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Dr. Newkirk, saving lives and voices!

03/22/2019

Our beloved surgeon, Dr. Kenneth Newkirk saved a patients life and his voice! We are truly grateful to have Dr. Newkirk on our team!

Check out the article in the Hackensack Merdician Jersey Shore University magazine.
Dr. Newkirk’s Article

“Because laryngeal cancer is rare, most physicians have never performed a laryngectomy. Thanks to his specialty, however, Dr. Newkirk had performed many. Instead of traveling to New York or Philadelphia—his only option under other circumstances—Andrew could receive treatment near home, which he did on January 12, 2015, when Dr. Newkirk performed Jersey Shore’s first laryngectomy in 20 years.”