Director of Respiratory Care at COLUMBUS SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - Newark, New Jersey, United States
Columbus Hospital LTACH is 63-bed critical care specialty hospital that provides highly advanced and intensively focused care for higher acuity patients who have not responded to short-term treatment in traditional generalhospitals. As the leader in critical care medicine in the tri-state area, we are a Destination of Hope for our patients.In addition, an LTACHs average length of stay is 25 days as compared to a 3-5 day average in a general hospital. A longer stay equates to a better outcome and opportunity for recovery. Fundamentally, patients appropriate for LTACHs include those who may be ventilator dependent, suffering from multi-organ failure or deep wound ulcerations. Our Internationally Accredited state of the art hospital is designed to admit and care for the most critically ill patients.At Columbus Hospital LTACH you'll discover that we provide comprehensive and technologically advanced medicalcare which can be directed by the patient's own family physician.Our clinical staff includes time-honored and well respected cardiologists, neurologists, pulmonologists and other specialists within their respective fields of medicine. In addition, you will find caringand compassionate nurses, highly trained respiratory therapists, advanced nutritional practitioners,compassionate occupational therapists, well versed speech therapists and certified medical assistants — all in support of our strong physician centered clinical model.