Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is standing as one of the nation's healthcare leaders that is nationally recognized. HUMC is a 775-bed teaching and research hospital affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, and is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey.
The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology® (DIEC) at Hackensack University Medical Center represents one of the first hospital-based programs whose specific mission is to identify, control and ultimately prevent exposures to environmental factors that may cause adult, and especially pediatric cancer, as well as other health problems with our children. The DIEC is devoted to the health and well being of children, their parents and the general public through a program of education and action designed to identify and eliminate the carcinogens and environmental factors that assault and ravage our lives.