The Record Special Sections Health Quarterly 07-28-2019 | Page 12

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Hackensack
University Medical
Center Unveils
Patient Pavilion to
Transform Campus
HEALTH QUARTERLY / ADVERTISING SECTION
H
ackensack Meridian Health
Hackensack University
Medical Center is transform-
ing its campus with the con-
struction of a new, state-of-the-art
patient pavilion along Second Street
in Hackensack. With a gross square
footage of 530,000 square feet
(438,000 usable square feet), the building will feature
nine floors of cutting-edge technology and a superior
design to provide patients and families with world-class
acute care, while enhancing comfort and privacy.
“This large-scale, innovative project will truly trans-
form the Hackensack University Medical Center campus,
preparing us to effectively meet the growing needs of our
patients and the communities we serve,” said Robert C.
Garrett, FACHE, CEO, Hackensack Meridian Health. “As
Bergen County’s first hospital and the largest provider of
inpatient and outpatient services in the state, Hackensack
University Medical Center has always set the standard for
excellence in health care. This is a major investment to
elevate our best-in-class health care services and modern-
ize our facilities to ensure we are providing patients the
world-class, cutting-edge care they deserve.”
Hackensack University Medical Center is prioritizing the
enhancement of the patient experience and will privatize
and modernize all patient rooms over the next decade.
The new pavilion, dedicated to improving patient care,
is the first step and will feature 24 new operating rooms,
new and improved Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, as
well as three floors of private patient rooms. In addition,
the building will include:
! New Second Street entrance/visitor lobby
! Visitor center
! Central sterile processing department
! 24 operating rooms including an intraoperative MRI
! 50 ICU beds
! Shell space for an additional 25 ICUs
! 1 00 medical-surgical beds
! 50-bed Orthopedic Institute
“This innovative project reflects our network’s deep
commitment to better serving the needs of patients and
families,” said Gordon N. Litwin, Esq., chair, Hackensack
Meridian Health Board of Trustees. “This new pavilion will
provide an enhanced patient experience, while preserving
the privacy, respect and dignity our patients and families
deserve. Our patients are at the heart of the work we do,
and we will continue to pursue groundbreaking initiatives
that advance the network’s world-class, patient- and family-
centered care well into the future.”
Hackensack University Medical Center is the primary
teaching site for the Hackensack Meridian School of
Medicine at Seton Hall University.
RENDERING COURTESY OF HACKENSACK/MERIDIAN
Expected to be completed in 2022 at a cost of $714 million, the new state-of-the-art patient pavilion at Hackensack
University Medical Center will feature modern surgical suites and three floors of private patient rooms.
Hackensack Meridian Health
Children’s Hospitals Earn Top Rankings
T
he 13th annual Best Children’s
Hospital rankings by U.S.
News & World Report, the
global authority in hospital
rankings and consumer advice, has
ranked the combined cancer program
at Hackensack Meridian Health’s
two children’s hospitals – Joseph M.
Sanzari Children’s Hospital and K.
Hovnanian Children’s Hospital – #44
in the U.S. and the only cancer program
in New Jersey to be ranked among the
top 50 in the nation. In addition, the
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital
is ranked #49 and the only children’s
hospital in New Jersey to be ranked in
Neurology and Neurosurgery.
“The U.S. News & World Report
Best Hospital rankings underscore
the high-quality patient care the
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital
and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital
consistently deliver to our patients
and their families,” said Robert C.
Garrett, CEO, Hackensack Meridian
Health. “I congratulate Judy Aschner,
M.D., clinical director, Children’s Care
Transformation Service, Hackensack
Meridian Health and physician in chief
at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s
Hospital; Alfred P. Gillio, M.D., direc-
tor of the Children’s Cancer Institute
at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s
Hospital, who administers the cancer
program at both children’s hospitals;
and Jessica
Scerbo, M.D.,
section chief,
Pediatric
Hematology/
Oncology at
K. Hovnanian
Children’s
Hospital for
the integrated
cancer care our children’s hospitals
offer to patients and their families.”
The 13th
annual Best
Children’s
Hospitals rank-
ings recognize
the top 50
pediatric faci-
lities across
the U.S. in 10
pediatric spe-
cialties. The
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital
is the only children’s hospital in New
Jersey to rank in more than one
subspecialty in the 13th annual Best
Children’s Hospital rankings.
“We are extremely proud of our
physicians and team members who
demonstrate day after day their
dedication to the world-class care
they provide and are committed to
offering patients more options and
innovative treatments,” said Mark
D. Sparta, FACHE, president and
chief hospital executive, Hackensack
University Medical Center and execu-
tive vice president, Population Health,
Hackensack Meridian Health.
“Our team remains committed
to delivering the highest level of
patient- and family-centered care,”
said Judy Aschner, M.D., clinical direc-
tor, Children’s Care Transformation
Service, Hackensack Meridian Health
and physician in chief, Joseph M.
Sanzari Children’s Hospital. “We are
proud of this national recognition of
the state-of-the-art medical and sur-
gical care delivered by the Neurology
and Neurosurgery teams, led by
Ariel Sherbany, M.D., Ph.D., and of
all the many pediatric subspecialties
and team members throughout the
Children’s Hospital that contribute to
the healing environment and excellent
outcomes for our pediatric patients.”
U.S. News introduced the Best
Children’s Hospitals rankings in 2007
to help families of children with rare
or life-threatening illnesses find the
best medical care available.
The Children’s Cancer Institute is
home to Tackle Kids Cancer, a philan-
thropic initiative dedicated to finding
a cure for pediatric cancer. Funds
raised via Tackle Kids Cancer support
pediatric cancer research and innova-
tive patient care programs.