"City Hospital", 1901
	"Harrison S. Martland Center", 1954
	"Newark City Hospital", 1966
	"College Hospital", 1979
	"The University Hospital", 2000

For several years until 1882, the city of Newark - without its own municipal hospital - maintained a total of 10 beds in Saint Michael's Medical Center, Saint Barnabas and the German Hospital (now known as Clara Maass Medical Center) for the care of the indigent, sick and injured. Recognizing a need for better facilities for these individuals, the City Hospital was organized by obtaining the use of the north wing of the Almshouse on the corner of Elizabeth Avenue and Concord Street. With 25 beds, the hospital was opened to the sick on September 4, 1882 and was incorporated on February 23, 1883.

In 1884 the hospital was moved to the former insane asylum building on Fairmont Avenue. By the late 1880's, the hospital had outgrown its second home, which was torn down in phases and replaced by a red brick structure. The hospital was enlarged by the addition of the north wing, a four-story structure with a basement, in 1925.

To cope with the rising demands of the large postwar migrations of individuals to Newark, construction of a new 14-story hospital with 750 beds began in 1954. The city of Newark dedicated the new hospital, The Harrison S. Martland Center, in honor of the prominent pathologist, Dr. Harrison S. Martland, who had served the city for 28 years as a pathologist for the hospital and as an Essex County Medical Examiner. The $13 million hospital, located behind the 20^th-century structure and facing Bergen Street, was completed in May 1958. From 1956-1964 total yearly admissions, births and clinic visits almost doubled.

From 1960 through 1967 the hospital had numerous problems including collections, accreditation, poor housekeeping, sanitation, and work condition protests. In 1962 the hospital's name was changed back to Newark City Hospital.

On July 1, 1968, the College of the Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey assumed operation of the hospital from the City and renamed the entire complex the Martland Hospital. In 1969 the hospital had 1,340 employees, cared for 22,000 inpatients and had approximately 150,000 outpatient visits.

The Medical and Dental Education Act of 1970 created the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (CMDNJ) by merging NJCMD with the medical school of Rutgers University under a single board of trustees. Recognizing the need to replace the now-obsolete Martland Hospital, the Board approved the construction of a new hospital directly across Bergen Street. Construction began in 1977 and the new College Hospital opened in May of 1979.

In 1981, university-status was legislatively awarded to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the name of the hospital was officially changed to University Hospital.

By providing training for our future physicians and offering a wide range of specialty services to the community, University Hospital has ushered in a new plateau for health care for residents of the state of New Jersey.