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University Hospital has shown tremendous growth from its first days as a 25 bed city hospital in 1882, through 1979 when the current hospital building was built until today. Among the internal medicine specialty services including a Center for Emerging Pathogens, a center for Biodefense and Bioterrorism, and a comprehensive Liver Treatment and Transplant Center. The institution boasts the Global Tuberculosis Institute which provides an impressive amount of community outreach, public awareness and public health support to the Newark Community as well as inpatient support at University Hospital. Our Division of Cardiology shows continuous growth with an ever-increasing research division that participates in various national studies, a cardiac catheterization suite that has brought increased numbers of patients to UH for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and a Center for Preventive Cardiology which includes major thought leaders in the arena of risk reduction and event prevention. University Hospital has a Ryan White HIV/AIDS center at which the first U.S. case of HIV-2 was discovered as well as the reporting of the first female case of HIV in New Jersey. Our Newark campus is also home to a state of the art cancer treatment center and a new ambulatory care center.

The hospital is staffed by 300 full-time attending physicians who are also faculty members of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

University Hospital has around 20,000 admissions, 1,800 births, and 226,000 outpatient visits annually. There are 529 beds at the facility.

As the principal teaching hospital of NJMS and the training site for many of Rutgers’ other health professions schools, University Hospital is the experience of a lifetime for hundreds of students and residents. Along with preparing tomorrow's healthcare professionals, University Hospital is helping to shape the future through research initiatives in a wide variety of fields.

For more information, please visit the award-winning University Hospital website at: http://www.uhnj.org/

For more than 150 years, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, New Jersey's oldest and nonprofit, nonsectarian hospital, has worked to exceed our community's highest expectations for compassionate care, healthcare excellence and superior service. The institution traditionally treats nearly 33,000 inpatients and approximately 100,000 Emergency Department patients each year. The Medical Center and the Ambulatory Care Center provide treatment and services for 349,000 outpatient visits annually.

Saint Barnabas Medical Center has long been recognized as a leader in providing the highest level of patient care-delivering more than 5,800 babies annually, caring for more newly diagnosed cancer patients, creating breakthroughs in the field of infertility, and providing more than 100 medical and surgical specialty and subspecialty services.

Saint Barnabas is accredited by The Joint Commission and the American Medical Association Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Among Saint Barnabas' nationally recognized facilities are The Burn Center, the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division, the Heart Centers, the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, and many more.

Saint Barnabas is part of RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey's largest integrated health care delivery system with acute care hospitals, a Behavioral Health Center, ambulatory care facilities, a statewide behavioral health network and comprehensive home care and hospice programs.

Saint Barnabas Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is the only hospital in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Delaware to receive a 13th consecutive ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit Hospital Watchdog organization. Saint Barnabas Medical Center is one of only 49 hospitals in the United States to earn straight ‘A’s since the inception of the program in 2012. For more information about Saint Barnabas Medical Center, please visit www.rwjbh.org/saintbarnabas

Children's Hospital is the state's premier hospital caring for children, with specialized services to treat ill and injured children from newborn to adolescent years as well as preventive programs that promote wellness in the community. Children's Hospital of New Jersey is an affiliate of RWJBarnabas Health, the largest integrated health care delivery system in the state.

As a hospital devoted only to children, Children's Hospital of New Jersey recognizes that the special needs of children and their families extend far beyond clinical interventions. The facility provides an atmosphere of caring and warmth that complements the extraordinary medical care that is delivered by medical and surgical specialists who are all dedicated exclusively to children's health. The hospital's comprehensive inpatient and outpatient pediatric services include a Children's Heart Center, state-designated regional perinatal center, pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric emergency department, Neonatal Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/Apnea Center, Valerie Fund Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, neonatal ICU with New Jersey's only ECMO unit, HIV/AIDS treatment for children as well as a sexual and child abuse program.

RWJBarnabas Health receives widespread recognition for clinical excellence and patient safety. Among our nationally renowned services are: New Jersey’s only certified burn treatment facility (top 10 in the U.S.); world-class cardiac surgery services for adults (regionally ranked by U.S. News & World Report as high performing in cardiology and heart surgery); heart transplant program (ranked 2nd of adult programs in the U.S., performed more than 700 transplants); pediatric cardiac surgery in partnership with NYU School of Medicine; New Jersey’s only lung transplant program; two kidney transplant centers, (ranked 3rd of 240 programs in the U.S.); primary and comprehensive stroke centers; certified advanced heart failure and acute coronary syndrome programs; wide range of robotic surgery services; renowned neurology and neurosurgery program; highly respected assistive reproductive technology program; comprehensive cancer services for adults and children; and the full spectrum of women’s and children’s services.

The Department of Veterans Affairs NJ Health Care System (VANJHCS) is a consolidated facility comprised of 2 main campuses and 14 satellite outpatient clinics serving the 628,000 veterans that reside in the state. Last year, 72,531 people received health care in VA facilities, including more than 6,200 inpatient admission and 677,000 outpatient visits.

Residents receive most of their training at the East Orange Campus, with specialty elective time available at the Lyons Campus. The medical centers offer a full range of services including acute medical, surgical, psychiatric, and nursing home care. There are also a variety of specialty programs and initiatives including Diabetes Education, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Prosthetics, and Homeless Outreach Programs which have been recognized for outstanding achievement both within the Department of Veterans Affairs and the general health care community.

As the population ages, elderly and long-term care become critical issues for more and more patients. Care of geriatric veterans is a high priority in the VANJHCS, as more than half of the veterans in NJ are elderly. The VA was one of the first institutions in the state to have a palliative care team in the hematology-oncology section. All inpatient veterans in NJ now have access to the services of hospice and palliative care consultation teams. Residents also get exposure to a variety of specialized programs targeted to geriatric needs, including the Health Aging and Recovery Care Program (HARP), Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program (CIIRP), and Home-based Primary Care. This exposure is essential in developing skills to meet the challenge of caring for the elderly population of the future.

An extensive VA research program exists in NJ, with almost 300 projects and an annual budget of $2.5 million. The VANJHCS has led the Department of Veterans Affairs in health services research that evaluate clinical practice guidelines for diabetic patients, and the East Orange facility was selected as one of the sites for a Center for the Study of War-Related Illnesses.

The VA intends to keep pace with technology and advances in the medical field, and is at the forefront of medical informatics. One of its biggest attributes is its Computerized Patient Record System, linking it to VA institutions across the country. It is a paperless system through which all patient care, including notes, orders, medications and scheduling is managed. This unique state-of-the-art system provides unlimited access to detailed comprehensive patient information, and is utilized by all practitioners at most VA sites, making it easier to manage and follow all aspects of patient care.

For more information, please visit the VANJHCS website at:
http://www.va.gov/visns/visn03