U.S. News rankings: 6 N.J. hospitals cited a combine 22 times for adult specialties

Hackensack (8), Morristown (7) get most recognition

Morristown Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center both had three adult specialties rank among the Top 50 nationally in the prestigious U.S. News & World Report hospital rankings that were released Tuesday morning.

These Top 50 rankings are a key factor in the overall ranking of the hospital — and helped both share the No. 1 spot in New Jersey.

And, while they were the only New Jersey hospitals to achieve such a Top 50 ranking, they were just two of six hospitals that were cited as having “high performing” adult specialty rankings.

The state did particularly well in orthopedics (one Top 50, three high performing), Urology (one Top 50, three high performing) and gastroenterology & GI surgery (four high performing)

Here’s a look at the New Jersey hospitals cited for adult specialties:

Hackensack University Medical Center

Top 50

  • Cardiology and Heart Surgery (No. 45)
  • Urology (No. 48)
  • Neurology and Neurosurgery (No. 50)

High Performing

  • Cancer
  • Gastroenterology & GI surgery
  • Geriatrics
  • Orthopedics
  • Pulmonology & Lung Surgery

Morristown Memorial Hospital

Top 50

  • Gynecology (No. 28)
  • Orthopedics (No. 30)
  • Cardiology and Heart Surgery (No. 42)

High performing

  • Gastroenterology & GI surgery
  • Geriatrics
  • Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
  • Urology

Overlook Medical Center

High performing

  • Neurology and Neurosurgery
  • Orthopedics
  • Urology

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

High performing

  • Gastroenterology & GI surgery

Saint Barnabas Medical Center

High performing

  • Gastroenterology & GI surgery
  • Urology

Valley Hospital

High performing

  • Orthopedics