Awards and Accreditation

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children's Hospital of New Jersey

Becker's Health Care - Hospitals with Great Oncology Programs 2024 designation Becker's Health Care - Hospitals with Great Orthopedic Programs ACC - Transcatheter Valve Certification US News Best Children's Hospitals - Urology Healthgrades America's 50 Best - Cardiac Surgery US News and World Report High Performing Hospital Maternity Care HEI Leader Newsweek World's Best Hospitals 2023 IAC Accredited Facility - Vascular Testing ACS Surgical Quality Partner, MBSAQIP Metabolic and Bariatric Accreditation Newsweek Maternity American Heart Association Leapfrog A HealthGrades Patient Safety Award American College of Radiology Breast Center of Excellence Joint Commission Most Wired

  • American Association of Blood Banks: Accredited Laboratory Services
  • American College of Cardiology: Performance Achievement Award for Cardiac Care, Gold, 2014; Silver, 2017
  • American College of Radiology: Breast Imaging Center of Excellence; Diagnostic Imaging Center Excellence; Designated Lung Cancer Screening Center
  • American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer: Silver Level Accreditation and Commendation
  • American Heart Association: Distinguished Physician-Harvey E. Nussbaum Award, 2017; Mission Lifeline for STEMI, 2011 (bronze); 2012 (silver); 2013-2016 (gold); Get with the Guidelines Gold Award-Heart Failure, 2011-2013; Get with the Guidelines Gold Award-Resuscitation, 2017 - 2022
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology: Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification
  • College of American Pathologists: Accredited Laboratory and Pathology Services
  • College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME): Most Wired
  • Commission on Cancer: Best Comprehensive Cancer Centers
  • Competency & Credentialing Institute: Operating Room nurses recognized as CNOR Strong by CCI
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award 2020
  • Healthgrades: Excellence in Cardiac Surgery 2025
  • Healthgrades: Excellence in Labor and Delivery
  • Healthgrades: Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Healthgrades: Excellence in Surgical Care
  • Healthgrades: Women’s Care Excellence Award 2018
  • Health Resources & Services Administration: Platinum for Organ Donation
  • Hospitals & Health Networks: Most Wired Hospital for using information technology to connect with patients, 2015 - 2020
  • Human Rights Campaign Foundation: Leader in LGBTQ Health Care Equality, 2018 - 2022
  • Intersocietal Accreditation Commission: Echocardiography facility (Cardiac Non-Invasive, Adult Transesophageal, Adult Transthoracic, Adult Stress); Vascular Testing facility (Extracranial Cerebrovascular, Peripheral Artery, Peripheral Venous, Visceral Vascular)
  • Joint Commission: Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation; Survey for Disease Specific Recertification: Acute Coronary Syndrome, Congestive Heart Failure, Stroke, Ventricular Assist Device
  • Leapfrog Group: “A” Grade for Safety and Quality, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020
  • Leapfrog Group: Best Hospitals for Maternity Care
  • Leapfrog Group: Top Teaching Hospital
  • Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) as a Comprehensive Center for Adults and Adolescents
  • Modern Health Care: Best Places to Work, 2018
  • Newsweek Magazine: Named a Best Maternity Care Hospital, 2019, 2020
  • Newsweek Magazine: Recognized as a World’s Best Hospital, 2019-2023
  • New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services: Designated Primary Stroke Center
  • New Jersey Hospital Association HRET Award: The Beth Garden, 2012; Health Care Professional of the Year Award, 2012-2013 and 2016-2017
  • NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders): Exemplar Hospital designation for commitment to elder care excellence, 2015-2020
  • Achieved Level 10 Most Wired recognition from CHIME in 2024
  • NJBIZ: 2020 Top 50 Hospitals list; Physician of the Year Health Care Hero, 2015; Education Hero, 2017; ICON Award, 2019
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ HRSA Workplace Partnership for Life: Platinum Recognition for raising organ and tissue donation awareness, 2016 - 2020
  • For the third consecutive year, Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, together with The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, McMullen Children’s Center at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, and Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, is nationally ranked in the U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals 2025-2026 awards for Urology #48 (tie).
  • U.S. News & World Report: Rated High Performing for treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Heart Failure 2016; Cardiology and Heart Surgery 2020; Pulmonology and Lung Surgery 2020
  • Washington Monthly Magazine Top 50 Best Major Teaching Hospital in U.S.



Patient Stories

  • “You are transforming the lives of people who feel lost because of their weight. I’ve found the joy of living again.”

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  • “So many people are waiting for organs, and becoming a donor has only made my life better,” she says. “Being able to give Carlos the gift of life is a blessing, and I hope our story inspires others to do the same.”

    Carlos
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  • When Gerald Corrado developed a rare swallowing disorder called achalasia, a highly specialized procedure called POEM helped his esophagus empty its contents.

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