Linwood is a city in Atlantic County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census,the city's population was 6,971,a decrease of 121 (−1.7%) from the 2010 census count of 7,092,which in turn reflected a decline of 80 (−1.1%) from the 7,172 counted in the 2000 census.
Primary care is a model of health care that supports first-contact,accessible,continuous,comprehensive and coordinated person-focused care. It aims to optimise population health and reduce disparities across the population by ensuring that subgroups have equal access to services.
Frank Edward Young was an American physician who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1984 to 1989 and later as a deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. In 2013 he joined Braeburn Pharmaceuticals as executive vice president,clinical and regulatory affairs. In 2018,he became the executive vice president of clinical and regulatory affairs at TissueTech Inc.
The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City. It is the primary teaching hospital for Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The hospital includes seven campuses located throughout the New York metropolitan area. The hospital's two flagship medical centers,Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center,are located on opposite sides of Upper Manhattan.
Herbert C. Conaway Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician,who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1998,where he represents the 7th Legislative District.
AtlantiCare is a health system based in Atlantic County,serving southeastern New Jersey. An integrated system of services,it includes AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center,the AtlantiCare Foundation,AtlantiCare Physician Group and AtlantiCare Health Solutions,an accountable care organization. AtlantiCare also offers Atlantic City's only cancer institute,heart institute,and neonatal intensive care unit.
The Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health is a sub-cabinet position in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Formerly known as the Chief Medical Director of Veterans Health,the Undersecretary is the highest official directly responsible to the Secretary for the Veterans Health Administration,which is the largest agency within the department. Although the position is no longer required to be held by a licensed physician,senior medical professionals such as hospital administrators are typically the preferred selectee for nomination,based on both demonstrated ability in the medical profession or health care administration,and with substantial experience in Veterans healthcare or similar programs.
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. New Jersey's State Board of Health was established in 1877. Its administrative functions were vested in the Department of Health,which was created in 1947. In 1996,the latter was renamed the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). In 2012,senior services programs moved back into the Department of Human Services,and DHSS again became the Department of Health.
Virtua Health is an academic non-profit healthcare system in southern New Jersey that operates a network of hospitals,surgery centers,physician practices,and more. Virtua is South Jersey's largest health care provider. The main headquarters are located in Marlton.
Vin Gopal is an American Democratic politician who took office on January 9,2018,to represent the 11th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate,which covers portions of Monmouth County. Gopal serves as Chairman of the influential Senate Education Committee and as Senate Majority Conference Leader.
Britnee N. Timberlake is an American Democratic Party elected official,community advocate,nonprofit executive,and humanitarian. She has represented the 34th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since January 2024,when she became New Jersey's youngest state senator. Before she took office in the senate,Timberlake had represented the 34th District in the New Jersey General Assembly from January 29,2018,when she was sworn in to replace Sheila Oliver,who took office as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. Timberlake had served as Freeholder President of the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders,where she was at the time the state's only African-American woman to serve as a freeholder board leader.
Andrew Kim is an American politician and former diplomat who has served as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district since 2019. The district encompasses Philadelphia's eastern suburbs along southern and central New Jersey. A member of the Democratic Party,he worked in the U.S. State Department prior to his election to Congress in 2018.
John Harnett Noseworthy is an American neurologist who served as the president and chief executive officer of Mayo Clinic from 2009 to 2018. A board-certified neurologist specializing in multiple sclerosis,Noseworthy is the former editor-in-chief of Neurology,the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Noseworthy has advised the administration of President Donald Trump on health care issues. He has advocated for research funding and telemedicine as a means to reduce the costs of treating patients,among other things. Under Noseworthy's leadership,Mayo Clinic and governments in Minnesota launched the Destination Medical Center (DMC) initiative to advance Minnesota as a global destination for health care and wellness. Prior to his appointment as CEO of Mayo Clinic,Noseworthy held several leadership roles within the organization.
Judith Persichilli is an American nurse and health care executive and the 22nd Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health for the State of New Jersey. Prior to her nomination she was interim president/CEO of University Hospital in Newark.
Ocean University Medical Center (OUMC),formerly Ocean Medical Center,is a 318-bed non-profit,short-term acute care teaching hospital located in Brick Township,Ocean County,New Jersey,providing tertiary and healthcare needs for the northern Jersey Shore and Central Jersey.
Howard David Krein is an American otolaryngologist,plastic surgeon,and business executive. He is the husband of Ashley Biden,the daughter of U.S. president Joe Biden. He is a professor of otolaryngology at Thomas Jefferson University and is a founding partner and co-director of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's Facial Aesthetic and Reconstructive Center. Krein is the chief medical officer at StartUp Health,a venture capital and health technology firm. He served on the Biden Cancer Initiative's board of directors from 2017 to 2019. Krein advised the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign on its COVID-19 pandemic response in an unofficial role.
The 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 4,2025,to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Democratic governor Phil Murphy is term-limited and therefore ineligible to seek a third consecutive term.
Lisa J. Hou,D.O. is an American physician and major general. As of July 2024,she is the Director of the Office of the Joint Surgeon General at the National Guard Bureau. She served as the Adjutant General of the New Jersey National Guard and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs from 2021 to 2024. She was the first Asian American and first female Adjutant General in the state.
The 2023 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 7,2023. New Jersey voters elected state senators in all of the state's legislative districts for a four-year term to the New Jersey Senate. This was the first election after redistricting following the 2020 United States census. The winners of these elections were sworn in on January 9,2024.
