Jersey Shore University Medical Center | |||||||||||
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Hackensack Meridian Health | |||||||||||
Geography | |||||||||||
Location | 1945 Route 33 Neptune Township, New Jersey, United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°12′32″N 74°02′28″W / 40.208854°N 74.041092°W | ||||||||||
Organization | |||||||||||
Funding | Non-profit hospital | ||||||||||
Type | Teaching | ||||||||||
Affiliated university | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
Emergency department | Level II Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center | ||||||||||
Beds | 691 | ||||||||||
Helipads | |||||||||||
Helipad | FAA LID: NJ05 | ||||||||||
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History | |||||||||||
Former name(s) | Jersey Shore Medical Center | ||||||||||
Opened | 1904 | ||||||||||
Links | |||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) is a 691-bed[1] non-profit, tertiary research and academic medical center located in Neptune Township, New Jersey, servicing coastal New Jersey and the Central Jersey area.[2] JSUMC is the region’s only university-level academic medical center. The hospital is part of the Hackensack Meridian Health Health System and is the system's second largest hospital. JSUMC is affiliated with the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.[3] JSUMC is also an ACS designated level II trauma center[4][5] with a rooftop helipad handling medevac patients.[6] Attached to the medical center is the K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital that treats infants, children, adolescents, and young adults up to the age of 21. JSUMC is listed as a major teaching and tertiary care hospital and has a staff of 127 interns and residents. It is a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems.[7]