Trauma, PHTLS, JSUMC, 2003
Publications

Septicemia secondary to ileus in trauma patients : a human model for bacteria l translocation 
Niveen Hanna 
Jersey Shore Regional Trauma Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune,NJ 
07754 0394, USA 
South Med J 103:461-3.2010

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Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell Named to U.S. News & World Report 2025 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care

U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has named Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell as a 2025 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study.

Capital Health Honors Philanthropic Leadership and Distinctive Service at its 2024 Chairman’s Reception

Capital Health recently honored Bank of America with its annual Chairman’s Award for Philanthropic Partner of the Year, and Capital Health’s Emergency Mental Health Services and Psychiatric Screening Center with the President’s Award for Distinctive Service. The awards were given at Capital Health’s annual Chairman’s Reception, A Toast to Excellence, at The Stone Terrace in Hamilton, New Jersey.

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