Jersey Shore University Medical Center


Jersey Shore University Medical Center is a 646-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located in Neptune Township, New Jersey, servicing coastal New Jersey and the Central Jersey area. JSUMC is the region’s only university-level academic medical center. The hospital is owned by the Hackensack Meridian Health Health System and the second largest hospital in the system. JSUMC is affiliated with the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of Rutgers University, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, and St. George's University. JSUMC is also an ACS designated level II trauma center and has a rooftop helipad to handle medevac patients. Attached to the medical center is the K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital that treats infants, children, adolescents, and young adults up to the age of 21.

History

Jersey Shore Medical Center was founded in 1904 and was originally named Ann May Memorial Homeopathic Hospital. In 1932, the hospital was renamed to Raleigh Fitkin-Paul Morgan Memorial Hospital. In 1966, the hospital was renamed to Jersey Shore Medical Center – Fitkin Hospital. In 2003, it was renamed from Jersey Shore Medical Center to Jersey Shore University Medical Center to reflect its heightened commitment to teaching.
In 2009 the hospital was greatly expanded to include a new 5 story tower filled with patient care units including a brand new emergency department with 10 pediatric emergency beds, new cardiology units, and new pediatric units. The expansion added about 103 beds to the hospital and organized patient rooms into "neighborhoods" to help ease the anxiety of patients in the building. The design of the new hospital tower is widely recognized as a star example of great hospital design.
Before merging with Hackensack University Medical Center, Meridian Health's flagship facility was JSUMC.
In 2019 the hospital once again expanded by building 300,000 square feet $265 million 10 story tower named the HOPE Tower. The HOPE Tower includes floors dedicated to outpatient cancer care, maternity, pediatrics, and doctors offices and high-tech academic and research space. As a part of the expansion, the HOPE tower included a new 200 seat auditorium named the John K. Lloyd Amphitheater after the former co-C.E.O. of Hackensack Meridian Health.
The hospital is listed as a major teaching and tertiary care hospital and has a staff of 127 interns and residents. The hospital is also a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems.

About

The hospital is made up of different buildings that were added over time, the newest of which is the HOPE tower and the northwest pavilion.

Services

Jersey City University Medical Center has many services offered at its Neptune campus including Addiction Recovery, Bariatric Surgery, Cancer Care, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Program, Diabetes, Dialysis Center, Emergency Department, Endocrine Surgery, Family Health, Gastroenterology, Gynecological Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hospitalist Program, Imaging, Infectious Disease, Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Laboratory Services, Level 1 Trauma Center, Maternity, Medical Services, Neuroscience Institute, Orthopedics, Pancreatic Surgery, Parathyroid Surgery, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Services, Robotic Surgery, Speech Pathology, Thoracic Surgery, Thyroid Surgery, Urologic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery.
In 2003, the hospital performed 636 cardiac operations, the 5th most in the New York-New Jersey region according to a New York Times heart study.

K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital

The K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center is a pediatric acute care hospital located in Neptune Township, New Jersey. The hospital has 88 beds and provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout Coastal New Jersey. It is affiliated with both the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and is a member of Hackensack Meridian Health. K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital features the only pediatric trauma center in the region, and 1 of 3 in the state.

Awards and rankings

From 2017 to 2019 the hospital was rated as #4 in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report.
In 2020, Jersey Shore University Medical Center was ranked fifth of New Jersey hospitals and second in the Central Jersey area hospitals by US News and World Report.
In 2020, the hospital was ranked #39 nationally in orthopedics by US News & World Report.

In popular culture

The hospital was shown in a few episodes of The Learning Channels' highly rated reality program, "."