Hackensack University Medical Center Program

Hackensack, NJ

Specialty:Emergency medicine

ACGME Code:1103300213

NRMP Code:1387110C0, 1387110C1

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is a comprehensive three-year program accredited by the ACGME. Located in northern New Jersey, just a short distance from New York City, HUMC stands out as the busiest Emergency Department in the state of New Jersey, handling over 140,000 emergency visits annually, making it among the top 10 busiest emergency departments nationwide. The residency program is dedicated to training competent and compassionate emergency medicine physicians in a stimulating and resource-rich environment.

HUMC is a level I trauma center equipped with specialized facilities, including a STEMI center and a comprehensive stroke center. The program emphasizes advanced emergency care and education, fostering an environment of inquiry and excellence. The faculty comprises fellowship-trained professionals in various fields, including critical care, toxicology, pediatric emergency medicine, and medical education, ensuring a robust learning experience for residents.1

Curriculum and Rotations

The curriculum of the Emergency Medicine Residency at HUMC is structured to offer broad-based training with a strong foundation of critical care exposure. The academic year is divided into 13 four-week blocks, with ample time designated for various rotations:

PGY-1 Year:

25 Weeks of Emergency Medicine
4 Weeks of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
4 Weeks of Trauma
4 Weeks in Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
4 Weeks of Vacation
3 Weeks of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2 Weeks each in Anesthesia and Ultrasound

PGY-2 Year:

35 Weeks of Emergency Medicine
4 Weeks of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
3 Weeks of Community Emergency Medicine
4 Weeks of Vacation
2 Weeks each in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and EMS
2 Weeks of Elective

PGY-3 Year:

30 Weeks of Emergency Medicine
4 Weeks of Medical ICU
4 Weeks of Elective
2 Weeks each in Surgical ICU, Critical Care ICU, and Toxicology
4 Weeks of Vacation

Residents also have opportunities to pursue elective rotations, including a unique experience in St. Croix, USVI, and specialized rotations in Toxicology, Pharmacotherapy, and Palliative Care.2

Educational Opportunities

The residency program at HUMC emphasizes a commitment to continuous education and professional development through various modalities:

Weekly conferences featuring didactic instruction on core EM topics.
Monthly journal clubs for discussing recent evidence in EM practice.
Dedicated simulation training to enhance procedural skills.
Access to regional and national conferences, including sponsorship for travel.3

Diversity and Inclusion

The program is committed to creating an inclusive environment and has established a Diversity and Inclusion Committee consisting of faculty and residents working towards culturally competent care. A scholarship rotation is available for underrepresented students, providing financial assistance while enriching their educational experience at HUMC.4

Application Process and Requirements

HUMC offers 12 categorical PGY-1 positions each year via the NRMP. The program accepts applications through ERAS and has a set of requirements including:

Completed application form
Personal statement
Medical school transcripts
USMLE/COMLEX scores, including at least one SLOE as required

The application process also includes virtual interviews for all applicants, facilitating a broad selection process.5

Competitiveness and Support

The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at HUMC is known for being competitive. It welcomes applications from both DO and IMGs and provides robust support for visa sponsorships, including H-1B and J-1 visas for international medical graduates. This commitment to diversity enhances the richness of the learning environment, resulting in a culturally and clinically competent medical community.6

Wellness Initiatives

Recognizing the challenges of residency, HUMC has implemented numerous wellness initiatives aimed at preventing burnout and supporting residents' overall health. These include wellness days, behavioral health sessions, a dedicated wellness curriculum, and team bonding events.7

Web sources

1. Emergency Medicine Residency Overview 2. Emergency Medicine Residency Curriculum 3. Emergency Medicine Residency Program Details 4. Emergency Medicine Residency Application Process 5. Emergency Medicine Residency Class Profiles 6. Emergency Medicine Residency Visa Sponsorship 7. Emergency Medicine Residency Wellness Programs

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Program data

ACGME History

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation3

Full accreditation0

Continued11

Warning1

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2012 - 2013	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2013
02	2013 - 2014	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2013
03	2014 - 2015	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2013
04	2015 - 2016	Continued	Jan 14, 2016
05	2016 - 2017	Continued	Jan 12, 2017
06	2017 - 2018	Continued	Jan 8, 2018
07	2018 - 2019	Continued	Jan 7, 2019
08	2019 - 2020	Continued	Jan 9, 2020
09	2020 - 2021	Continued	Jan 7, 2021
10	2021 - 2022	Warning	Apr 28, 2022

Program

Program Size

-- (3 years)

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 14, 2026)

Composition

MD · 53%

DO · 42%

Non-U.S. IMG · 5%

Training

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:1.2X

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: 20 days

First Year Salary: --

Program source

Admission

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:--

Gender

Rotation Duration by Site

Benchmarks

Scores

Roster

Publications

11 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

11 Publications (5 yr)

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2026

Exploring Current Emergency Medical Services Approaches to Manage Agitated Older Adult Patients: An Analysis of Statewide Protocols.

Joshua Lachs,¹Rana Barghout,¹William Haussner,²David Hancock,¹

PMID: 42033788doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70466

Resuscitation2026

Relationship between cortical electrical responsiveness and changes in regional cerebral oxygenation (rSO2) and return of spontaneous circulation in prolonged cardiac arrest: a multi-center observational study.

Elise L Huppert,¹Emma Roellke,²Deepti Anbarasan,³Rebecca Spiegel,⁴

PMID: 41759814doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111031

Location

Hackensack, NJ

Population

46,030

Median income

$77,719On par

Education

36.2%Above

Employment

60.6%Below

Health

7.9%Above

Age

40On par

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Hackensack, NJ

State - New Jersey

United States

1/31/2015

N/A

$1,601

$1,193

2/28/2015

N/A

$1,653

$1,199

3/31/2015

N/A

$1,672

$1,206

4/30/2015

N/A

$1,674

$1,213

5/31/2015

N/A

$1,680

$1,228

6/30/2015

N/A

$1,674

$1,233

7/31/2015

N/A

$1,685

$1,235

8/31/2015

N/A

$1,686

$1,241

9/30/2015

N/A

$1,704

$1,245

10/31/2015

N/A

$1,705

$1,253

11/30/2015

N/A

$1,719

$1,259

12/31/2015

N/A

$1,723

$1,263

1/31/2016

N/A

$1,791

$1,275

2/29/2016

N/A

$1,791

$1,279

3/31/2016

N/A

$1,791

$1,282

4/30/2016

N/A

$1,799

$1,285

5/31/2016

N/A

$1,765

$1,291

6/30/2016

N/A

$1,766

$1,294

7/31/2016

N/A

$1,721

$1,295

8/31/2016

N/A

$1,729

$1,303

9/30/2016

N/A

$1,736

$1,307

10/31/2016

N/A

$1,750

$1,311

11/30/2016

N/A

$1,784

$1,312

12/31/2016

N/A

$1,722

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,767

$1,761

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,812

$1,768

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,853

$1,767

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,874

$1,769

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,863

$1,778

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,825

$1,785

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,822

$1,789

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,858

$1,822

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,862

$1,795

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,860

$1,841

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,852

$1,845

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,888

$1,858

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,911

$1,924

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,924

$1,909

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,929

$1,911

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,937

$1,915

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,945

$1,918

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,933

$1,924

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,945

$1,930

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,943

$1,937

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,978

$1,940

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,964

$1,942

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,975

$1,945

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,966

$1,953

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,985

$1,958

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,993

$1,963

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,978

$1,969

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,985

$1,980

$1,509

5/31/2019

$2,001

$1,988

$1,514

6/30/2019

$2,047

$1,993

$1,519

7/31/2019

$2,056

$2,001

$1,526

8/31/2019

$2,054

$2,006

$1,531

9/30/2019

$2,049

$2,012

$1,534

10/31/2019

$2,073

$2,011

$1,541

11/30/2019

$2,086

$2,005

$1,545

12/31/2019

$2,073

$1,973

$1,552

1/31/2020

$2,053

$2,007

$1,560

2/29/2020

$2,039

$2,009

$1,565

3/31/2020

$2,043

$2,013

$1,565

4/30/2020

$2,047

$2,006

$1,566

5/31/2020

$2,020

$1,981

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,997

$1,978

$1,562

7/31/2020

$2,010

$1,977

$1,571

8/31/2020

$2,027

$1,968

$1,574

9/30/2020

$2,041

$1,961

$1,586

10/31/2020

$2,051

$1,962

$1,593

11/30/2020

$2,093

$1,967

$1,602

12/31/2020

$2,099

$1,970

$1,606

1/31/2021

$2,118

$1,954

$1,613

2/28/2021

$2,074

$1,956

$1,620

3/31/2021

$2,093

$1,962

$1,629

4/30/2021

$2,117

$1,967

$1,649

5/31/2021

$2,149

$1,982

$1,663

6/30/2021

$2,173

$1,997

$1,686

7/31/2021

$2,145

$2,017

$1,707

8/31/2021

$2,146

$2,040

$1,729

9/30/2021

$2,152

$2,067

$1,752

10/31/2021

$2,163

$2,074

$1,767

11/30/2021

$2,178

$2,095

$1,777

12/31/2021

$2,193

$2,126

$1,791

1/31/2022

$2,215

$2,123

$1,800

2/28/2022

$2,242

$2,125

$1,820

3/31/2022

$2,253

$2,162

$1,829

4/30/2022

$2,251

$2,161

$1,841

5/31/2022

$2,271

$2,206

$1,852

6/30/2022

$2,304

$2,235

$1,861

7/31/2022

$2,362

$2,246

$1,868

8/31/2022

$2,384

$2,274

$1,872

9/30/2022

$2,397

$2,280

$1,875

10/31/2022

$2,398

$2,288

$1,873

11/30/2022

$2,377

$2,298

$1,875

12/31/2022

$2,393

$2,303

$1,874

1/31/2023

$2,414

$2,291

$1,877

2/28/2023

$2,457

$2,311

$1,879

3/31/2023

$2,463

$2,306

$1,884

4/30/2023

$2,462

$2,322

$1,886

5/31/2023

$2,455

$2,321

$1,886

6/30/2023

$2,453

$2,342

$1,886

7/31/2023

$2,477

$2,349

$1,891

8/31/2023

$2,501

$2,364

$1,908

9/30/2023

$2,504

$2,377

$1,912

10/31/2023

$2,505

$2,394

$1,916

11/30/2023

$2,521

$2,404

$1,918

12/31/2023

$2,527

$2,412

$1,921

1/31/2024

$2,523

$2,649

$1,928

2/29/2024

$2,510

$2,644

$1,932

3/31/2024

$2,545

$2,684

$1,935

4/30/2024

$2,565

$2,692

$1,942

5/31/2024

$2,583

$2,709

$1,946

6/30/2024

$2,572

$2,724

$1,973

7/31/2024

$2,546

$2,727

$1,958

8/31/2024

$2,549

$2,735

$1,992

9/30/2024

$2,561

$2,751

$1,993

10/31/2024

$2,585

$2,766

$1,995

11/30/2024

$2,576

$2,769

$1,999

12/31/2024

$2,574

$2,758

$2,003

1/31/2025

$2,584

$2,749

$2,006

2/28/2025

$2,578

$2,565

$2,007

3/31/2025

$2,560

$2,777

$2,016

4/30/2025

$2,560

$2,775

$2,019

5/31/2025

$2,559

$2,763

$2,022

6/30/2025

$2,575

$2,777

$2,026

7/31/2025

$2,585

$2,777

$2,029

8/31/2025

$2,582

$2,781

$2,027

9/30/2025

$2,583

$2,780

$2,030

10/31/2025

$2,577

$2,787

$2,052

11/30/2025

$2,594

$2,779

$2,095

12/31/2025

$2,603

$2,816

$2,086

1/31/2026

$2,607

$2,748

$2,160

2/28/2026

$2,622

$3,035

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Hackensack, NJ

State - New Jersey

United States

4/1/2021

5/1/2021

105

6/1/2021

7/1/2021

8/1/2021

9/1/2021

10/1/2021

11/1/2021

12/1/2021

1/1/2022

2/1/2022

3/1/2022

4/1/2022

5/1/2022

102

6/1/2022

7/1/2022

116

8/1/2022

100

9/1/2022

103

10/1/2022

11/1/2022

12/1/2022

1/1/2023

106

2/1/2023

100

3/1/2023

116

4/1/2023

5/1/2023

6/1/2023

103

7/1/2023

112

8/1/2023

126

9/1/2023

10/1/2023

127

11/1/2023

12/1/2023

104

1/1/2024

118

2/1/2024

100

3/1/2024

4/1/2024

5/1/2024

105

6/1/2024

124

7/1/2024

111

8/1/2024

112

9/1/2024

10/1/2024

11/1/2024

102

12/1/2024

111

1/1/2025

2/1/2025

3/1/2025

4/1/2025

5/1/2025

102

6/1/2025

108

7/1/2025

113

8/1/2025

114

9/1/2025

104

10/1/2025

11/1/2025

12/1/2025

1/1/2026

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

Living in Hackensack, NJ

Crime Rate and Safety

Hackensack is considered a relatively safe city with a crime rate lower than the national average.

Fun Activities

Residents can enjoy various parks, shopping centers, restaurants, and cultural attractions in the area. There are also community events and festivals held throughout the year.

Climate

Hackensack has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and cold winters. Residents experience all four seasons.

Races and Population

The population of Hackensack is diverse, with a mix of different races and ethnicities contributing to the community's rich cultural tapestry.

Education

Hackensack is home to several schools, including elementary, middle, and high schools. There are also higher education institutions nearby.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Hackensack is higher than the national average, particularly in terms of housing and transportation.

Proximity to Bigger Cities

Hackensack is approximately a 30-minute drive (depending on traffic) from New York City. Residents can easily access the Big Apple for entertainment, dining, and cultural experiences.

Pros

Proximity to New York City
diverse population
relatively safe environment.

Cons

Higher cost of living
traffic congestion during peak hours.

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External Links

1. Program website - salary and benefits - https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/healthcare-professionals/humc/emergency-medicine-residency/curriculum

2. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=010XX00US

3. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

4. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

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