About Hackensack University Medical Center
- 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.
- The academic flagship of the Hackensack Meridian Health Network
- First hospital in New Jersey to be ranked among the Top 20 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report 2025-2026.
- #1 hospital in the New York–New Jersey metro area by U.S. News & World Report 2025-2026
- NJ’s only nationally ranked hospital by U.S. News & World Report 2025-2026 in Pulmonology, Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Cancer, Ear Nose Throat
- Nationally ranked in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery, Urology
- Home to the John Theurer Cancer Center, New Jersey’s only nationally ranked cancer center by U.S. News & World Report, ranked among the top 50 cancer centers nationwide.
- 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, ranked #1 in the state in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 Best Children’s Hospital Report.
Awards and Accreditation
- Hackensack University Medical Center is ranked #1 in N.J. by the annual U.S. News & World Report 2024-2025 Best Hospital rankings - the only N.J. hospital with the #1 adult and children’s hospital rankings.
- Hackensack University Medical Center has been named to the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll as one of the top 20 hospitals in the nation, the first hospital in New Jersey to achieve such a ranking.
- #1 hospital in the New York–New Jersey metro area by U.S. News & World Report 2025-2026
- New Jersey’s only nationally ranked hospital by U.S. News & World Report 2025-2026 in Pulmonology, Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Cancer, Ear Nose Throat
- Nationally ranked in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery, Urology
- Home to the John Theurer Cancer Center, New Jersey’s only nationally ranked cancer center by U.S. News & World Report, ranked among the top 50 cancer centers nationwide.
- 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.
- Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, ranked #1 in the state and ranked top 50 in the nation for pediatric diabetes and endocrinology, pediatric and adolescent behavioral health, and urology by U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 Best Children’s Hospital Report.
- Recognized by U.S. News & World Report for 22 High Performing procedures and conditions, including: Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, Aortic valve surgery, Back surgery (spinal fusion), Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Colon cancer surgery, Diabetes, Gynecological cancer surgery, Heart arrhythmia, Heart attack, Heart bypass surgery, Heart failure, Hip fracture, Hip replacement, Kidney failure, Knee replacement, Leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, Lung cancer surgery, Pacemaker implantation, Pneumonia, Prostate cancer surgery, Stroke, and Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).