Saint Peter’s University Hospital Named to Newsweek’s List of America’s Best Hospitals for Maternity for Fifth Consecutive Year

"Saint Peter's is known as the place to have your baby because of the comprehensive, compassionate care we offer for expectant women," said Leslie D. Hirsch, FACHE, president and CEO of Saint Peter's Healthcare System. "As a state-designated Regional Perinatal Center, we are unique in that we provide highly-specialized maternal-fetal medicine services for those experiencing a high-risk pregnancy with needs that might require our Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). For women experiencing a low-risk pregnancy, we offer midwifery services in both our Labor and Delivery Unit and in our hospital-based Mary V. O'Shea Birth Center. As a result, expectant mothers can have confidence in their chosen destination for delivery and care of their newest family member."

Newsweek and Statista developed a complex methodology to ensure the quality and validity of the ranking. Three data sources were used for the evaluation:

• Hospital Quality Metrics: with a focus on indicators relevant to maternity care
• Patient Experience: from public hospital survey data
• Reputation Score: Healthcare professionals and hospital managers with knowledge about maternity processes, e.g., neonatal and perinatal doctors, nurses and midwives were asked to recommend leading maternity hospitals in the U.S.

Saint Peter's delivered more than 5,400 babies in 2025.

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About Saint Peter's University Hospital
Saint Peter's University Hospital, a member of Saint Peter's Healthcare System, is a 478-bed acute-care teaching hospital sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Saint Peter's, which received its seventh consecutive designation as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2025, and its first Magnet with Distinction®, is also a state-designated children's hospital and regional perinatal center, and a regional specialist in diabetes, gastroenterology, head and neck surgery, oncology, orthopedics, and women's services. Saint Peter's is the recipient of the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for the adult intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, cardiac progressive care unit and the pediatric intensive care unit. The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital provides families with access to a full range of pediatric specialties, including a nationally recognized Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, pediatric surgery and orthopedic surgery featuring innovative anterior scoliosis correction. The hospital has the state's only hospital-based, midwifery-led birth center - the Mary V. O'Shea Birth Center, accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers. Saint Peter's is a sponsor of residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and internal medicine, and is a major clinical affiliate of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Visit saintpetershcs.com or call 732.745.8600.