Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital | |
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RWJBarnabas Health | |
Geography | |
Location | New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States |
Coordinates | 40°29′42″N 74°27′04″W / 40.494957°N 74.451098°WCoordinates: 40°29′42″N 74°27′04″W / 40.494957°N 74.451098°W |
Organization | |
Hospital type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
Beds | 100 |
Speciality | Pediatrics |
History | |
Founded | 1997 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.bmsch.org |
Lists | Hospitals in New Jersey |
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a freestanding 105-bed, pediatric acute care facility adjacent to RWJUH. It is affiliated with both Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital, and is a member of RWJBarnabas Health. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to pediatric patients throughout New Jersey. It is a pediatric level I trauma center and its regional pediatric and neonatal intensive-care units serve the Central New Jersey region.
In 2007, Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH was joined by the PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital and the Child Health Institute of New Jersey to create the first pediatric medical campus in New Jersey, with pediatric acute care, rehabilitation, and research were combined on one campus.
In 2015, The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH was named the world’s first "Adolescent Center of Excellence for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.”
The hospital was ranked “#1 Children’s Specialty” hospital in the national rankings of best hospitals put out by US News. It is also ranked 39 nationally in the field of pediatric urology, also by the U.S. News and World Report.