We have long recognized that children are not just little
adults. They need specialized care to address their specific
needs at their appropriate developmental level – physically,
emotionally and psychologically.
When a child is sick, injured, or is faced with challenges
that come with chronic conditions or congenital or developmental
disabilities, the entire family feels the effects. From immunizations
to complex heart surgery, the Saint Barnabas Health Care
System offers comprehensive pediatric resources that are
promoting a healthy future for the next generation.
Recognizing that the special needs of children and their
families extend far beyond clinical interventions, our two
Children’s
Hospitals – located at Newark Beth Israel and Monmouth
Medical Centers - provide a child-friendly atmosphere complemented
by the advanced level of care and services provided by medical
and surgical specialists. Through our Children’s Hospitals,
patients and families have access to over 150 physicians
in 30 pediatric specialties at each facility, leading the
way in pediatric health care in New Jersey.
Children’s Hospital of New Jersey is integrated
into Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
The smallest baby to survive in New Jersey is born
at Saint Barnabas Medical Center weighing 11 ounces.
Monmouth Medical Center opens area’s only Pediatric
Emergency Department, staffed with physicians trained in
Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Saint Barnabas
Medical Center is one of 10 centers among a network of 500
hospitals selected as a model by The Vermont Oxford Network,
a non-profit collaboration of health care professionals dedicated
to improving the quality of medical care for newborns.
Following the successful model of Children’s
Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center,
Monmouth Medical Center’s commitment to children’s
health was officially recognized by the State of New Jersey
when it granted it licensing as the official children’s
hospital for Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
The Children’s Heart Center at Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center receives state certification for heart transplantation.
Monmouth, Newark Beth Israel and Saint Barnabas Medical
Centers continue their tradition of offering our young patients
the highest quality services at our three Valerie Fund Children’s
Centers for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
The Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth
Israel Medical Center was certified by the US Department
of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services to perform pediatric heart transplantation. The
certification ensures that young adults and teens in New
Jersey have access to the same extraordinary level of care
for complex heart problems that adults receive.
A heart transplant is successfully performed at Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center on a 15-year-old boy, the youngest
patient transplanted in the state of New Jersey.
Since 1992, nearly 100 babies have benefited from
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a unique lifesaving
heart/lung bypass procedure for the most critically ill newborns
offered in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Children’s
Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- the first and only ECMO program in the state.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit treats between 1,200 and 1,400 infants each year, ranking
among the top one percent in the Nation.
Forty percent of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit patients
are transported from hospitals throughout the state to receive
specialized and critical care at Children’s Hospital
of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
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