In a region that boasts more world-class hospitals per square mile than anywhere in the world, Hackensack University Medical Center is among its elite. U.S. News & World Report’s new rankings of the nation’s finest hospitals placed HackensackUMC fourth out of the 184 hospitals in the New York metropolitan area, and #1 in New Jersey.
HackensackUMC is pushing medicine further than ever before, receiving additional national rankings in eight specialties: Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Ear, Nose & Throat, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, and Urology.
Discover how one of the nation’s top hospitals can help you. To meet with one our world class physicians please call (855) 996-WELL (9355).
Past Awards and Recognitions
We’re proud to highlight a few of the awards HackensackUMC has earned:
Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals™ 2013 (seven consecutive years) - HackensackUMC is the only hospital in NJ, NY and New England to be named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals seven years in row, and one of only two hospitals in New York-Northern New Jersey to achieve this distinction
2013 Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ - 11 Consecutive Years – the only hospital in NJ, NY and New England to win this award 11 years in a row
HealthGrades® America’s Best 100 Hospitals™ top 100 hospitals in 10 different areas – more than any other hospital in the nation: Cardiac Care; Coronary Intervention; Pulmonary Care; Orthopedic Surgery; Joint Replacement; Stroke Care; Prostatectomy; Gastrointestinal Care; General Surgery; and Critical Care.
U.S. News & World Report: ranked as the number one hospital in New Jersey and the fourth Best Hospital in the New York metro area in 2012
U.S. News & World Report 2012: eight national rankings in: Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery; Ear, Nose & Throat; Gastroenterology; Geriatrics; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Orthopedics; and Urology
U.S. News & World Report 2012: four high-performing rankings in the New York metro area in: Diabetes & Endocrinology; Gynecology; Nephrology; and Pulmonology
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital - top 25 Best Children’s Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2012-13 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings - two years in a row - the first hospital in New Jersey to be ranked in any Best Children’s Hospitals specialty
The Leapfrog Group – the only hospital in New Jersey to be listed among The Leapfrog Group’s Top Hospitals List for three consecutive years
The Leapfrog Group – Grade “A” Patient Safety Rating
2012 NJBIZ NJ’s Top Research Centers
HealthGrades® Emergency Medicine Excellence Award™ for the second consecutive year 2011-2012
HealthGrades® 2012 Women’s Health Excellence Award™
CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ Accreditation
Becker's Hospital Review "70 Hospitals With Great Oncology Programs" list
100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare according to Becker’s Hospital Review and Becker’s ASC Review
Becker’s Hospital Review one of the nation’s 100 great hospitals of 2012
Becker’s Hospital Review - 50 top grossing hospitals in the United States #14
American Alliance of Healthcare Providers “AAHCP”, 100 top hospitals Hospital of Choice Awards for the spring quarter
Becker's Hospital Review "101 Hospitals with Great Orthopedic Programs"
Becker’s Hospital Review listed HackensackUMC’s Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital as one of its “100 Hospitals with Great Women’s Health Programs”
John Theurer Cancer Center recipient of the 2012 New Good Neighbor Award from the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) and New Jersey Business Magazine.
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Gold Plus Achievement Award
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Designation on the Target: Stroke Honor Roll