University Hospital

About

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Story

One of the principal teaching hospitals for Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, University Hospital is the center of referral for many of the state’s most advanced medical services and specialty care programs.

Our commitment to education, primary care and specialized referral services has produced the most extensive array of inpatient and outpatient services available in the state of New Jersey.

University Hospital offers a wide range of specialty services including northern New Jersey’s only Level 1 Trauma Center (incorporating a trauma-intensive care unit and the NorthSTAR helicopter emergency and critical care transport system), a regional center for neonatal intensive care, the Stroke Center, the New Jersey Cardiovascular Institute (NJCI), the Cochlear Implant Program, a neurosurgical intensive care unit and a special Brain Tumor Program, the Neurological Institute of New Jersey, a federally designated spinal cord injury program, the University Center for Bloodless Surgery and Medicine, and New Jersey’s first Liver Transplant Program.

The hospital has a total active medical staff of 789. With more than 19,000 admissions, and 1,700 births, University Hospital has 226,000 outpatient visits annually.

Mission

"To improve the quality of life for all those we touch through excellence in patient care, education, research and community service." - Our Mission