St. Joseph's Expansion Plans

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In the next four years, St. Joseph's Healthcare System, including St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph's Children's Hospital at the Regional Medical Center and St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital, will be making significant changes to improve patient care.

The $250 million expansion project will increase St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center and St. Joseph's Children's Hospital by 650,000 square feet. The project, which was designed by Philadelphia's Frances Cauffman Architects and managed with the support of Sterling Barnett Little of Arlington, TX , includes more private rooms, a new heliport, an expansion to women's and children's facilities, and new lobby and conference facilities. Additionally a new 230,000 square foot, four-story building will house a larger ER with new operating rooms, as well as two levels of critical care areas including cardiac, surgical and medical intensive care units. A hotel with available retail space and a parking garage will be built adjacent to the hospital by external business enterprises. State sanctioned in 2004 and established by the city last year, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center sits in a Health Care Enterprise Zone, part of Paterson's overall urban redevelopment and revitalization plan.

Improvements, which are designed and managed by the same companies, are also planned for the St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital campus. These include an OR expansion to accommodate the latest technology for surgical procedures and renovation of the cardiac and intensive care units, nursing units and a new lobby to better meet the needs of our patients.