Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Care at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Leading Cardiac Center in the Heart of the New York/New Jersey Metro Area

Newark Beth Israel BuildingNewark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC) is a 665-bed community-based teaching hospital located in Newark, New Jersey that serves patients throughout the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania area.

We are a quaternary level cardiac care center, which means we provide the most advanced and highly specialized treatments available in New Jersey. Other hospitals refer their patients with complex care needs to us.

A regional leader in cardiovascular surgery, computed tomography (CT) imaging, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and minimally invasive procedures to treat vascular disease, we provide expert and compassionate care in a technology-rich environment.

Whether you have heart disease or any type of vascular or thoracic disorder, we are here for you. Our multidisciplinary teams are comprised of cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, vascular surgeons, anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, perfusionists and echocardiographers, technicians, vascular technologists, pharmacists and ancillary staff. We are ready to take care of you.

An Academic Medical Center

As major teaching partners of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey (our pediatric hospital) provide graduate medical education in cardiovascular diagnosis, interventional cardiology, heart failure electrophysiology, computed tomography (CT) surgery, vascular surgery and pulmonary critical care medicine.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center participates in a variety of clinical trials and studies to bring leading-edge treatments to our patients and to advance science and medicine in the field.

Advanced Technology and the Latest Treatments

Technological advancements improve medicine and patient outcomes. Using new equipment, techniques and devices, we offer state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment options.

We have equipment that uses artificial intelligence to evaluate symptoms of heart disease (fractional flow reserve – computed tomography, or FFR-CT), for example. Our doctors use sophisticated, minimally invasive techniques to implant tiny devices that help regulate blood flow and prevent heart attacks and strokes. And we are renowned for our heart transplant surgery services.

Why Choose Us for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Care?

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has:

  • NJ’s most comprehensive heart center at one of the world’s best hospitals
  • One of the top 15 heart transplant centers in the United States
  • New Jersey’s only Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Program, offering mechanical circulatory support
  • A robust ventricular assist device (VAD) program for heart failure patients as a destination and bridge to transplant
  • One of the busiest, most technologically advanced cardiovascular catheterization labs in New Jersey
  • An Advanced Cardiac Imaging Center
  • An Arrhythmia Center focused on regulating patients’ irregular heart rhythms
  • One of the first noninvasive vascular diagnostic laboratories in New Jersey
  • The Children’s Hospital of New Jersey’s Children’s Heart Center, which offers treatments for the most complex pediatric cardiac conditions
  • An affiliated Rutgers medical education program for cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists and vascular surgeons

Nationally Recognized Team of Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Specialists

Our dedicated congenital pediatric cardiology team, adult structural heart team and our nurses registered in critical care are highly skilled and trained in advanced critical care nursing practice. Our specialists are well versed in caring for patients with severe heart disease, artery blockages and aneurysms. We have sophisticated circulatory machines to keep our patients’ blood flowing regularly while their hearts or lungs heal. And we have six decades of experience treating vascular disease.

We deliver comprehensive and compassionate care using evidence-based guidelines, as well as leading-edge diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and therapies.

Our experienced specialists in interventional and structural cardiology, peripheral vascular occlusive and aneurysmal disease, and cardiac electrophysiology perform more than 3,000 procedures each year using the newest equipment, techniques and devices for diagnosing and treating structural heart and vascular disease.

IAC Accredited Facility - Vascular Testing American College of Radiology Breast Center of Excellence Joint Commission

Becker's Healthcare Great Heart Programs Badge 2023

Award-Winning and Accredited Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Care

As an award-winning cardiovascular and thoracic hospital serving residents throughout New Jersey, the New York metropolitan area, Pennsylvania and the Eastern seaboard, NBIMC is a center of excellence. In addition, NBIMC is listed as a World’s Best Hospital in Newsweek magazine and earned an “A” Hospital Safety Score by the Leapfrog Group.

NBIMC’s Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Services provide patients and their families with the most comprehensive and compassionate care, as reflected in the numerous awards and recognitions collected over the years.

Becker’s Hospital Review

RWJBarnabas Health has been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review’s “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Heart Programs" for 2023. Health Care organizations included on the list are renowned for their exemplary heart care, patient outcomes and leading technologies.

The Joint Commission

This global driver of quality improvement and patient safety in health care helps organizations across the continuum of care lead the way to zero harm. NBIMC has earned:

  • Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation
  • Survey for Disease-Specific Recertification in:
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Ventricular Assist Device

American Heart Association

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center received the Get with the Guidelines Gold Award for Resuscitation from 2017 to 2022 for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer cardiac arrests in the hospital. Guidelines include following protocols for patient safety, medical emergency team response, effective and timely cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and post-resuscitation care.

Intersocietal Accreditation Commission

This nonprofit, nationally-recognized accrediting organization was founded by medical professionals to advance the appropriate utilization, standardization and quality of diagnostic imaging and intervention-based procedures. NBIMC has earned accreditations for:

  • Echocardiography facility (Cardiac Non-Invasive, Adult Transesophageal, Adult Transthoracic, Adult Stress)
  • Vascular Testing facility (Extracranial Cerebrovascular, Peripheral Artery, Peripheral Venous, Visceral Vascular)

American College of Cardiology

We have been accredited by the American College of Cardiology. NBIMC aligns with its mission and vision which is to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health through innovation and knowledge. Our accreditation refers to:

  • Diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention
  • Transcatheter valve therapy procedures
  • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and pacemaker procedures
  • Pediatric and adult congenital treatment procedures
  • Left atrial appendage occlusion procedures

American College of Radiology

NBIMC received a Nuclear Cardiology Accreditation by the Committee on Nuclear Medicine Accreditation of the Commission on Quality and Safety. NBIMC follows its mission of serving patients and society by advancing the practice and science of radiological care through integrity, excellence, leadership and transparency.

Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

NBIMC is on the National Cardiovascular Data Registry of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) which is the only professional medical society in the US dedicated solely to interventional cardiology.

State-of-the-Art Care

Technological advancements improve medicine and patient outcomes. Using new equipment, techniques and devices, we offer state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment options. As a state and national leader in cardiac and vascular care, we offer:

  • Advanced cardiac imaging — fractional flow reserve – computed tomography (FFR-CT)
  • Comprehensive pediatric cardiology
  • A cardiac surgery center
  • On-staff adult and pediatric congenital heart specialists
  • A comprehensive and well-developed ventricular assist device (VAD) program for heart failure patients as a destination and bridge to transplant
  • A quaternary care center that offers the highest level of specialized cardiac care and accepts patient referrals from hospitals that do not provide these services

We also serve as a training center for the state’s and nation’s best cardiologists and interventional cardiologists.

As one of the most active research centers, we participate in a variety of clinical trials and studies.

Our cardiology, vascular surgery and cardiothoracic surgery fellows train in Rutgers Health-sponsored graduate medical education programs.

Access to the Latest Medical and Clinical Research

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers University have partnered together to create the state’s largest academic health care system dedicated to providing high-quality patient care, leading-edge research and world-class health and medical education that will transform and advance health care in New Jersey.

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Delivering Advanced Cardiovascular and Thoracic Care Right Here in New Jersey

For decades, RWJBarnabas Health has delivered advanced cardiovascular and thoracic care, pioneering breakthrough techniques that have revolutionized the field. Our multidisciplinary team of experts provide comprehensive, compassionate care. Learn more about our programs and specialties, which include diagnosis, treatment, and continued support for people living with cardiovascular and thoracic conditions.

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Patient Stories

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