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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is a provider of comprehensive health services, medical education and clinical research in Central New Jersey. The hospital is a clinical campus of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's program in New Brunswick and offers training programs for medical students, residents, fellows, nurses and allied health professionals in a variety of specialties. “NJ” redirects here. ... RWJMS Basic Science Buidling (1966), Piscataway, NJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (often abbreviated RWJMS) is one of eight schools that comprise the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). ... New Brunswick is a city located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ...

The mission of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is to advance the health status of the region’s population through the provision of appropriate health and medical care. To accomplish this mission, The Hospital serves as a principal site for the education of physicians, provides programs of allied and community health education and offers highly complex health care resources to assist in the educational process.

Services Offered

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital offers clinical programs in the following areas:^[1]

• Diabetes Self-Management Education Program
• Digestive Disorders
• Neurology (Clinical Neurosciences Center, Parkinson's Disease Information and Referral Center)
• Radiology (Radiology, Women's Imaging Center)
• Sleep Disorders Center
• Surgery (Bloodless, Cardiothoracic, Orthopedic, Prostate Cancer, Thoracic, Vascular)
• Transplantation (Heart, Kidney and Pancreas)
• Trauma and Emergency Medicine (Emergency Department, Level I Trauma Center, Stroke Center, Injury Prevention)

The hospital also maintains three centers of excellence:^[1] The last twenty years have witnessed a surge of interest in bloodless surgery, for a variety of reasons. ... Level I trauma center provides the highest level of Surgical care to trauma patients. ...

• Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
• Cancer Center of Excellence
• Women's and Children's Center of Excellence

Robert Wood Johnson also runs The Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Hospital, which has several areas of care:^[2] The Bristol-Myers Squibb Childrens Hospital is New Jerseys largest free-standing state-designated, acute care childrens hospital. ...

• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
• Pediatric Emergency Department
• Pediatric Unit
• Adolescent Unit
• Hematology/Oncology Unit
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Robert Wood Johnson is also the principal teaching hospital for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. UMDNJ is largest school of health sciences of its kind in the United States. It is also the leading research university in New Jersey, edging the other major research universities in the state (including Princeton University and Rutgers University) in research grant dollars.^[3] It does, however, have various academic partnerships with universities and other institutions in New Jersey. The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, an umbrella designation used to refer to one of eight New Jersey state institutions of higher education in medicine. ... RWJMS Basic Science Buidling (1966), Piscataway, NJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (often abbreviated RWJMS) is one of eight schools that comprise the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... “Rutgers” redirects here. ...

History of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

The Origins of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital can be traced to 1885, When The New Brunswick City Hospital Was Organized. In 1888 The director's raised $3,000 to purchase land for the "John Wells Memorial Hospital". In 1916 it was changed to "Middlesex General Hospital", and in 1986 changed to "Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital".

Robert Wood Johnson Health Network

The Robert Wood Johnson Health Network members consist of the best healthcare providers in New Jersey. They include leading academic centers, acute care facilities, University of health sciences, top research hospitals.

The RWJHN members offer a spectrum of health care services, from traditional hospital based specialties, to social services and dental care. It is the only health network in the State of New Jersey with a medical school as a partner, as well as a senior service organization providing long-term care and assisted living facilities.

Artificial Heart

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will be one of the few hospitals in the nation to offer the first fully-implantable artificial heart. The AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart, made by Abiomed, was approved for use yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company has identified Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, and Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky as the first sites where the heart will be offered.^[4]

Hospital Accomplishments

• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: Best Heart Care in New Jersey, as ranked by US News & World Report
• Harvard Ranked RWJUH as the 6th Best Hospital in The Nation
• Best Doctors Article
• 5th best in the nation among the 50 Exceptional U.S. Hospitals for patient safety initiatives From Consumers Digest
• Magnet Designation For The 3rd Straight Time
• Former RWJUH President and CEO Clifton R. Lacy, MD, was ranked one of Modern Physician Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in 2005 and 2006, and Modern Healthcare Magazine's 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare in 2005

RWJUH was the only hospital in the state to rank in the top ten percent for both heart attack and pneumonia treatment two years in a row, according to the second annual state report on hospital quality issued by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

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References

External links

• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
• The Heart Center Of New Jersey
• Center For Kidney And Pancreas Transplantation
• The Level 1 Trauma Center
• The Robert Wood Health Network
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Echocardiography Laboratory - Internet Journal