Founded in 1906, Overlook Medical Center is a nationally recognized, nonprofit regional medical center in Summit, New Jersey. With 504 beds, more than 1,500 attending physicians and medical residents, and some 3,400 employees, patients have access to the nation’s top doctors, compassionate care and the most advanced technology and treatments in the heart of their community.
Through our vision, we empower our communities to be the healthiest in the nation. Classes, support groups, and screenings – many of which are free of charge – are offered year-round. Our Healthy Avenues Van provides health care information and screenings for symptoms of diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, colorectal disease, and various cancers to residents of 33 surrounding communities.
Overlook Medical Center is part of Atlantic Health System, one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare systems in New Jersey.
Here are just some of our recent accreditations, awards, and accomplishments:
Overlook Medical Center
- Recognized by US News & World Report as a “Best Regional Hospital” for neurology and neurosurgery, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, and urology.
- Accredited by The Joint Commission, reflecting our commitment to meeting the highest performance standards
- Major Clinical Affiliate of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
- National Medal of Honor for Organ Donation (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Access to Quality of Care Award (New Jersey Hospital Association)
- Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality: Human Rights Campaign Foundation Healthcare Equality Index 2014
Atlantic Neuroscience Institute at Overlook
- One of the top hospitals in New Jersey for the treatment of neurological disorders and stroke (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.)
- One of 10 “Tourette Syndrome Association Centers of Excellence” (The National Tourette Syndrome Association)
Stroke Center (core component of Atlantic Neuroscience Institute at Overlook)
- First Comprehensive Stroke Center in New Jersey (New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services)
- One of 72 hospitals in the U.S. with Comprehensive Stroke Accreditation
- Stroke Care Certification/Gold Seal of Approval™ for Primary Stroke Centers (The Joint Commission)
- Get With the Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award (American Heart Association and American Stroke Association)
- Primary referral center for 46 percent of New Jersey hospitals
- New Jersey Hospital Association Community Outreach Award for Stroke Education and Screening Program
Epilepsy Center (component of Atlantic Neuroscience Institute at Overlook)
- One of a few centers in New Jersey designated a Level 4 Epilepsy Center
- First center in New Jersey – and one of only a few in the country — to evaluate epilepsy patients using magnetoencephalography (MEG)
The Carol G. Simon Cancer Center
- Major clinical research affiliate of The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Outstanding Achievement Award and Three Year Approval with Commendation (American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer)
- Ranked fifth in the world for number of prostate cancer patients treated with CyberKnife® technology
- One of “70 Hospitals With Great Oncology Programs” (Becker’s Hospital Review)
The Breast Center
- Accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) and the American College of Radiology
- Outreach Award from BMW and Susan B. Komen Foundation
Emergency Department
- One of five New Jersey hospitals approved to provide emergency angioplasty in a community hospital setting
- Union Campus – one of 17 hospital emergency departments nationwide to receive 2014 Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award (Emergency Nurses Association)
The Thomas Glasser Caregivers Center
- First hospital-based center in New Jersey dedicated to the caregivers of loved ones facing extended hospital stays
The Institute for Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases at Overlook Medical Center
- The only hospital-based institute of its kind in New Jersey
Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Overlook Medical Center
- Elective Angioplasty CPORT E Trial (New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services)
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Center Accreditation (American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation)
- Vascular Laboratory Accreditation (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories)
- Echocardiography Laboratory Accreditation (Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories)
- ACTION Registry®-GWTG™ Gold Performance Achievement Award (American College of Cardiology Foundation and American Heart Association)
Maternity Services
- Level III Intensive Perinatal Unit (New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services)
- Care Award (International Lactation Consultant Association)
Atlantic Health System Weight & Wellness Center
- Center of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery)
Center for Sleep Medicine
- Accreditation by The American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Orthopedics
- Gold Seal of Approval™ – Spine Surgery Certification (The Joint Commission)
Women’s Heart Awareness Program
- Circle of Excellence Award (American Association of Critical Care Nurses)
Wound Healing Program
- Accreditation (Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Society)
- Gold Seal of Approval™ Disease-Specific Care Certification (The Joint Commission)
The Eating Disorders Program at Goryeb Children’s Hospital
- The only eating disorders program in the state to provide comprehensive treatment exclusively for children and adolescent patients
Atlantic Health System
- Accredited by The Joint Commission, Affiliate of The Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a member of AllSpire Health Partners.
- Named one of Health Care’s Most Wired organizations for the fifth consecutive year (July 2014 issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association)
- Ranked among the Elite 100 – a list of the top business technology innovators in the United States – by InformationWeek Magazine (the highest-ranked New Jersey-based hospital system on the list)
- “100 Best Companies to Work For®” (Fortune® magazine)
- Named top company on hospital/health care list for “Best Employers For Workers Over 50” (AARP)
- An Official Health Provider of the New Jersey Devils
- Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets, Cybex and the Cybex Research Institute
- Atlantic Accountable Care Organization (ACO) – “100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know” (Becker’s Hospital Review)
