Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Unveils State-of-the-Art Simulation-Based Healthcare Education Center

Pictured from left at the Fred Van Looy & Barbara Dougherty Learning Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation inside Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus are: MMCSC Foundation Board of Trustees Secretary Ben Heinemann, Eric Carney, President and CEO of Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) and MMCSC; Mabel LaForgia, MMCSC Chief Nursing Officer; Dr. Philip Passes, Chief Administrative Officer, MMC and MMCSC; MMCSC Foundation Board of Trustees Chair, Robert Sickel; Mary Anne Nagy, Chairperson, MMC/MMCSC Operational Board of Trustees, event honorees, Fred Van Looy and Barbara Dougherty, and MMCSC Foundation Board of Trustees member and Lakewood Emergency Management Coordinator Robert Lawson.

Lakewood, NJ - The Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (MMCSC) Foundation recognized long-time friends and generous hospital patrons Fred Van Looy and Barbara Dougherty for their extraordinary support of a new Learning Center inside the hospital on March 24, 2026.

The ceremony opened with remarks by MMCSC Foundation Board of Trustees Chair Robert Sickel, who thanked the couple for their ongoing commitment to MMCSC. "The Fred Van Looy & Barbara Dougherty Learning Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation will provide ongoing training and hands-on practice to bring the highest level of excellence to our patients," he said. "Continued training is necessary in healthcare and simulation training is a powerful resource."

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