AHP 2007 Online Guide to Giving U.S. Institutions Hackensack University Medical Center

Founded in 1888 with 12 beds and as Bergen County, New Jersey's first hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) has demonstrated more than a century of growth and progress. Now a 683-bed, not-for-profit, tertiary-care, teaching and research hospital that serves patients from northern New Jersey and New York, HUMC continues to grow in response to the needs of the communities it serves.

SPECIALIZATION: As a major affiliate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry - New Jersey Medical College and a member of the N. J. Council of Teaching Hospitals, HUMC is the largest hospital in New Jersey with over 1,400 physicians and dentists on staff. HUMC is a state-designated Children's Hospital, Level III Regional Perinatal Center, Regional Diagnostic Center for Child Abuse and Neglect (The Audrey Hepburn Children's House), and a Level II Trauma Center.

HUMC is home to one of the largest ambulatory facilities in the country. Hackensack University Medical Plaza is a nine-story, 276,000 square foot facility that houses physician offices and medical center programs, including the Center for Ambulatory Surgery, The Cancer Center, and The Betty Torricelli Institute for Breast Care.

The Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center is also home to New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive cancer program containing 14 specialized divisions. As New Jersey's largest ambulatory cancer center, it offers both inpatient and outpatient programs. Each year, more patients from our state come here than to any other facility in New Jersey for cancer care.

HUMC is one of only 50 programs in the nation and the only one in New Jersey designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Community Clinical Oncology Program. Our Cancer Center's physicians initiate and collaborate on important research studies and clinical treatment trials with international and national research partners, developing new treatment protocols and searching for a cure for all types of cancer.

FUTURE GOALS: In 2002, Hackensack University Medical Center entered the planning stages of a $225 million facilities expansion. That same year, the medical center's Foundation launched Phase I of a comprehensive $100 million campaign in support of this five-year capital project. Phase I included the completion of The Women's & Children's Pavilion and The Audrey Hepburn Children's House at a cost of $125 million. Over $60 million has been pledged. In December 2007, Hackensack University Medical Center will dedicate the new, 320,000 square foot, state-of-the-art Sarkis Gabrellian Women's & Children's Pavilion. This pavilion will house The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, The Donna A. Sanzari Women's Hospital, and The Mark Messier Skyway for Tomorrows Children. The world's first Audrey Hepburn Children's House was dedicated in 2002 and is a state-designated Regional Diagnostic Center for Child Abuse and Neglect.

The Sarkis Gabrellian Women's & Children's Pavillion Dedication, December 2007

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