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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. It was also the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation to become a Magnet®-recognized hospital for nursing excellence, receiving its sixth consecutive designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The academic flagship of the Hackensack Meridian Health network, Hackensack University Medical Center is Nationally-Ranked by U.S. News & World Report 2022-2023 in four specialties, more than any other hospital in New Jersey. The hospital is home to the state's only nationally-ranked Urology and Neurology & Neurosurgery programs, as well as the best Cardiology & Heart Surgery program. It also offers patients nationally-ranked Orthopedic care and one of the state’s premier Cancer Centers (John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center). Hackensack University Medical Center also ranked as High-Performing in conditions such as Acute Kidney Failure, Heart Attack (AMI), Heart Failure, Pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Diabetes and Stroke. As well as High Performing in procedures like Aortic Valve Surgery, Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG), Colon Cancer Surgery, Lung Cancer Surgery, Prostate Cancer Surgery, Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement. Named to Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2023 list, Hackensack University Medical Center is also the recipient of the 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ by Healthgrades as well as an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. This award-winning care is provided on a campus that is 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 and top 20 in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Children’s Hospital Report. Additionally, the children’s nephrology program ranks in the top 50 in the United States. Hackensack University Medical Center is also home to the Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center and is listed on the Green Guide’s list of Top 10 Green Hospitals in the U.S. Our comprehensive clinical research portfolio includes studies focused on precision medicine, translational medicine, immunotherapy, cell therapy, and vaccine development. The hospital has embarked on the largest healthcare expansion project ever approved by the state: Construction of the Helena Theurer Pavilion, a 530,000-sq.-ft., nine-story building, which began in 2019. A $714.2 million endeavor, the pavilion is one the largest healthcare capital projects in New Jersey and will house 24 state-of-the-art operating rooms with intraoperative MRI capability, 50 ICU beds, and 175 medical/surgical beds including a 50 room Musculoskeletal Institute.
Latest from John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center
John Theurer Cancer Center Investigators Report Poor Colorectal Cancer Biomarker Testing Rates
Investigators at John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey are the first to report poor adherence to genomic profiling guidelines for four biomarkers of metastatic colorectal cancer used to predict response to therapy, choose the most effective treatment, and improve outcomes — showing that only 40% of patients had their tumors tested.
Dr. Goy on Preliminary Data With Ibrutinib/Venetoclax in Relapsed/Refractory MCL
January 14th 2020Andre H. Goy, MD, MS, chief, Division of Lymphoma, chairman and director, John Theurer Cancer Center, discusses preliminary data with the combination of ibrutinib (Imbruvica) and venetoclax (Venclexta) in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Dr. Hellmann on Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Endometrial Cancer
December 19th 2019Mira Hellmann, MD, gynecologic oncologist and assistant professor, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, discusses the use of sentinel lymph node mapping in patients with endometrial cancer.
Dr. Pecora on Updated MAIA Data in Multiple Myeloma
June 20th 2019Andrew Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE, president physician enterprise, chief innovation officer, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack Meridian Health, discusses the impact age has on the efficacy and safety of daratumumab in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone (DRd) in patients with transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) as part of the MAIA study.
Dr. Pecora on JTCC Joining Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Consortium
May 11th 2019Andrew L. Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE, president of the Physician Services Division and chief innovation officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, discusses John Theurer Cancer Center (JTCC) joining Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Consortium.
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