The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital
Geography
Location New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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Organization
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University
Services
Emergency department Level I trauma center
Beds 100
Speciality Pediatrics
History
Founded 1997
Links
Website http://www.bmsch.org
Lists Hospitals in New Jersey

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a freestanding 105-bed, pediatric acute care facility adjacent to RWJUH. It is affiliated with both Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital, and is member of the Robert Wood Johnson Health System. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to pediatric patients throughout the state. [1] It is a pediatric level I trauma center and its regional pediatric and neonatal intensive-care units serve the Central New Jersey region.

History

In 2007, Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH was joined by the PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital and the Child Health Institute of New Jersey to create the first pediatric medical campus in New Jersey, with pediatric acute care, rehabilitation, and research were combined on one campus.[2]

In 2015, The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH was named the world’s first "Adolescent Center of Excellence for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.” [3]

Mission & Vision

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital mission is to improve the health and well-being of the patients and communities it serves by:

   * Fostering an environment of excellence in all areas including the provision of the highest quality, evidenced based patient care in collaboration with the hospital’s health care professionals
   * Advancing patient care by the diffusion of medical knowledge
   * Facilitating medical discovery that improves patient care
   * Promoting and engaging in community outreach activities to enhance the health of the residents of our region
   * Exhibiting stewardship of all available resources

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital vision is to be the preferred academic provider of state-of-the-art, patient-centered, pediatric care in central New Jersey.[4]

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