Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset

Description:
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, an RWJBarnabas Health Facility, is a 600-bed academic medical center that serves as the principal teaching hospital of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the flagship Cancer Hospital of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Its Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, stroke care, neuroscience, orthopedics, bariatric surgery and women’s and children’s care including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.bmsch.org). A Level 1 Trauma Center and the first designated Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH’s New Brunswick campus serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness.

Mission:
To improve the health and well-being of the patients and communities we serve by:
• Fostering an environment of excellence in all areas including the provision of the highest quality, evidenced based patient care in collaboration with the hospital's health care professionals
• Advancing patient care by the diffusion of medical knowledge
• Facilitating medical discovery that improves patient care
• Promoting and engaging in community outreach activities to enhance the health of the residents of our region
• Exhibiting stewardship of all available resources

Vision:
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, in partnership with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, will be a leading, nationally distinguished academic medical center.