LONG BRANCH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monmouth Medical Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, today announced that its Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has established a partnership with LifebankUSA, a New Jersey-based stem cell banking service, to establish the Monmouth Medical Center-LifebankUSA Placenta·Cord Banking Program. The new program, south Jersey’s first hospital affiliated program for banking both placenta-derived and cord blood stem cells, will educate expectant parents regarding stem cell banking services when giving birth at the Medical Center.