RWJBarnabas Health Honored by Becker’s as One of Nation’s Top Orthopedic Programs

RWJBarnabas Health has been named among Becker’s Hospital Review’s 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Orthopedic Programs for 2023. The list celebrates the nation’s leading providers of orthopedic care and orthopedic programs that offer minimally invasive treatments, forward-thinking research, and breakthrough clinical trials that drastically improve patient outcomes.

RWJBarnabas Health offers comprehensive orthopedic services for adults and children to help manage conditions caused by arthritis, degenerative joint disease, injuries, congenital issues and general wear and tear. Orthopedic services offered at its acute care, ambulatory care and rehabilitation facilities throughout New Jersey include emergency and trauma care, diagnostic testing, minimally invasive and robotic surgery, sports medicine and rehabilitation services.

RWJBarnabas Health’s expert orthopedic surgeons are leaders in their field, developing innovative techniques and implants that are used around the world, teaching the next generation of orthopedic surgeons through residency programs, lecturing, and publishing research studies worldwide. They care for professional and collegiate athletes, including the New Jersey Devils, Rutgers University and Seton Hall University athletes, and perform a high volume of complex revision joint replacement surgeries, attesting to the high caliber of their clinical and surgical skills. RWJBarnabas Health has the largest group of orthopedic trauma specialists in New Jersey.

The pediatric orthopedic specialists with the Children’s Health Network of RWJBarnabas Health care for infants, children, and adolescents with a variety of musculoskeletal problems. These issues include scoliosis, hip disorders, sports injuries, fractures, hereditary disorders, bone infections, hand injuries, spina bifida, foot and ankle disorders, and limb length discrepancies. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is ranked 34^th in the nation for pediatric orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report.

In early 2023, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville began construction on a 76,000 square-foot expansion which will house a new Orthopedic Center of Excellence. The expansion, which builds upon the hospital’s existing Orthopedics Pavilion and Emergency Department building, will house 35 fully private patient rooms and a rehabilitation gym for orthopedic patients.

In compiling its top 100 list of orthopedic programs, the Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team assessed rankings and awards from reputable organizations such as U.S. News & World Report and Healthgrades. The team also accepted nominations. The complete list of all orthopedic programs on the list can be read here.

For more information about orthopedic services offered at RWJBarnabas Health, visit www.rwjbh.org/ortho.