RWJ Hamilton Physician Receives NJ Medical Society Recognition For 50 Years Of Service
Wilfredo Causing, MD, Presented With Golden Merit Award

HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY — Wilfredo C. Causing, MD, board certified pathologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (RWJ Hamilton), recently received the Golden Merit Award from the Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ). The Golden Merit Award is conferred upon those who are active members of the MSJN and have held the Doctor of Medicine degree for 50 years. In receiving the award, Dr. Causing joins an elite group of physicians.

Wilfredo C. Causing, MD, board certified pathologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton.

Dr. Causing is currently a full-time, attending pathologist at RWJ Hamilton and an assistant professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ. Dr. Causing served as Chairman of the Department of Pathology at RWJ Hamilton from 1990 to 1994. He has also served as the hospital’s Chairman of the Credentials Committee, Chairman of the Infectious Disease Committee and Director of the Blood Bank.

"We are so pleased for Dr. Causing," says RWJ Hamilton President and CEO Ellen Guarnieri. "It is an honor to count him among the most valued members of our medical staff, and we applaud his many years of tremendous service to the hospital community and the community at large."

Dr. Causing is one of the full-time physicians who joined the medical staff of Hamilton Hospital (now RWJ Hamilton) when it opened its doors in 1971. He is an Emeritus at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, NJ, and an Honorary at Southern Ocean County Hospital, Manahawkin, NJ.

A Princeton resident, Dr. Causing will also receive a Certificate of Award from the American Medical Association (AMA) at the AMA House of Delegates 156th Annual Meeting, to be held in Chicago, Illinois, later this month.

More About RWJ Hamilton
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (RWJ Hamilton) is the only New Jersey hospital to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Located in Hamilton Township, NJ, the hospital is part of the RWJ Health System and Network and is affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey-RWJ Medical School and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

The RWJ Hamilton Health Care Corporation serves communities within a five-county area and includes an acute care hospital, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey Hamilton, three affiliated medical groups, seven Lakeview Child Centers, and the RWJ Hamilton Center for Health & Wellness, home of a medically-based fitness center and the hospital's extensive community education program. Over 1,900 hospital employees and 650 medical staff physicians share RWJ Hamilton's passion for Excellence Through Service. For more information, visit www.rwjhamilton.org.