About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), part of RWJBarnabas Health, is
New Jersey’s largest academic medical enter through its partnership
with Rutgers University and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
(RWJMS). The 700+ bed adult hospital includes the newly opened
Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center and the nationally ranked 100+bed
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH). Our academic medical campus is among the busiest in the region, offering
the highest levels of care in
cardiovascular medicine, heart,
kidney and pancreas transplantation,
cancer care,
neuroscience,
orthopedics,
bariatric surgery,
women’s health and pediatrics. The Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center is New Jersey’s
only freestanding cancer hospital and together with Rutgers Cancer Institute
is the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive
Cancer Center, providing patients access to the most advanced cancer treatments
including clinical trials, cellular therapies, complex surgical procedures
and sophisticated radiation therapy techniques in a stunning patient-centered
facility designed to inspire hope and promote healing.
Our comprehensive cancer services include advanced cancer therapy for adults and children, including bone marrow transplantation, Car-T cell therapy, the Laurie Proton Therapy Center, Gamma Knife technology and access to the latest clinical trials.
As one of the top nursing programs, RWJUH has achieved Magnet Recognition® for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center six consecutive times. RWJUH is also the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Press Ganey Human Experience NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality in the Academic Medical Center category, recognizing our commitment to providing exceptional patient care and nursing practice.
A
Level 1 Trauma Center and the first designated
Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH serves as a national resource in its groundbreaking
approaches to emergency preparedness. RWJUH is also expanding its surgical
services by adding 23 new state-of-the-art operating rooms, the state’s
only intraoperative MRI, a fully automated central sterile processing
center and a
54-bed pre- and post-anesthesia unit with all private rooms.
In spring of 2025, RWJUH opened the Ambulatory Medical Pavilion in partnership with top academic faculty from RWJMS as part of RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group. It features 13 floors of outpatient specialty care, including Heart and Vascular, Neurology and Neurosurgery, ENT, Gastroenterology and Plastic Surgery from the region’s top specialists.
Nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals in Urology, BMSCH is part of the Children’s Health Network of RWJBarnabas Health and the hub of NJ’s only academic pediatric medical campus alongside Rutgers Child Health Institute and the PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital. A dedicated pediatric teaching facility, BMSCH offers the highest levels of pediatric care available in a family-centered healing environment.
It is one of only two programs in NJ to offer Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation or ECMO in its Level 3 Regional Neonatology Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. In 2025, BMSCH unveiled its new Children’s Same Day Services center, a modern outpatient facility designed to provide comfortable and private care for young patients who need regular, non-oncologic infusion therapies and light sedation procedures. BMSCH provides inpatient care for children receiving treatment for cancer, including bone marrow transplantation and CAR-T therapy, and is directly linked to children’s cancer care at the Morris Cancer Center in its Jersey Shore-themed facility for outpatient services.
To learn about the hospital's standards of excellence, visit our Awards and Accreditations page.
