New Jersey's Most Comprehensive Children's Health Network

The Children’s Health network at RWJBarnabas Health, in collaboration with Rutgers Health, offers a wide range of pediatric services, from primary care to specialized treatments and therapies.

As the state’s largest academic health system, and the largest provider of children’s health care, we’re proud to lend our strength to every New Jersey parent, grandparent or caregiver of children.

Our team of specialists in virtually every area of pediatric medicine are experts in treating children’s most complex health problems and providing lifesaving treatment options like pediatric heart surgery and cancer treatments close to home. And we’re always focusing on our children’s future, participating in medical research, teaching the next generation of doctors, and working to equitably improve the health and well-being of every child.

State-of-the-Art Technology + the Latest Techniques & Treatments

The Children’s Health network offers a complete range of medical and surgical treatments for the most complex abnormalities and uses the latest technology and equipment to provide comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and specialty pediatric care. Our programs include:

• Children's Heart Center treats the most complex cardiac abnormalities with both medical and surgical interventions.
• New Jersey’s first designated pediatric trauma center
• New Jersey's only inpatient pediatric rehabilitation hospital
• New Jersey’s only Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Program at an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Central Jersey's largest state-designated Level III neonatal intensive care unit
• A neonatal ICU with New Jersey's first extracorporeal membrane oxegenation (ECMO) unit
• State’s only dedicated Pediatric Transport program to transfer the sickest children to the right care at the right time
• First-ever program to be recognized by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as a Center of Excellence for Pediatric & Robotic Surgery in US.
• A groundbreaking rapid genetic testing program to help diagnose unexplained medical conditions in newborns and infants who need immediate intervention
• Specialized primary care and emergency care environments for children with special needs

Our Pediatric Specialists

The Children's Health network of RWJBarnabas Health includes specialists in all areas of pediatrics, from pediatric surgery, urology and cardiology to oncology, hematology and pulmonology. Collaborative teams that include clinicians and researchers from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Child Health Institute located on The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital campus provide family-centered care in a patient-centered, family-friendly environment.

Care teams consist of registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, social workers and others who integrate caring and compassion with evidence-based practices that treat the patient and family.

Pediatric Specialty Care Programs

Our hospitals offer specialized pediatric services across New Jersey, and a full range of inpatient, outpatient and wellness programs. Treatment at RWJBarnabas Health goes beyond traditional medicine to care for families, too. Our family resource centers and child life specialists help patients and families handle the psychological and social impacts that pediatric illnesses may cause. Programs include:

• Allergies
• Athlete Screening
• Audiology
• Autism
• Bariatric Surgery
• Brain Injury
• Blood Disorders
• Burn & Wound Care
• Cancer
• Celiac Disease
• Cerebral Palsy
• Child & Adolescent Psychology
• Chronic Illness
• Chronic Pain Management
• Diabetes Care
• Early Intervention
• Emergency Care
• Endocrinology
• Feeding Disorders Program
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Program
• Gastroenterology
• Genetic Testing
• Heart Services
• Infant & Toddler Rehabilitation
• Kidney Transplant
• Long Term Care
• Multi Complicated Trauma
• Nephrology
• Neuropsychology
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Program
• Neonatal Intensive Care
• Neuromuscular & Genetic Disorders
• Neurology & Neurosurgery
• Neurorehabilition
• Nutrition
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Otolaryngology & Communication
• Pain Management
• Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation
• Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
• Physical & Occupational Therapy
• Post-Surgical Orthopedics
• Psychology
• Pulmonary & Cystic Fibrosis
• Rehabilitation Technology
• Rheumatology
• Severe Behavior Program
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Speech & Language Therapy
• Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program
• Sports Medicine & Performance
• Surgery
• Urology
• Vascular Anomalies & Malformations Program

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