Hello, I am Dr. Joseph E. DeLuca, Medical Director of the Vernon Urgent Care Center. I am a Board certified Emergency Medicine Physician and hold secondary specialties in Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine. I presently hold staff privileges in the Emergency department of Newton Memorial Hospital (Newton, NJ) and have held the position of Emergency Medicine Director of St. Anthony's Community Hospital (Warwick, NY) and Emergency Medical Director of St. Clare's Hospital (Sussex, NJ).

During my 12 years practicing
emergency medicine in the tri-state region, it became obvious that the communities needed an alternative. It is estimated that over 85 % of the patients seen in an Emergency Department on any given day are seen for Urgent problems. These are not problems that require the resources, costs and frustrations of waiting in a Hospital Emergency Room, they are problems that need to be addressed immediately and conveniently..