Located in Neptune, New Jersey, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center is a not-for-profit teaching hospital and home to K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital – the first children's hospital in Monmouth and Ocean counties. With more than 1,000 physicians and dental staff in 60 specialty areas, Jersey Shore's team provides quality care in a patient-centered, environmentally friendly setting. Through the hospital's clinical research program and longstanding commitment to medical education through an affiliation with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and input in the creation of the Seton Hall-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Jersey Shore serves as an academic center dedicated to advancing medical knowledge, training future physicians and providing the community with access to promising medical breakthroughs.