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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. The University Hospital Department of Internal Medicine has been at the forefront of this growth offering a wide range of 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 UMDNJ 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 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 the New Jersey Medical School.

The University Hospital has more than 19,000 admissions, 2,700 births, and 215,000 outpatient visits annually.

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.

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

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

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.

The AARP Modern Maturity, named Hackensack University Medical Center one of the top 20 hospitals in the country and U.S. News and World Report ranked HUMC as one of America's best heart hospitals.

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:

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 Med/Peds residency training.

The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center is one of a select group designated a full institutional member of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutes. This designation honors the contributions of a dedicated team of doctors, nurses, other healthcare professionals and volunteers who have made the medical center a special place for children and their families. More significantly, designation builds on that commitment of care for children that the medical center has always provided. In 2001 and 2003, this commitment was rewarded when The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center was selected as one of the top 25 children's hospitals in the country and the top-ranked children's hospital in New Jersey by "Child" magazine.

The Sarkis Gabrellian Women's and Children's Pavilion opened in December 2005 - is home to The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, The Donna A. Sanzari Women's Hospital, and The Mark Messier Skyway. This world-class building brings together virtually every healthcare service a family might need, from the most routine medical care to the most complex.

The multi-story structure demonstrates our commitment to family-centered care, a relatively new concept in healthcare today. Under this idea, medical care is not only centralized in one location, but is supplemented by ancillary program components that fill gaps in healthcare delivery. An example of this is our transitional nursery that enables parents to room with their critically ill newborn. Every patient room in this new building is private with room service throughout.

The pavilion also includes all pediatric inpatient services in a child-friendly environment. Women's services include a state-of-the-art maternal-fetal medicine suite, labor and delivery rooms, two mother/baby units, and a high-risk antepartum care unit.

In addition to lounges, families are able to turn to a chapel for private time, play areas for their children, and areas dedicated to relaxation. An on-site kitchen provides meals, and laundry and locker rooms are available for family members. An on-site restaurant rivaling five star restaurants in New York offers a culinary reprieve for family members and staff alike.

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