Newark Beth Israel Med Center

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About Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center a 673bed regional care teaching hospital established in 1901 provides comprehensive health care services to its local communities and is a major referral and treatment center for patients throughout the northern New Jersey metropolitan area

With more than 800 physicians 3200 employees and 150 volunteers the Medical Center has over 300000 outpatient visits and 25000 admissions annually It is one of two hospitals in New Jersey where heart transplants are performed and the only hospital in New Jersey certified to perform lung transplants

The Medical Center has New Jerseys most comprehensive Robotic Surgery Center the States first accredited Sleep Disorders Center one of the largest electrophysiology programs in New Jersey kidney transplantation the largest hospitalbased dental program in New Jersey and The Saint Barnabas Heart Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center which offers the best in cardiology services and cardiac surgery programs

The hospital also offers the nationally recognized Pacemaker amp Defibrillator Center Frederick B Cohen MD Comprehensive Cancer and Blood Disorder Center The Center for Geriatric Health Care and a Regional Perinatal Center offering the highest quality maternity care for both normal and highrisk pregnancies

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is also home to Childrens Hospital of New Jersey the states premier childrens health facility Childrens Hospital provides stateoftheart care in nearly 30 pediatric subspecialties Treating ill and injured children from newborn to adolescent years Childrens Hospital also initiates preventive programs that promote wellness in the community

As a hospital devoted only to children Childrens Hospital provides an atmosphere of caring and warmth that compliments the extraordinary medical care that is delivered by medical and surgical specialists who are all dedicated exclusively to childrens health Among the hospitals comprehensive inpatient and outpatient pediatric services are a statedesignated Regional Perinatal Center Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Pediatric Emergency Department neonatal Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SIDSApnea Center Valerie Fund Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with New Jerseys only ECMO unit HIVAIDS treatment for children and a spina bifida program A 19bed critical care unit expanded Child Life programs meditation areas and a resource room for parents are also part of the Childrens Hospital