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973-829-4665EmailNew Specialized Center to Treat High-Risk Pregnancies
MORRISTOWN, N.J., June 16, 2025 – Women with high-risk pregnancies will now have vital access, in one location, to the wide array of experts that may be necessary to care for themselves and their babies. Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center is excited to announce the grand opening of the Hersh Fetal Center (HFC), the only comprehensive fetal center in the state of New Jersey. The state-of-the-art facility was recently celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring hospital leaders, physicians, team members, donors and community members. Building upon a program first established in 2011, the newly renamed and expanded center offers families more specialized, individualized and convenient care for conditions that occur from conception through delivery and seamless connection to the rest of Atlantic Health System for any future needs.
Located at 55 Madison Avenue in Morristown, the Hersh Fetal Center brings maternal fetal medicine patient care to the next level of excellence. The center is designed to make it easy and convenient for families to receive all their care in one location and ideally, during one appointment. Patients have access to free parking, and the center is located near hotels, public transportation and Morristown’s robust downtown area.
“The highly specialized and world-class quality of care offered to parents and their children at the Hersh Fetal Center continues Morristown Medical Center’s tradition of providing extraordinary patient experiences,” said Trish O’Keefe, PhD, RN, President, Morristown Medical Center. “On behalf of our entire team, I share our most appreciative thanks to the Dorothy B. Hersh Foundation for its generous and tireless support of the service we provide to our growing families.”
The new center will centralize patient care services, expand diagnostic capabilities, increase team member support and create a welcoming and comforting patient care environment. This comprehensive resource is for pregnant women whose babies have congenital anomalies or other fetal complications and provides access to multidisciplinary care by clinical experts whose sole focus is to keep both mother and baby healthy before, during and after birth.
The Hersh Fetal Center was made possible thanks to a $2.5 million grant from the Dorothy B. Hersh Foundation. Established in 1979, the Dorothy B. Hersh Foundation provides grants for capital expenditures benefitting the needs of children throughout New Jersey and has supported crucial pediatric needs at both Morristown Medical Center and Atlantic Health’s Overlook Medical Center for more than a decade.
About Atlantic Health System
Atlantic Health System is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area. Powered by a workforce of 21,000 team members and more than 6,800 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, Atlantic Health System serves more than half of the state of New Jersey including 14 counties and 7.5 million people.
The not-for-profit system offers more than 550 sites of care, including its eight hospitals: Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ, Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, Newton Medical Center in Newton, NJ, Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, NJ, Hackettstown Medical Center in Hackettstown, NJ, Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute in Madison, NJ and CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ.
The system includes Atlantic Medical Group, part of a physician enterprise that makes up one of the largest multispecialty practices in New Jersey with more than 1,700 physicians and advance practice providers. Joined with Atlantic Accountable Care Organization and Optimus Healthcare Partners they form part of Atlantic Alliance, a Clinically Integrated Network of more than 2,500 health care providers throughout northern and central NJ.
Atlantic Health System provides care for the full continuum of health care needs through 30 urgent care centers, Atlantic Visiting Nurse and Atlantic Health Virtual Visits. Facilitating the connection between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.
Atlantic Health System leads the Healthcare Transformation Consortium, a partnership of six regional hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving access and affordability, has a medical school affiliation with Thomas Jefferson University, is home to the regional campus of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Morristown and Overlook Medical Centers, and is the official health care partner of the New York Jets.