2005
The New McMullen Children’s Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center Opens
The Department of Pediatrics opens its new state-of-the-art $8 million John and Jacqueline McMullen Children’s Center. The new center centralizes existing pediatric services within expanded areas of the hospital and offers the latest technologies, family-friendly lounges and lobbies, new exam and treatment rooms, a parent overnight room and sibling play areas.
Accredited Chest Pain Center
Saint Barnabas Medical Center becomes one of seven Saint Barnabas Health Care System acute care hospitals designated as an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
The First in New Jersey to Offer TomoTherapy
The Cancer Centers of Saint Barnabas become the first in New Jersey to offer TomoTherapy, a revolutionary new radiation treatment for cancer patients that uses 3D imagery to measure the size, density and contours of a tumor.
State's First Paired Kidney Exchange
The Saint Barnabas Renal and Pancreas Transplant program at Saint Barnabas performed New Jersey's first paired kidney exchange. The hospital's Living Donation Kidney Exchange Program involves the matching and exchange of kidneys between donor/recipient pairs that are compatible with each other.
