About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is New Jersey’s largest academic medical enter through its partnership with Rutgers University and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The 600+-bed adult hospital and 100+- bed Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH) are among the busiest in region, offering the highest levels of care in cardiovascular medicine, heart, kidney and pancreas transplantation, cancer care, neuroscience, orthopedics, bariatric surgery, women’s health and pediatrics. As one of the top nursing programs, the RWJUH nursing practice is one of only seven in the world to receive Magnet Recognition six consecutive times.
A Level 1 Trauma Center and the first designated Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH serves as a national resource in its groundbreaking approaches to emergency preparedness. RWJUH is also expanding its surgical services by adding 23 new state of-the-art operating rooms, the state’s only intraoperative MRI, a fully automated central sterile processing center and a 54-bed pre- and post-anesthesia unit with all private rooms.
In 2024, RWJUH introduced its new, state-of-the-art trauma care intensive unit. The 10,500-square-foot unit features 12 ICU Patient Rooms equipped with lights, booms, lifts, dialysis connections and computers; spacious staff and clinical support areas; private, welcoming family waiting area; and a private physician-family consultation room. In spring of 2025, the hospital will open the 13-story Ambulatory Services Pavilion with 13 floors of outpatient specialty care, including Cardiovascular, Neurology and Neurosurgery, ENT, Gastroenterology and Plastic Surgery.
RWJUH is the flagship hospital of the Rutgers Cancer Institute and the future home of the Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, a $750-million, state-of-the-art facility that will be NJ’s only standalone cancer hospital. Rutgers Cancer Institute is the only NCI designated Cancer Center in the state. RWJUH also offers advanced cancer therapy for adults and children, including bone marrow transplantation, proton therapy, Gamma Knife and access to the latest clinical trials.
Nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals, The Bristol- Myers Squibb Hospital (BMSCH) is part of the Children’s Health Network of RWJBH and the hub of NJ’s only academic pediatric medical campus alongside Rutgers Child Health Institute and the PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital. A dedicated pediatric teaching facility, BMSCH offers the highest levels of pediatric care available in a family-centered healing environment.
It is one of only two programs in NJ to offer Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation or ECMO in its Level 3 Regional Neonatology Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. BMSCH is home to a robust Child Life Program and is committed to family-centered care.
To learn about the hospital's standards of excellence, visit our Awards and Accreditations page.
