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News Desk

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MID-JERSEY BUSINESS

Go l d C o a s t

Asbury’s beaches are booming
W

hile Atlantic City casinos struggle, Asbury Park

beaches are surging. According to the city, Asbury
Park hosted twice as many visitors this year as in

2013 with revenues for the period between May 1
and June 15 showing an increase from $63,108 last

year to $124,058 in 2014.
Seasonal beach memberships were also up $38,000 from last year.

In the previous 10 summers, beach revenue has increased from
$100,000 to more than $1 million.

Heart and Dedication

RWJ Hamilton dedicates lab to prominent cardiologist

R

obert Wood Johnson University Hos- of the hospital’s cardiac cath lab, he served
pital Hamilton recognized Mahmoud as its director from 1997 to 2008. He also

Ghusson, MD, FACC, cardiologist
served as RWJ Hamilton’s president of the
and CEO of Hamilton Cardiology Associ- medical staf from 2006–2008.

ates, for his establishment of the hospital’s Together with cardiologists from around
cardiac catheterization lab in 1997.
the community, RWJ’s cardiac team con-

Ghusson joined RWJ Hamilton’s medi- sistently achieves high marks for patient

cal staf in 1987 and is recognized as one
satisfaction and its door-to-balloon times
of the leading architects of its cardiology (the time a patient arrives in the ER to the
NIN
program, serving as section chief from 1995 time a physician opens a blocked artery us- GE
to 2005. After overseeing the establishment
ing a balloon angioplasty procedure).
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