The UMDNJ program has the benefit of affiliation with three unique hospitals. This allows you to experience the many faces of healthcare.

University Hospital

University Hospital (UH), the only state owned hospital is an urban tertiary care center. It was built in the 1970's to serve as the main teaching ground of the New Jersey Medical School. The subspecialty divisions are vast and include internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, neurology, psychiatry, obstetrics-gynecology, radiology, pathology and rehabilitation medicine. The Hospital has 150 general medicine beds, 24 MICU/CCU beds, 30 general pediatric and adolescent beds, 13 PICU beds, 24 NICU beds and 53 Normal Newborn/Intermediate Nursery bassinets. For Med/Peds residents - a little more than one third of the residency experience will be at University Hospital. Its Doctor's Office Center (DOC) is the home of the continuity practice experience.


Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) founded in 1888, is a private 800-bed tertiary care center. Residents spend approximately 1/3 of their clinical training at HUMC in both pediatrics and intenal medicine. Rotating at HUMC offers residents a glimpse into the world of private practice and the opportunity to learn from many seasoned physicians. The hospital has among its many clinical departments:

1. The Heart Center at Hackensack, which is able to provide invasive and non-invasive state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services
2. The Northern New Jersey Cancer Center, which does autologous and allogenic bone marrow and stem-cell transplants
3. Toys 'R Us/Kids 'R Us Institute for Child Development
4. Tomorrow's Children's Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders
5. Children's Arthritis Center with NJ's only group of Pediatric Rheumatologists

East Orange Veterans Administration Medical Center

The East Orange VA Medical Center (EOVA) is a Federal facility of 800 beds, making it one of the largest VA hospitals in the country. Here the resident spends less than 1/3 of the clinical experience but since it once housed the Department of Medicine from 1966-9, it is well equipped with research laboratories, classroom and a staff of well-trained physicians.

 

The Joseph Sanzari Children's Hospital

In 2002, groundbreaking began for a new, free-standing children's hospital, The Joseph Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center is expected to be completed by Fall 2005. It will contribute greatly to the overall training experience provided to our residents.