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| Penn Medicine (Princeton Health) | |
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 A panorama of the Atkinson Pavilion of the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center inPlainsboro, New Jersey | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1 Plainsboro Road Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536,United States |
| Coordinates | 40°20′21″N74°37′25″W / 40.339111°N 74.623722°W /40.339111; -74.623722 |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Affiliated university | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 355 |
| Helipad | FAALID:45NJ |
| History | |
| Former name | University Medical Center of Princeton |
| Links | |
| Website | princetonhcs.org/our-locations/pmc |
Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (PMC), formerly known as theUniversity Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, is a 355-bed[1]non-profit,tertiary, andacademic medical center located inPlainsboro, New Jersey, servicing theCentral Jersey area aroundPrinceton. The hospital is owned by thePenn Medicine Health System and is their only such hospital in New Jersey. PMC is a major university hospital of theRobert Wood Johnson Medical School ofRutgers University[2] and has ahelipad to handle transport of critical patients from and to other hospitals via PennStar, the PennMed air ambulance system[clarification needed].[3]
The hospital was previously located inPrinceton at 253 Witherspoon Street,[4] until May 22, 2012, when the new location opened off ofRoute 1.[5] The new hospital was designed by a joint venture betweenHOK andRMJM Hiller.[6][7]
The hospital was a member of the Princeton HealthCare System, which was formally incorporated into theUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System in January 2018.[8][9][10] The addition of the Princeton HealthCare System will make it the sixth hospital in the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which will employ over 3,000 staff and more than 1,000 physicians.[11]
Pediatric care to the hospital is provided by doctors from theChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia on PMC's inpatient pediatric wards, pediatric emergency department, and pediatric specialty care center.[12]
Adjacent to the medical center is the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Specialty Center that treats infants, children, adolescents, and young adults up to the age of 21.[13]
It has no relationship with the fictionalPrinceton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, which was the setting for the medical dramaHouse M.D. from 2004 to 2012, even though they share a similar location and name.
The previous hospital on Witherspoon Street in Princeton was notable for beingAlbert Einstein's place of death.[14][15]
The hospital implemented strict protocols to limit spread of illness during theCOVID-19 pandemic in 2020, including limiting visitors to patients throughout its facilities.[16][17]
In 2020–21,U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital as the ninth-best inNew Jersey, 24th-best in theNew York City metropolitan area, and "high performing" in the specialty oforthopedics.
In addition to its affiliation withPenn Medicine, the hospital is affiliated with theRobert Wood Johnson Medical School[18] andChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia.[13]
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