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Healthcare

Expert health professionals in the area are dedicated to the overall health and wellness of Woodbridge, and its surrounding communities’ residents. The Woodbridge Health and Human Services Department has a mission “to improve the health and well being of the residents of Woodbridge through health education programs and direct intervention services.” Located within the Woodbridge Health Center, both residents and non-residents can receive a number of screenings, examinations and vaccines in addition to the facilities further programming and services.

Four first-rate medical centers can be accessed by residents as well, all situated within minutes of Woodbridge and offering patients the highest level of quality in healthcare.

Raritan Bay Medical Center, part of the Robert Wood Johnson Health Network, as well as a major clinical affiliate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and an affiliate of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, offers two nearby locations in Perth Amboy and Old Bridge. Licensed for a total of 501 beds between the two facilities (388 beds in Perth Amboy and 113 beds in Old Bridge), Raritan Bay Medical Center provides a full spectrum of medical care, including medical/ surgical, pediatric, emergency care, interventional cardiology, rehabilitation services and maternity – to name a few – coupled with the latest in medical technologies. Patients can also access CareOne – the state’s premier and sole long-term acute care hospital to receive long-term care accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) – the Center for Sleep Medicine in Old Bridge – one of 17 sleep centers to receive full accreditation by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in New Jersey – the Center for Wound Care and an outpatient Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation facility in nearby Edison.

Recently, in 2007, the medical center was designated as a state-certified primary stroke center from a grant given by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. In addition to this appointment, the hospital has received the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence.

A member of the Solaris Health System and affiliated with the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Seton Hall University of Graduate Medical Education, the 535-bed acute care John F. Kennedy Medical Center is comprised of the 441-bed Anthony M. Yelencsics Community Hospital and the neighboring 94-bed JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute. General surgery, emergency medicine, mental health, pediatric care and orthopedics are among the many specialties offered at this Edison-based hospital, along with the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, the JFK Imaging Center and Breast Center.

A stone’s throw away, in New Brunswick, Woodbridge residents can access two additional hospitals – Saint Peter’s University Hospital and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. A designated university hospital of the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the 422-bed Saint Peter’s University Hospital is an acute care teaching hospital boasting the nation’s largest and most advanced maternity program, as well as one of the largest and most progressive neonatal ICUs.

The main hospital of the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is a 567-bed center equipped with the latest technologies and medical services. Some of the hospital’s facilities serving central New Jersey include the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital, the Heart Center of New Jersey, the Cancer Hospital of New Jersey, the Center for Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation, the Vascular Center of New Jersey, the Center for Digestive Diseases and a Level I Trauma Center.