8️⃣ is great!
We're excited to celebrate 8 years of Hackensack Meridian Health. Since July 1, 2016, our best-in-class physicians, incredible nurses and amazing team have led us to accomplish more than we could have imagined.
Watch to see just 8 of these major accomplishments — and thank you for trusting us with your care. Our proudest achievement of all is caring for our community.
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Dr. Ami Vaidya isn’t just at the top of her field. She’s on top of the world 🏔️
Now the co-chief of the gynecologic oncology division and vice chair of obstetrics and gynecology, she first wanted to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in seventh grade social studies.
“I thought, ‘I would love to get to the top of that point someday!’ So as a 12-year-old I filed it away in my mind. I went off to college and med school and of course after becoming a physician with a cancer specialty—there’s no time to do that,” she said.
Dr. Vaidya married her husband, had two daughters, led an all female gynecological cancer surgery team at John Theurer Cancer Center and helped countless patients. But through all of these accomplishments, this one goal never left her mind. Eventually, after years of putting others first, she took the plunge to climb the 19,341 feet of Africa’s tallest peak.
“It’s the classic story for every woman—we don’t prioritize ourselves. But I was ready to really challenge myself in a physical way and an opportunity came up to do something for me. This time there was no reason to say no.”
After months of training, she arrived in the place of her dreams.
“It took five days to go up. And the first couple days it was refreshing to feel removed from my world and my existence. I felt well trained and well prepared. I felt fantastic until about 15,000 feet,” she said.
That’s when Dr. Vaidya began suffering from oxygen deprivation. It was an unfamiliar feeling for this successful doctor, who has always been the one telling others to keep fighting.
“Being a surgeon, I’m supposed to be the captain of the ship. I’m the one who advocates for the patient and leads the team. Now suddenly, I’m the one in this vulnerable position who needs help. I needed the support of my friends and the leaders on the trip.”
“I felt like I couldn’t do it. I mean, I couldn’t breathe. But I also had something to prove to myself. I could not fail. And my hiking team did not let me fail. So the power of the team and the power of friends and the power of this incredible community all came through.”
And with that she got to the top of the peak, blazing a brand new kind of trail.
