About Monmouth Medical Center

Academic medical centers offer a unique level of care to their patients and are America’s leading health care institutions and the frontrunners in specialty services, medical research and technology. Monmouth Medical Center is one of New Jersey’s largest academic medical centers and a university-level campus for Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia. The hospital is a vital safety net to the communities it serves. In this academic environment, Monmouth Medical provides the latest in medical technology, procedures and treatments, thereby ensuring patients receive the most up-to-date care. As an academic medical center Monmouth is able to develop innovative technologies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Academic medicine at Monmouth Medical promulgates research that will determine the most cost-effective and efficacious of present therapies to arm future physicians with the tools to reduce human suffering and lower the cost of health care further.

 Monmouth’s reputation as a progressive academic medical center attracts the state’s top physicians who are committed to quality patient care and medical excellence. Monmouth has more than 800 members on its medical and dental staff — trained in primary care medicine, as well as in 60 recognized subspecialties — such as maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, gynecologic oncology, cardiology and pulmonology.  Monmouth also offers access to a host of surgical specialties, including neurosurgery, otolaryngology, plastic, andadvanced reconstructive, and laparoscopic surgeries. From robotic surgery to nerve-transplant surgery, Monmouth Medical Center gives patients access to world-class physicians and procedures to ensure a higher level of expertise and the best outcomes.

Monmouth Medical Center has earned a host of impressive national accreditations and rankings that attest to the hospital’s commitment to excellence, including:

• Monmouth was selected for a Solucient 100 Top Hospitals-Performance Improvement Leaders Award. Monmouth was recognized among 100 top hospitals nationwide for its fastest rate of consistent improvement in better clinical outcomes, patient safety and hospital efficiency.This award program is designed to identify hospital leaders who have instilled a true culture of performance improvement across their organization over five consecutive years.
• Monmouth was the first hospital in the region, and one of only 141 acute hospitals nationwide, to receive full accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
• In a widely acclaimed assessment of select hospitals nationwide, Monmouth was named a “Distinguished Academic Center” among an elite group of the nation’s nine leading teaching hospitals by Press Ganey, the health care industry’s leading independent surveyor of patient satisfaction.
• Monmouth was approved by the New Jersey State Legislative as a Children’s Hospital for Monmouth and Ocean counties and is one of 186 institutions named to the nonprofit National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions, a collective voice for health systems devoted to the well-being of America’s 70 million children and their families.

Monmouth Medical Center,  a 527-bed community teaching hospital, is home to The Children’s Hospital.  Monmouth treats nearly 20,000 adult and pediatric inpatients and performs more than 13,000 surgeries annually. Monmouth handles 370,000 patient visits through its many outpatient departments and ambulatory services, including 46,000 patients who receive acute care through the Emergency Department and Pediatric Emergency Department. Here’s a look at some of the services Monmouth offers to the nearly 1 million residents who comprise its primary service area of Monmouth County and portions of Ocean and Middlesex counties.

The Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center

As a regional leader dedicated to children’s health, The Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center offers the highest level of pediatric care for newborns to adolescents, including leading-edge treatment and specialized expertise that only a comprehensive children’s hospital can provide.. Here you’ll discover a child-friendly, family-focused approach to every aspect of care and a dedication to medical excellence that sets us apart.

The Regional Newborn Center is uniquely equipped to meet the needs of infants born too early or too small, or who require special care or surgery. Monmouth opened the Regional Newborn Center in 1968, becoming the first hospital in New Jersey and the first community hospital in the country to establish a newborn intensive care unit, and today, it is the region’s busiest state-designated Level III neonatal intensive care unit. Monmouth's 26,000-square-foot Mary Stavola Children's Pavilion is the setting for comprehensive care for children from infancy to adolescence, and Monmouth performs the second-highest number of pediatric surgeries in the state — nearly 2,000 inpatient and same-day procedures each year. More than 140 (?) highly qualified pediatric specialists in 30 subspecialties possess the experience, knowledge and technology needed to provide the health care needs of every child. Pediatric subspecialists provide a variety of subspecialty services for children with special needs or chronic illnesses, such as thyroid dysfunction, diabetes, neurological disorders, asthma and other respiratory problems. The Center for Disorders of Insulin and Metabolism specializes in the treatment of diabetes, thyroid conditions and hormone deficiencies in infants, children and adolescents and offers a pediatric obesity program that provides a blame-free, supportive environment to help obese children and their families adopt healthier lifestyles. The Pediatric Pulmonary Program offers the most-advanced diagnostic and treatment capabilities to evaluate infants, children and adolescents with acute and chronic pulmonary disorders and is the only facility in New Jersey and one of only 26 centers in the world with equipment to perform advanced pulmonary testing on infants and toddlers. The Pediatric Gastroenterology Program offers New Jersey’s only support group for children with Irritable Bowel Disease.  The Valerie Fund Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders provides a multidisciplinary approach that combines state of the art medical and psychosocial care to children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders.

Leon Hess Cancer Center at Monmouth

The Leon Hess Cancer Center at Monmouth Medical Center stands at the forefront of providing the most extensive array of highly advanced cancer services, delivered by a team of specialists in a caring and supportive environment. For nearly 40 years, Monmouth Medical Center’s leadership role in oncology services has been broadened through the ongoing expansion of state-of-the-art programs and technologies offered in all areas of cancer prevention, detection and treatment. The center’s Institute for Advanced Radiation Oncology has captured the worldwide spotlight for its pioneering role in the delivery of state-of-the-art cancer therapy, including the most progressive Image Guided Radiation Therapy modules, including TomoTherapy — the most advanced and integrated cancer treatment system available. A revolutionary way to treat cancer with radiation — combining precise 3-D imaging from computerized tomography (CT scanning) with highly targeted radiation beams — TomoTherapy is available at just a handful of hospitals in the nation. Multidisciplinary services of the Leon Hess Cancer Center include the Bernard Fromkin Oncology and Special Care Unit and a host of outpatient oncology services, including the Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center, Patricia Burton High Risk Colorectal Cancer Program, David S. Zocchi Brain Tumor Center, Valerie Fund Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Lung Cancer Center and Head and Neck Cancer Program. Today Monmouth is among just one-fifth of all U.S. hospitals with cancer programs accredited by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons as a "teaching hospital cancer center" — the group's highest designation. Monmouth is a clinical research affiliate of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only site chosen by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for its coveted designation as a clinical cancer center.

Surgical Services

For more than 60 years, Monmouth Medical Center has been a leader in surgical services, earning a statewide reputation for excellence in the field. Throughout its history, the hospital’s highly skilled team of surgeons has quickly adopted the latest surgical innovations — and this pioneering spirit set the stage for bringing the da Vinci® S Surgical System — the next generation of minimally invasive surgeryto the region. Today, The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery at Monmouth Medical Center has brought to the central New Jersey region cutting-edge surgical treatment options for morbid obesity, severe heartburn, benign and malignant colon and kidney disease, and a host of other disorders, Monmouth became the first hospital in Monmouth and Ocean counties to implement the next generation of minimally invasive surgery with the da Vinci® S Surgical System. For same-day surgery, the Cranmer Ambulatory Surgery Center provides a full spectrum of services using the most modern technology available. Designed to accommodate the unique needs of the youngest patients and their parents, the facility includes a full array of amenities specifically designed for children, including a full-time board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist, private pre- and post-operative rooms, a playroom and Child Life Services. 

Today, The Institue for Advanced Surgical Technologies at Monmouth Medical Center has brought to the central New Jersey region cutting-edge surgical treatment options for morbid obesity, severe heartburn, benign and malignant colon and kidney disease, and a host of other disorders. And its Advanced Reconstructive Surgery program is the only one of its kind — offering a multidisciplinary approach to complex reconstructive surgery.

The Cline/ D’Onofrio Emergency Services Pavilion

Monmouth’s Cline/ D’onofrio Emergency Services Pavilion is led by a team of board-certified emergency medicine physicians and consistently ranked among the top 10 ERs in the state and among the top 10 percent in the nation for patient satisfaction. Monmouth’s Emergency Department offers comprehensive care to the acutely and chronically ill. The hospital’s Emergency Department — which handles more than 46,000 annual visits — also offers a dedicated pediatric emergency department led by physicians board-certified in both pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine and a team of specially trained nurses who are certified in pediatric advanced life that provides an environment that is physically more appealing to the children who comprise about one-third of the hospital’s emergency volume. Additionally, The Pavilion’s Express Care Center gives patients faster access to treatment for minor emergencies and health problems.

Monmouth Medical Center recently joined a distinguished group of acute care hospitals across the United States to attain national accreditation as a Chest Pain Center. Chest pain centers provide a comprehensive management strategy for the evaluation, triage and appropriate treatment of chest pain patients by providing a facility where patients come in at the earliest symptom, are evaluated in a calm environment and receive prompt, appropriate treatment in accordance with national guidelines. Through its Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Monmouth offers full-service diagnostic cardiac catheterizations; life-saving emergent angioplasty for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction, and elective angioplasty through the Atlantic C-Port program.  Monmouth also offers a Stroke Center that provides the highest level of patient care through a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses acute stroke management and long-term rehabilitation. The center is committed to providing an integrative plan of care for stroke patients and a seamless delivery of the best possible care.