"As one of the nation's premier medical education centers, Hackensack is excited to be joining others in our state whose mission it is to promote the future of quality health care in New Jersey," said John P. Ferguson, President and CEO, Hackensack University Medical Center.
Hackensack University Medical Center, a 775-bed teaching and research hospital affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -- New Jersey Medical School, is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey.
Founded in 1888 with 12 beds and as Bergen County's first hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center has demonstrated more than a century of growth and progress. Hackensack University Medical Center is Bergen County's largest employer with a work force of more than 7,200 employees and an annual budget of $1 billion. The more than 1,400 physicians and dentists on the medical and dental staff represent the full spectrum of specialties and subspecialties. Hackensack University Medical Center offers one of the region's most modern campuses, which is continually updated and expanded to incorporate emerging clinical approaches, medicine, and technologies. On this campus, hundreds of specialized programs and services are delivered.
"Saint Peter's commitment to quality medical education and advanced practices will be well served by our membership in the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals," said Alfred Glover, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saint Peter's University Hospital.
For a century, Saint Peter's University Hospital has been serving the
health care needs of central New Jersey. From its incorporation in 1908,
Saint Peter's has grown to become a technologically-advanced, 478-bed
teaching hospital, sponsored by th
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