Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hosp

Description

One of the nations leading academic medical centers Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital provides stateoftheart care across the full range of health care services Specialties include cardiac care from screening to heart surgery and transplantation cancer care emergency medicine pediatrics and maternalfetal medicine

History

History
A Vision Bring a community hospital to a suburban setting in Hamilton Those were the thoughts of a few local leaders who dared to undertake this monumental task of making this vision a reality They were dedicated to building a dream and strengthening a community

In 1971 At the hospitals dedication ceremony New Jerseys Commissioner of Health shared with the audience quotYou now have a beautiful building now you have to build a hospitalquot And so they did knowing that a medical facility no matter how modern is only as good as the men and women who staff it

Today Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton shares its proud history having grown into a comprehensive community hospital offering a wide range of services

Through the Years

2007 Opened the Lakefront Tower adding 64 private patient rooms for maternity medicalsurgical and orthopedic units

2002 Opened the Cancer Institute of New Jersey Hamilton the countys only cancer center built beyond the hospital walls

2001 Opened the north tower providing a new emergency department and intensivecritical care areas Established the Grounds for Healing an innovative partnership with the internationallyrecognized Grounds for Sculpture and The Sculpture Foundation to promote the healing of mind body and spirit

1996 Opened the Women and Infants Pavilion home to the maternal child health program RWJ Hamilton became an affiliate of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey establishing The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Hamilton

1995 Opened the Outpatient Services Building The ambulatory center provides outpatient testing and treatment including a sameday surgery center

1994 Hamilton Hospital became part of the Robert Wood Johnson Network and System The hospital changed its name to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton

1985 Lakeview Child Center opened its first of seven facilities on the hospital campus to provide childcare services for hospital employees

1971 Hamilton Hospital opened after moving Trenton General Hospital to a new 43acre suburban campus in Hamilton Township

1941 Trenton General Hospital was founded