About Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack University Medical Center, a 803-bed nonprofit teaching and research hospital, was Bergen County’s first hospital founded in 1888. 

• First hospital in New Jersey and third in the nation to become a Magnet®-recognized hospital for nursing excellence, receiving its seventh consecutive designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2024. 
• The academic flagship of the Hackensack Meridian Health Network
• #1 hospital in New Jersey according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 and 2024-25 Best Hospitals lists. In addition to being ranked the top hospital in New Jersey, Hackensack University Medical Center is ranked #5 overall in the New York Metropolitan area 
• Home to the John Theurer Cancer Center, named the best cancer center in New Jersey, ranked among the top 50 cancer centers nationwide. 
• Additionally, Hackensack University Medical Center was recognized for 17 high performing procedures and conditions, and the following eight specialties are ranked in the Top 50 nationally: Urology (#17); Pulmonology and Lung Surgery (#22) – only New Jersey hospital nationally ranked in this specialty; Neurology and Neurosurgery (#23) – only New Jersey hospital nationally ranked in this specialty; Diabetes & Endocrinology (#25) – only New Jersey hospital nationally ranked in this specialty; Orthopedics (#25); Geriatrics (#34) – only NJ hospital nationally ranked in this specialty; Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery (#41); Cancer (#44).
• Named to Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2024 list
• Recipient of the 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ by Healthgrades as well as an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. 
• Home to facilities such as the Heart & Vascular Hospital; and the Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which houses the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital and the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, ranked #1 in the state and top 20 in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 Best Children’s Hospital Report.
• Hackensack University Medical Center is listed on the Green Guide’s list of Top 10 Green Hospitals in the U.S. 
• The hospital’s comprehensive clinical research portfolio includes studies focused on precision medicine, translational medicine, immunotherapy, cell therapy, and vaccine development.
• In 2023, the hospital completed the largest healthcare expansion project ever approved by the state: construction of the Helena Theurer Pavilion, a 530,000-sq.-ft., nine-story building housing 24 state-of-the-art operating rooms with intraoperative MRI capability, 50 ICU beds, and 175 medical/surgical beds including a 50 room Musculoskeletal Institute.