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Joan Laguerre shares a smile with Dr. Thomas S. Bellavia in his Hasbrouck Heights office.

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Dr. Thomas Bellavia, MD Guest Speaker at Greater Newark Healthcare Coalition Summit

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, June 21, 2010 - Dr. Thomas Bellavia MD, DABFP, founder of Heights Medical of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, recently participated as a featured guest speaker for the Greater Newark Healthcare Coalition Summit: Local Primary Care Opportunities and National Healthcare Reform.

Organized by Maria E Vizcarrondo, MS, Director of the Department of Family and Child Well Being and Chairperson for the Greater Newark Healthcare Coalition, the Seminar was presented to primary care practitioners in the Newark area.

Dr. Bellavia’s presentation, New Payment Models was one of the many informative sessions addressing how health information technologies can improve, expand, and transform practices through collaborating to create a regional network and developing a health information exchange throughout the Newark area.

More on this Healthcare Summit

Dr. Thomas Bellavia, MD to Serve on New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, June 21, 2010 – Dr. Thomas Bellavia, MD, DABFP, founder of Heights Medical of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, was recently invited to serve on the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Task Force as the Family Physician member by Commissioner Poonam Alaigh, MD, MSHCPM, FACP.

“I am honored to be a part of this Task Force as Chronic Kidney Disease has touched my family as it does families throughout New Jersey,” states Dr. Bellavia.

Dr. Bellavia, along with other members of the CKD Task Force will offer recommendations for addressing CKD in the state of New Jersey. Starting this month, the team will develop a comprehensive and cost effective plan for improving chronic kidney disease outcomes across the state.

More information on NJ Senate's Approval of the Bill to Create the CKD Task Force

FREE Seminar Series: The Power of Potential - June 29th

Bring a friend and join us for another FREE Health Seminar!

The Power of Potential

Understanding the mind-body-spirit connection
to the development of health and wellness.

Tuesday, June 29th
6:30-9pm

The Offices of Heights Medical
288 Boulevard, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Light refreshments will be served.
Parking available.

Presented by:
Heights Medical and
Bergen Family Chiropractic Center

Dr. Thomas Bellavia, MD, DABFP, Dr. Richard Santucci, DC, DACBOH,
and Dr. David DeOliveira, DC

*Our series will continue Fall 2010.
For more information call 201.288.6781 or email Denise@HeightsMedical.com.

Visit our websites: Heights Medical, Bergen Family Chiropractic Center

"Ten Keys to Longevity" FREE Seminar - Thursday, June 10th

Bring a friend and join us for another FREE Health Seminar!

Ten Keys to Longevity
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 6:30-9pm

Council Chambers
65 Central Avenue, Hackensack, NJ

You will learn:

• Why lifestyle is the greatest indicator of longevity
• Common characteristics of Centenarians

Light refreshments will be served.
Parking available across from building.

Presented by:
Heights Medical and
Bergen Family Chiropractic Center

Dr. Thomas Bellavia, MD, DABFP, Dr. Richard Santucci, DC, DACBOH,
and Dr. David DeOliveira, DC

*Our series will continue June 29, 2010.
For more information call 201.288.6781 or email Denise@HeightsMedical.com.

Join us for our FREE Seminar Series: The Four Keys to Optimal Health

Please join us for our FREE Health Seminar Series* starting this month!

The Four Keys to Optimal Health
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 6:30-9pm

Council Chambers
65 Central Avenue
Hackensack, NJ

Light refreshments will be served.
Parking available across from building.

Presented by:
Heights Medical and
Bergen Family Chiropractic Center

Dr. Thomas Bellavia, MD, DABFP, Dr. Richard Santucci, DC, DACBOH,
and Dr. David DeOliveira, DC

*Our series will continue June 10 and June 29, 2010.
For more information call 201.288.6781 or email Denise@HeightsMedical.com.

Heights Medical Integrates the Patient Centered Medical Home and Achieves Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance

With this New Year, we are making a new commitment to your health. Heights Medical is proud to announce the integration of the Patient Centered Medical Home into our practice. We have also achieved recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Heights Medical was invited to participate in a project sponsored by the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians and Horizon Blue Cross. For the first phase of our integration, the program is designed to apply the patient centered medical home principles to select groups in our practice (Diabetic, Coronary Artery Disease, and Congestive Heart Failure patients) to improve patient outcomes.

Participating patients will receive a complete review and evaluation of their health status, a personal health record that is available to them 24/7, anywhere in the world. Patients will leave with a better understanding of their condition and tools to help them gain better control of their disease. They will learn the 13 metrics to be followed for better outcomes specific to their current health status. Hackensack University Medical Center has offered to coordinate care in the case of hospitalization or emergency room visits. We have also enlisted a team of specialty physicians for participants, should they be needed.

Heights Medical has been awarded recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient Centered Medical Home(TM) recognized practice. We support the adoption of the PCMH in New Jersey and are actively restructuring areas of the practice to accommodate this process. We believe that our patients will benefit from the PCMH concept in quality, support, care-planning and self-management.

We are thrilled to introduce this monumental program to our practice and patients. For more information, contact us today. If you are a patient and would like to participate in this program, please make an appointment with the physician of your choice by contacting Heights Medical at 201.288.6781.

About the Patient Centered Medical Home
The American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics have endorsed the concept of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). The PCMH acknowledges that the best quality of care is provided NOT in episodic, illness oriented, compliant based care--but through patient centered, physician guided, cost efficient, longitudinal care that encompasses and values both the art and science of medicine.

Heights Medical Integrates the Patient Centered Medical Home and Achieves Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance

With this New Year, we are making a new commitment to your health. Heights Medical is proud to announce the integration of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) into our practice. We have also achieved recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Heights Medical was asked to participate in a project sponsored by the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians and Horizon Blue Cross. For the first phase of our integration, it is designed to use the patient centered medical home principles on a select group (Diabetic, Coronary Artery Disease, and Congestive Health Failure Patients) in our practice to improve patient outcomes.

Patients will receive a complete review and evaluation of their health status, a personal health record that is available 24/7 anywhere in the world. Patients will leave with a better understanding of their condition and tools to help them gain better control of their disease. They will learn the 13 metrics to be followed for better outcomes specific to their current health. Hackensack University Medical Center would like to help coordinate care with us in the case of hospitalization or emergency room visits. We have also enlisted a team of specialty physicians for participants, should they be needed.

Heights Medical has been awarded recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient Centered Medical Home™ recognized practice. We support the adoption of the PCMH in New Jersey and are actively restructuring areas of the practice to accommodate this process. We believe that our patients will benefit from the PCMH concept in quality, support, care-planning and self-management.

About the Patient Centered Medical Home

The American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics have endorsed the concept of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). The PCMH acknowledges that the best quality of care is provided NOT in episodic, illness oriented, complaint based care—but through patient centered, physician guided, cost efficient, longitudinal care that encompasses and values both the art and science of medicine.

We are thrilled to introduce this monumental program to our practice and patients. For more information, contact us today. If you are a patient and would like to participate in this program, please make and appointment with the physician of your choice by contacting Heights Medical at 201.288.6781.

Heights Medical Welcomes Dr. Rebekah J. Marquis, DO, ABOFP

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, January 8, 2010 – Heights Medical is proud to welcome family practice physician Dr. Rebekah J. Marquis, DO, ABOFP to its practice and to the Hasbrouck Heights community.

Dr. Rebekah J. Marquis was raised in New Jersey and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Binghamton University in New York with a BA in Psychology. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, and spent her first post-graduate year working for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in New York City. She attended medical school in Stratford New Jersey at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- School of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her internship and residency postgraduate training in Family Medicine at UMDNJ’s Christ Hospital Family Practice Residency Program in Jersey City, NJ, and served as the Chief Resident her final year.

Dr. Marquis is Board Certified in Family Medicine. She has worked as an Attending Physician training and teaching residents through UMDNJ’s Family Medicine program at Christ Hospital. As a teaching attending, she worked at the North Hudson Clinic providing much needed services to an underserved population. As a Family Practice Physician, Dr. Marquis is not only experienced in practicing general medicine, but is happy to bring her knowledge, expertise and sensitivity in pediatrics and woman’s health to Heights Medical.

About Heights Medical
Established in 1976, Heights Medical is a family oriented medical practice located in southern Bergen County staffed by Family Physicians, Internists, and an Advanced Family Nurse Practitioner. Our staff has many years of training and experience treating patients in the office, the hospital and the home, allowing us to practice today's medicine and help you stay well. Heights Medical has been awarded recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient Centered Medical Home™ practice. For more information, please visit the Heights Medical website at www.HeightsMedical.com.