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Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is a 635-bed, not-for-profit, tertiary-care, teaching and research hospital - the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey. According to a published article in the "Orlando Sentinel," the medical center was ranked as the seventh largest healthcare facility in the nation by the number of inpatient admissions (66,036). "Crain's New York Business" noted the medical center's status as the largest provider of outpatient services in New York and New Jersey and the second largest provider of inpatient services in the New York area. Hackensack University Medical Center is also home to one of the largest ambulatory facilities in the country - the Hackensack University Medical Plaza. This nine-story, 276,000-square-foot facility houses physician offices and medical center programs. Hackensack University Medical Center is one of seven health care organizations from across the nation chosen to receive a $1.9 million grant as part of the second stage of a groundbreaking initiative, Pursuing Perfection: Raising the Bar for Health Care Performance. The $20.9 million initiative is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and seeks to improve the quality of healthcare nationwide. The David and Alice Jurist Institute for Research consolidates all of the medical center's ongoing research activities into one location. The research center enhances the tireless work the medical center's scientists and physician-investigators are pursuing as partners in national and international multi-center trials.
Hackensack University Medical Center is one of the 10 leading cardiac care hospitals in the nation, with 5,249 interventional cardiac catheterizations performed last year. The Heart Center at HUMC provides a full-range of state-of-the-art invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and treatment services including electrophysiology studies, a state-designated cardiac catheterization center, and one of the largest open heart surgery programs in the state. Another service offered is Electron Beam Tomography, (EBT) a revolutionary, non-invasive test that can detect coronary artery disease years before it becomes a problem. The Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center is home to New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive cancer program. As one of only 50 programs in the nation and the only one in New Jersey designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Community Clinical Oncology Program, the Cancer Center's physicians initiate and collaborate on important research studies and clinical treatment trials with international and national research partners, developing new treatment protocols and searching for a cure for all types of cancer. They are among an elite few who are pioneering today's treatment breakthroughs and whose award-winning research has been widely published in the nation's most respectful journals. Research and clinical trials at the Cancer Center are conducted through NCI's Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; the University of Rochester Cancer Center and its Research Department; and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project. Hackensack University Medical Center is recognized throughout the world as a state-of-the-art facility. Your educational experience at HUMC will be a highlight of your UMDNJ-NJMS internal medicine residency training.
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