Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health has appointed Faiz Bhora as its first regional chair of surgery for the Central region.
Dr. Bhora's region includes big-name medical centers like JFK University Medical Center in Edison and Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, N.J.
Dr. Bhora is a thoracic surgeon who previously worked as chief of thoracic and robotic surgery in the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.
"The central region of New Jersey has a need for the highest quality of surgical care, and we have bold plans to transform both the quality and breadth of surgical programs that we will offer to our patients," Dr. Bhora said in a Nov. 14 press release. "This, in addition to starting a surgical residency program and helping transform JFK University Medical Center into a true tertiary and quaternary hospital was the impetus for me to join the Hackensack Meridian Team and an opportunity impossible to turn down."