RWJBarnabas Health Top Docs 2025

Comprehensive. Academic. Award-Winning

What's better than one US News and World Report ranking? 46 of them.

Our site again recognized for quality of care and reputation by experts nationwide in the 2023-26 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals edition for adult healthcare services. Two hospitals earned recognition as Best Regional Hospitals, ranking in the top ten in New Jersey.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick ranked No. 4 in New Jersey and No. 17 in the region.
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC) in Livingston tied No. 6 in New Jersey and No. 23 in the region.

This year, U.S. News announced that Best Regional Hospitals across 49 states and 95 metro areas that have demonstrated superior outcomes after evaluating more than 4,400 hospitals across 15 adult specialties and 22 procedures and conditions. Only 15 percent of evaluated hospitals earned a Best Hospital designation.

RWJUH was recognized as High Performing in three adult specialties, including Cancer, earned in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Jersey's only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, as well as Orthopedics and Pulmonology & Lung Surgery. This places RWJUH among an elite group, as only 134 hospitals out of approximately 4,500 hospitals recognized as High Performing in adult specialty care are delivering care in the top ten percent of all rated hospitals.

We stand out nationally for excellence thanks to the dedication and skill of our providers.