Since 1971, Cliffside has been a leader in providing the highest quality care to our community.
There is no greater honor than to be entrusted with our residents’ health, safety and well-being. Our clinical excellence and state-of-the-art facility are recognized by all the region’s leading hospitals as a preferred provider, delivering the highest quality care. It is our privilege to be awarded, for multiple years, the highest 5-star rating presented by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
At Cliffside, you will find a spectacular facility filled with warmth and activity. You will find programs and services that are wide-ranging in variety, yet inclusive of individual needs and preferences. You will find a facility striving to promote ideals and values absorbed in tradition and excellence.
Whether you or a loved one needs rehabilitative, ventilator, dialysis, long term or other medically complex services, we look forward to welcoming you to Cliffside! Please contact us to learn more, discuss your needs and see how we can help. We are here for you!
Meet the team:
Shmuel Freedman, LHNA
Administrator
Moshe Vogel
Assistant Administrator
Dr. Marvin Teich, M.D.
Medical Director
Dr. Maurice Benoit, M.D.
Attending Physician
Dr. Edward Pineles, M.D.
Director of Pulmonary Medicine
Cheryl Phoenix-Rivera, AGPCNP-BC
Director of Nursing
Anna Go, RN, BSN
Assistant Director of Nursing
Jennifer Urena, BA
Director of Admissions
Stuart Lava, RRT
Director of Respiratory Services
Rojan Pappady, DPT
Director of Rehabilitation
Andrea Taylor, RN, BSN MSc, CNN
Director of Dialysis
Yvette Allen, MSW, LNHA
Director of Social Work
Rolan Somontina
Director of Food Services
Janet Sheehan
Medicaid Coordinator
Gustavo Cortez, CTRS
Director or Recreation
Mission Statement:
Cliffside Rehabilitation and Residential Health Care Center was founded over fifty years ago.
Our mission is to provide, with compassion and dedication, superior quality health care and rehabilitation for adults. Our commitment is to help people regain function and independence to attain their highest potential to lead a fulfilling life. Multi-Disciplinary treatment plans are unique to each patient, geared to their diagnoses and treatment needs, emphasizing emotional, psychological and social considerations, and delivered with the highest levels of care.
Through continual evaluation and improvement of Cliffside’s programs and services, it will maintain its standing as a leader in health care delivery.