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New Officers Elected to Shore Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees
Jay Gillian was elected to serve as Chairman of the hospital’s 21-member Board of Trustees. He is president and owner of Gillian’s Wonderland Pier in Ocean City and has been an active member of the Board since 2002. He is also currently serving as co-chairman of the Shore Memorial... Read more »
Shore Memorial Hospital Honors its Guardian Angels
When a patient makes a donation in honor of a Shore Memorial physician, nurse or other caregiver, the Guardian Angel receives a card informing him or her of the thoughtful gift, and their name is included in the Guardian Angel Program Honor Roll. The caregiver also receives a special Guardian Angel... Read more »
Shore Memorial Hospital’s March Employee of the Month Recognized for Professionalism and Customer Service
Cox first joined the Shore Memorial family in February 1995 as a certified home health aide. In 1999, he moved to Radiology as a patient support assistant and then to Cardiac Services. Today, Cox is a registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer. He can be counted on to pick up new tasks with ease and... Read more »
Shore Memorial Ambulance Squad Keeping it in the Family

When you have been working at one place for so long, some of your coworkers can start to feel like family. But what if your coworkers are your actual family?

This happens to be the case for Shore Memorial Hospital’s Ambulance Department, which has had several sets of families, from husbands and wives to fathers and sons, working together since it’s inception in 2008.

“Having family members working together on a squad is more common among volunteer squads, but it’s just like a business. If the dad’s a plumber, the son’s going to be one too,” explains Steve Grecco, coordinator of Shore Memorial’s ambulance services.

Department Sergeant Dorset Camper, a Hammonton native, has been volunteering with local EMS squads since he was 16 years old. He joined Shore Memorial’s Ambulance Department when it opened in 2008. His son Darnell Currington, 24, joined two days later.

“I love working with my son,” Camper says. “We click and just work well with each other.”

The father-son bond will be severed later this month when Currington, a member of the Army Reserves, leaves for a deployment to Iraq that will last more than a year.

But the Camper family continues to grow within Shore Memorial’s department. Camper’s future son-in-law, Jose Berlanga, also works as an emergency medical technician at Shore Memorial. And Camper’s daughter, Winifred, will be joining once she turns 18 in April.

Working with family members can be challenging, whether it’s father and son or husband and wife, but according to Grecco, they make it work.

“It’s interesting for the families,” Grecco says. “They find themselves asking ‘Is this my coworker or my family?’. But if they can draw the line, it’ll get them through the day.”

Pictured above (l to r) Shore Memorial Ambulance Department Sgt. Dorset Camper of Hammonton and his son, emergency medical technician Darnell Camper, 24, of Pleasantville, have both worked together at Shore Memorial since 2008.
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Shore Memorial Hospital to Hold Medical Lecture on Preventing Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is a serious health concern and the problem is rapidly increasing. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over the past three decades the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12-19 years, and it... Read more »
Shore Memorial Hospital Maternity and Family Life Programs Offers Support for New Mothers
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has partnered with hospitals and other health professionals for “Speak Up When You’re Down,” a campaign that educates women and their families that perinatal mood disorders are treatable and that resources, such as counseling, are available... Read more »
The Auxiliary of Shore Memorial Donates $360,000 to the Shore Tomorrow Campaign
Pictured here: Auxiliary Executive Board Chairman Barbara Harper of Egg Harbor Township and Vice-Chairman Sue Biscieglia of Egg Harbor Township present a check for $360,000 to Shore Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees Chairman Jay Gillian at the Auxiliary of Shore Memorial’s Annual Luncheon and Installation... Read more »
Shore Memorial Hospital Department of Laboratory Medicine Receives Accreditation from College of American Pathologists
“The CAP is deemed by the Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation to inspect laboratories and is one of the first true peer review processes in medicine,” says Dr. Beach. “This is an unannounced inspection by a full inspection team from a comparable hospital utilizing approximately 2,000 standards... Read more »
Shore Memorial Hospital’s February Employee of the Month Recognized for Commitment to Quality and Customer Service
Weick joined the Pharmacy Department in May of 1998 as an IV technician. Janet's versatility and knowledge of operations make her an asset to the department. Weick often fills in where needed and looks for ways to improve workflow and increase efficiency. Her pleasant manner, dedication, reliability... Read more »
Shore Memorial Volunteers Offer Comfort to Patients in Their Final Hours
Facing the end of one’s life can be made less difficult by a comforting presence, a role typically filled by children, spouses, relatives or close friends. But some patients do not have this support system. They may have outlived their family members, suffered an accident far from home or be estranged... Read more »

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