If you want to be another fatal statistic, play roulette with your life or loved ones life, during…read morea serious life threatening emergency, than RWJ ST Barnabas Livingston ER, is the place to be. I would not recommend the Emergency room at St Barnabas to the most vile individual. The Emergency Room at RWJ St Barnabas Hospital Livingston is a place I would not recommend any breathing soul to visit. PLEASE DO YOUR LOVED ONES A FAVOR, GO ELSEWHERE (Morristown Memorial, St Claire's, Holyname, Englewood) Our experience felt like something straight off tv! Pediatric Nurse Erin R (a disgrace) and Grace R (horrible) Nurses in pediatrics HORRIBLE! These nurses are a disgrace to RWJ St Barnabas. The Pediatric Emergency Room is beyond horrible. My child could not walk, or stand. I asked the nurse at the entrance if she could bring a stretcher to help, get my child into the ER., my child was weak, in enormous pain. The nurse huffed at me like I was asking for millions of dollars. My child was admitted, needed 2 transfusions, and needed intensive care. The lack of compassion, care, no concern, desensitized, inappropriate behavior of the ER nursing staff, lack of communication amongst doctor's, nurses, and patients is life threatening. I will say the Pediatric floor has improved, and I appreciate all of the nurses that has cared for my child for the past 4 years. Unfortunately due to a few bad apples in the ER, we will never return to this place, regardless of the circumstances. This hospital is a train wreck looking for a time, and place. It won't be with my family or friends! Yes sharing your review on social media will encourage others to think twice. Hopefully positive changes for the better will happen, that hold a few bad surgeons, and nurses accountable. The Joint Commission, medical board, nursing license board, consumer affairs, as well as going after these negligent surgeons at St Barnabas ability to write medication for pain, narcotics will get immediate attention, adding loss of accreditation, possibly being kicked to a Tier 2 hospital which will hurt the hospital financially. Only after RWJ St Barnabas is held fully accountable on every level that affects there finances will they understand the depth of pain, and disappointment, that they have caused patients, families, and the community!

Hospitals are hard to review. YMMV - your mileage may vary. I've come here to accompany clients or…read moreotherwise to the emergency room visits more times than I care to count. Each time though while there have been hiccups, overall each visit has been pretty good things considered. Average wait time is about 25-30 minutes and most of the time the staff have been patient and helpful with my clients. The ER is very big and accomodating for people which probably helps with the fairly reasonable wait times. The check in is pretty efficient although they should have a better system than shouting the persons name and have them schlep over to the desk. The parking is fair and they validate which is nice as having been to other hospitals it is not like that and despite paying is a royal pain in the rear. Hospitals in general aren't ideal places for visiting but here by way of the ER, you could do a lot worse.

Our baby was delivered at this hospital recently, and it was a great experience…read more I won't say it was a smooth one, but the staff and resident doctors are there to help you to the best of their capabilities. Even though we had our designated OB Doctors assigned for delivery, resident doctors are equally helpful and skilled (especially Dr Gabriela Portilla-Maldonado). My wife was admitted and discharged in 67 hours. It was planned induced labor, and we were asked to get admitted around 830 PM EST, but even they made us wait for 90 minutes (the room was getting cleaned) Labor was induced around 1 AM by Dr Gabriela Portilla-Maldonado, and it was a painful but, I guess, memorable experience for both of us We were helped by many nurses through delivery, then Postpartum room, and except a couple of them ( I guess they are still learning), everyone was so good, especially Jean during delivery. Post delivery, it was Shruti, and Ava, Rebecca, and Jeany during Postpartum. I have nominated them through their Daisy program. postpartum time: Room was big, facility was top notch, some lady also came to take our feedback regarding cleaners, and food. Food: Their inhouse cafeteria is good too. though husband was not covered and they need to pay seperatley, but wife had no issue in their food. You can order through their Menu, The only issue was that they close by 730 PM. Some not so good experience was also there- some newbies nurses were not skilled enough to channel the injection for IV fluids and if they cant get success in first attempt, they should have been called their experienced one to take the charge. so there we had bad experience. but overall, facilities, doctors, security, process- everything was top notch. Also, it was expensive. My wife was admitted here once in emergency (pregnancy phase), it was just for 3-4 hours, and we got a bill for $7316, and even after insurance, we had to pay $2263. Parking: It's $7/day. Once paid, it's good for the whole day

REVIEW OF ER ONLY:…read more Going to the Emergency Room is scary. Earlier this month, I had to go to the ER for sudden and increasing pain. Fortunately, I received quality acute care and was taken care of well during my visit. It had been almost ten years since I've walked foot in this hospital, formerly Saint Barnabas, now branded Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. I got to see the new wing/facilities when I was wheeled around to get an ultrasound. It's all new and impressive looking. I was joking with my transport professional about how I remembered that there used to be a McDonalds at the hospital. The intake process was smooth. It's a stressful situation, but they were great at the intake counter and security was friendly also. Every time a medical professional interacted with me, they gave their name and were clear with what was about to happen. I felt safe and heard as a patient.

Not long ago, I wrote a less than laudatory review of my experiences at St. Barnabas Hospital. I…read morewas born there when it was located in Newark (Newark has never been the same since!), my mother died there long after it had moved to Livingston, and recently when trying to enter the establishment to have heart tests performed, I would have been better off had I been accompanied by one or 2 specially-trained Commandos in order to find a parking spot, breach abrasive and antagonistic "registration" and "security" desks, and finally arrive at the designated "zone" where the tests were to be performed. I know that the Sleep Center is a part of the same establishment, but my experiences in the 2 places have been as markedly different as night and day. Tangential to the heart tests I recently had done, it was suggested I get tested for "sleep apnea." I'm not knowledgeable about sleep apnea, but I guess it can be a contributing factor to heart problems. I was agreeable, but the thought of trying to sleep in a room, wired up like Frankenstein, with people staring at me through a window (think "Nightmare On Elm Street") was not a prospect I could face with equanimity. I've been an insomniac for most of my adult life (I think the condition started when I was backpacking across Europe with my oldest friend when we were in our early 20s and we "crashed" on trains, train station floors, park benches, bars, dirt-cheap "youth hostels," etc.). My insomnia is not as bad as it once was (on 1 occasion in my 20s, I was up for 3 days straight, and that was without the benefit of cocaine or a stimulant of any kind!), but I still sometimes have trouble even when I'm in a darkened room, all by myself, my system suffused with Unisom and "Nighty Night" tea, sound machine turned up full blast to "white noise." I was told by my doctor that I could perform the test at home myself and didn't have to suffer through that nightmare scenario of attempting to doze off overnight in the Sleep Center itself. I mentioned all this to my old friend, who is a chronic hypochondriac (his paranoia about his own health makes me look like a piker in comparison) and has already had every test performed that you're scheduled to have performed, and then some. I mentioned that I didn't think I had sleep apnea as I wasn't "that overweight," and he said, "My Dad was a perfect weight, healthy guy, tough, and he had sleep apnea. Don't fool around with it; it's serious business. You could die in your sleep." I responded, "Yeah, but if I have to die...and I think I'm gonna have to, at some point...that's exactly the way I want to die. In my sleep." He didn't have a response to that one. I said, "It's a joke. Yeah, I'm gonna have the test done. Relax." Unlike with the heart tests performed at St. Barnabas, I received an information packet via email with easy-to-follow directions to the sleep center. A parking permit was provided for the specific sleep center parking lot. I was admitted at the front door, traveled up to the 6th floor, and met with a tech who explained everything to me and provided me with the equipment I would be using. Everyone I encountered was efficient, friendly, helpful. I was told to bring everything back the next day. At home that night, I downed a Unisom pill, hooked up the equipment (a "wrist watch" to turn everything on, a small monitor taped onto the breastbone to measure "snoring," a tightly fitted "cup" I had to keep my finger inserted in), and...that was pretty much it (the "wrist watch" flashed "Good Night" to let you know that everything was functioning properly). I still thought I might have trouble sleeping, but I was out pretty quick. Morpheus welcomed me with open arms. I awoke next morning with a migraine, but at least I had slept. That next morning, I returned all the equipment as instructed, and again encountered no difficulties or undue stress during the process. I was in and out of the center quickly. I still don't know, at this point, whether or not I have sleep apnea, but my experiences with the Sleep Center specifically, as opposed to St. Barnabas generally, have been positive and professional. Highly recommended. (In fairness to St. Barnabas as a hospital, I feel it incumbent upon me to mention that they're dealing with every injury, accident, trauma and disease imaginable, whereas the Sleep Center is focused on sleep difficulties exclusively...or, as in my case, sleep difficulties as they might be related to heart issues. Not that that obviates or negates the review I wrote about St. Barnabas itself...which was a mediocre rating at best...but I do like to think of myself as being fair.)

In August 2004, I suffered an AVM rupture (massive hemorrhagic stroke), thank goodness Dr. Koziol…read morewas on call that night. He 100% saved my life. I'm not perfect and never will be but I'm alive, thriving and am happy. Thank you Dr. Koziol for saving me!!!

IRMS is a careless reproductive practice. From not answering phone calls to emails, returning calls…read moreas simple as requests for lab review with no response for six weeks, to a portal that is outdated. Doctors who gaslight you and don't run the proper testing. Went here for 10 months and running to another practice. This practice caused me more stress than anything. Extreme stress. Do not go here.

Run, do not even start your journey here. Disorganized, mismanaged, and just plain idiotic, this…read moreentire staff has NO business being in the medical field. Talia, is a nasty witch and she spoke to me like a child. Dr. Cecokoniak refuses to directly speak to patients unless they speak to her idiotic nurses first. She has a horrible God complex. I STILL cannot manage to get away from them, after 4 requests from my new doctor, and SIGNED RELEASE FORMS from me, they refuse to send my medical records out.

Rude staff. No bedside manner. We needed to see a doctor right away due to screening results…read more No appointments were available for weeks. When we called and left a message for further follow-up, no one called back for several days. Never go here, they won't treat you right, and if anything happens, they don't have time for you. When we asked for the first cancellation, we were told to call back everyday in the morning, and beg them for an appointment. This is simple negligence. How hard is it to maintain a list of those wanting to get in sooner.

I have been going to NJPA since my 12th week of pregnancy. I am considered high risk because of my…read moreage and also because I needed to undergo amniocentesis. Dr. Leon Smith performed it for me and it was not painful at all. Dr. Smith is very confident with the procedure which made us very comfortable about doing it. The results were all positive and overall the communication and receptionists have been timely and great. The charges to my insurance have also been reasonable and we didn't have to shell out so much out of pocket.

Located in an office building - parking near north front and back entrances are tough unless you…read morepark on extra parking lot up the hill- you take the stairs down. His office is located on 1st floor which is closer to the front entrance. Office is dated but the waiting room is large - even has an area for kids. Secretary was pleasant and Dr Fieldman's was awesome. Dr fieldman and his staff made the visit very pleasant. Had my ears , nose and throat all checked . Even Had the nasal scope done with no pain! Amazing!

The best compliment to give a Dr is to have that Dr work on your child. Dr Fieldman has been…read moretreating my daughter for years, and today had to treat me. His staff is very efficient and friendly, and he reminds me of just a great soul, that has the attitude of an old school Dr with a modern mind. Great bedside personality. Highly recommended this great Dr.