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(Pompton Plains, NJ) − Janet Amore of Pompton Plains won Chilton Hospital's coveted Service Star Award for September 2011. She is the Community Outreach Department's Administrative Assistant.

Each month, Chilton honors one employee whose performance exceeds expectations and sets him or her apart as a role model for others. Those who nominate Service Star candidates provide testimony about the nominee's exemplary performance.

Service Star honorees are recognized at a monthly ceremony that family members may attend. They receive personal congratulations from hospital administrators, as well as those who have nominated them for the honor and those who work with them. Service Star employees receive recognition by having an actual celestial star named after them. In addition, Service Stars are also granted preferred parking during their Service Star Month.

Chilton Hospital is a fully accredited, 260-bed, acute-care, community hospital. It is a four-time recipient of the HealthGrades Specialty Excellence Award in Stroke, and Five Star Rated for Stroke Care, the highest possible, for six years in a row. Chilton's many services include minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery, a state-of-the-art Emergency Department, a Pain Management center, the Sleep Health Institute, the Comprehensive Wound Healing/Hyperbaric Center, the Chilton Cancer Center, the Mother/Baby Center, an American Diabetes Association-recognized diabetes education program and a weight loss surgery program. Chilton has recently embarked on a $24 million modernization project, which includes the Cardiovascular Interventional Lab, the Comprehensive Breast Center and the Total Joint Center. The hospital is located at 97 West Parkway in Pompton Plains, NJ 07444. For more information about Chilton's facilities and services, or to find a doctor by name, specialty, or location, please visit www.chiltonhealth.org or call 1-888-CHILTON.