Board of Health
The Saddle River Board of Health provides a variety public health services to the residents of the Borough. The goal that we strive for is to coordinate and assure the preservation, protection and promotion of good health, well-being and the quality of life for all the residents in our community. We work towards this goal by:
- Monitoring health status to identify community health problems.
- Diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community.
- Informing, educating and empowering people about health issues.
- Mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
- Developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
- Enforcing laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
- Linking people to needed personal health services and assuring preventive care when otherwise unavailable.
- Assuring a competent public health workforce.
- Evaluating effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population based health services,
- Examining research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
Board Members:
- Dr. Constantine Rossakis, President
- Dr. Robert G. Lahita, Vice President (Medical Director)
- Stafford Patentas, Secretary
- George Tashji
- Dr. Rakesh Sharma
- Dr. Joseph Bellapianta
- Dr. Habeeb Rahman
- Namitha Reddy, Health Officer
- NorthWest Bergen Regional Health Commission, Environmental Health Specialist
- Linda Canavan, Recording Secretary
- Dr. Duncan Carpenter, Council Liaison
Residents who are interested in serving as a board of health member should contact Mayor Al Kurpis at 201 327-2609 ext 510.