Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy has been providing care to residents of northern Middlesex County for more than a century. This Joint Commission accredited hospital provides a full-range of acute medical, surgical and outpatient care. Raritan Bay was one of the original 12 community hospitals participating in a national Johns Hopkins study to determine the benefits of patients receiving angioplasty in hospitals without cardiac surgery programs. Since 1980, Raritan Bay has trained more than 300 residents in its internal medicine residency program affiliated with the Rutgers Robert Wood Jonson Medical School. Through a partnership with Middlesex County College – Nursing Education Program nurses receive their training at the medical center. Specialty services and programs include maternity, a cardiac catheterization laboratory, Center for Wound Healing, the Human Motion Institute, Center for Women, and the Center for Balance.