HackensackUMC Breaks Ground on its Emergency and Trauma Center

HackensackUMC leaders broke ground on its Emergency and Trauma Center’s multi-phase expansion project.

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On Thursday, May 17, leaders at HackensackUMC held a ceremonial ground-breaking event to signify the beginning of construction on its upcoming Emergency and Trauma Center’s expansion project.

“We are so excited to begin the first phase of this multi-phase project,” said Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of HackensackUMC. “With emergency room visits on the rise, this is another way that HackensackUMC is addressing the needs of our community and the entire region by providing the best, state-of-the-art technology and a superior design that provides the patients and their families with world-class care, comfort and privacy.”

The expansion plans will not only upgrade the Emergency and Trauma Center, but will also construct a new building that will allow us to expand the footprint of the Emergency and Trauma Center, including shell space for future expansion and redesigning the existing ambulance drop-off. The plans call for the hospital to convert the existing semiprivate curtained cubicles into private treatment suites that are 120 square feet in size and able to accommodate new technologies and equipment. This will result in a total of 75 treatment beds, five of which will be designated for trauma. While there is no increase in the number of treatment bays as a result of this project, the Emergency and Trauma Centerwill be much larger and will have specialty care areas for cardiac, cancer, geriatrics and trauma patients. Three Triage stations will also be created. HackensackUMC expects to have the initial phases of work completed in late 2013.

“The Emergency and Trauma Center already prides itself on providing superior care, as evidenced by receiving the HealthGrades Emergency Medicine Excellence Award for two years in a row. However, this project will help increase efficiency and offer a state-of-the-art facility to our patients,” said Joseph Feldman, M.D., chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine. “Once complete, we are confident that it will be the best equipped and most patient-friendly Emergency Center in our entire region.”

The Emergency and Trauma Centerproject will take place by way of a phased construction plan to avoid interruption of services while the expansion is ongoing. Joseph Sanzari, chairman of the HackensackUMC Board of Governors, is an avid supporter of this renovation project, and has generously made a donation pledge of $1 million, some of which will be in-kind labor and supplies related to the construction project.

“I am happy to be a part of this, and grateful to be able to contribute resources to the Emergency and Trauma Center’s renovation,” said Sanzari. “I cannot wait to see the expansion when it is complete, and I know that it will continue to serve patients in the best way possible for many years to come.”

About Hackensack University Medical Center
HackensackUMC, a non-profit teaching and research hospital located in Bergen County, New Jersey, is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state, and home to the only Level II Trauma Center in the county. This 775-bed facility has gone beyond traditional thinking by creating an entire campus of care, including: the Heart & Vascular Hospital, the John Theurer Cancer Center, the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, and the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital. As a result of using science and creativity to push medicine further, HackensackUMC has been named one of the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® and one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades®. It is listed among the Leapfrog Top Hospitals List, received 17 Gold Seals of Approval™ by the Joint Commission,  is ranked in Cancer, Cardiology and Heart Surgery, and Geriatrics by U.S. News and World Report's "2011-12 Best Hospitals" list, is ranked in eight specialties on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals Metro Area Top 10,” is listed as one of the 50 Best Hospitals in America by Becker’s Hospital Review, and is a Magnet® recognized hospital for nursing excellence, the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation. The medical center is the hometown hospital of the New York Giants and the New Jersey Nets, and remains committed to its community through fundraising and community events. To learn more about one of the nation’s top 50 hospitals, visit: www.HackensackUMC.org.   

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On May 17, HackensackUMC leaders broke ground on its Emergency and Trauma Center’s multi-phase expansion project, which will upgrade the Emergency and Trauma Center, construct a new building to expand the footprint of the Emergency and Trauma Center, and redesign the existing ambulance drop-off.

Pictured left to right: Nicholas Minicucci, Jr.;  member of the HackensackUMC Advisory Board of Directors and HackensackUMC Foundation Board of Trustees; George Leipsner, M.D., chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at HackensackUMC; Susan Zabransky; Joseph Feldman, M.D., chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine; William Zabransky; Joseph M. Sanzari, chairman of the HackensackUMC Board of Governors; Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of HackensackUMC; Joseph Simunovich, chairman of the HackensackUMC Foundation Board of Trustees; James Napolitano, chairman of Hackensack University Health Network; Ignazio Cangialosi, member of the HackensackUMC Board of Governors and HackensackUMC Foundation Board of Trustees; Rosemarie Sorce, member of HackensackUMC Board of Governors and HackensackUMC Foundation Board of Trustees.

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