About Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Center, a 803-bed nonprofit teaching and research hospital, was Bergen County’s first hospital founded in 1888.
- Hackensack University Medical Center is the #1 hospital in New Jersey, #4 in the New York-New Jersey Metro Area, and is the only hospital in New Jersey ranked #1 for both adult and children's care by U.S. News & World Report 2026-2027
- Hackensack University Medical Center has the best cancer program in New Jersey, and #6 in the New York-New Jersey Metro Area by U.S. News & World Report 2026-2027
- At #38 nationally, Hackensack University Medical Center has the only nationally ranked cancer program in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report 2026-2027
- Hackensack University Medical Center ranks among the top 10% of hospitals nationally for Cancer, Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery, and Urology by U.S. News & World Report 2026-2027
- Hackensack Meridian Health has more nationally ranked specialties than any other health network in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report 2026-2027
- Hackensack University Medical Center is recognized as 'Nationally High Performing' in 22 procedures and conditions, reflecting excellence in care across a broad spectrum of specialties
- First hospital in New Jersey and third in the nation to become a Magnet®-recognized hospital for nursing excellence, receiving its seventh consecutive designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2024.
- Home to facilities such as the Heart & Vascular Hospital; and the Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which houses the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital and the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital