SJH and New Jersey Motorsports Park Name Park’s First Medical Director

 

	From left to right: Dr. Robert Smick, Medical Director of SJH Occupational Health; Dr. William DiCindio, SJH Chairman of Emergency Medicine; Clare Sapienza-Eck, SJH VP of Business Development and Physician Relations; Chet Kaletkowski, SJH President and CEO; Benjamin DeBroekert; Dr. Dean DeBroekert, Medical Director of New Jersey Motorsports Park; Jacob DeBrokert; Kevin Whittman, General Manager, New Jersey Motorsports Park

Millville, N.J. (May 5, 2009) - South Jersey Healthcare and the New Jersey Motorsports Park are pleased to announce that Dr. Dean DeBroekert has been named the park’s first medical director. Dr. DeBroekert is a member of the South Jersey Healthcare Medical Staff specializing in emergency medicine and practices in the Emergency Rooms at SJH Regional Medical Center in Vineland, SJH Elmer Hospital and the SJH Bridgeton Health Center.

In this new role, Dr. DeBroekert will assist Motorsports Park staff and emergency rescue personnel in developing medical care standards for injured or ill drivers.

“Dr. DeBroekert has a great deal of experience in motorsports car racing and emergency medicine,” said Robert Smick, MD, medical director of South Jersey Healthcare Occupational Health Services. “He will be a tremendous asset for the raceway team and we would like to wish him well in his new position.”

“We welcome Dr. DeBroekert’s continued medical expertise to New Jersey Motorsports Park,” said Kevin Wittman, New Jersey Motorsports Park General Manager. “Our first priority is the safety of our participants, and Dr. DeBroekert will help that.”

Sitting on over 500 acres in Millville, N.J., New Jersey Motorsports Park is conveniently located to Philadelphia, the Jersey Shore, New York and Baltimore, and offers diverse and dynamic motorsports attractions. The facility includes two world-class road courses (Thunderbolt and Lightning), an exclusive motorsports country club known as the Drivers Club, the Breighton Room Restaurant open to the general public, and F1 New Jersey, one of the top karting facilities in America. Opened in July 2008, New Jersey Motorsports Park hosts eight major motorsports events in 2009, beginning with the Verizon Wireless 250 presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 May 1 - 3. The 2009 spectator schedule also includes the Formula X weekend featuring the Atlantic Championship powered by Mazda and a host of Mazda-powered race series, as well as All Revved Up; the debut of the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Pro Road Race Series, including the American Superbike class and the new Daytona Sportbike program; the return of the ARCA/ReMax Series as the only road course visit on the series schedule; a Ferrari Challenge event and the excitement of two separate Vintage race weekends.

For more information on New Jersey Motorsports Park, F1 New Jersey, Breighton Room, or to purchase tickets, visit www.njmp.com or call 856-327-7217.