Awards & Distinctions

Summit Health is recognized by Castle Connolly as the #1 Physician Practice in New Jersey and the #6 Physician Practice in the Nation for 2026. More than 120 physicians across 30+ specialties were named to Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors List, representing the top 7% of practicing physicians in the United States.

Summit Health and Westmed are recognized by Castle Connolly as the #3 Physician Practice in New York for 2026. A total of 110 physicians across more than 30 specialties were named to Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors List, representing the top 7% of practicing physicians in the United States.

Summit Health and Westmed are recognized by Castle Connolly as the #1 Physician Practice in Gastroenterology in New York for 2026.

Summit Health Westmed has been recognized for meeting high standards of quality and safety, enhancing patient care and operational excellence in radiation oncology.

Summit Health and Summit Health Westmed have been recognized for excellence in Breast Ultrasound diagnostic image quality, staff qualifications, policies, protocols, equipment, and therapeutic treatment.

Summit Health and Summit Health Westmed have been recognized for excellence in Computed Tomography (CT) diagnostic image quality, staff qualifications, policies, protocols, equipment, and therapeutic treatment.

Summit Health Westmed has been recognized for excellence in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) diagnostic image quality, staff qualifications, policies, protocols, equipment, and therapeutic treatment.

Summit Health and Summit Health Westmed have been recognized for excellence in Mammography diagnostic image quality, staff qualifications, policies, protocols, equipment, and therapeutic treatment.

Summit Health and Summit Health Westmed have been recognized for excellence in Nuclear Medicine diagnostic image quality, staff qualifications, policies, protocols, equipment, and therapeutic treatment.

Summit Health and Summit Health Westmed have been recognized for excellence in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) diagnostic image quality, staff qualifications, policies, protocols, equipment, and therapeutic treatment.

Summit Health has been recognized for excellence in Stereotactic Breast Biopsy diagnostic image quality, staff qualifications, policies, protocols, equipment, and therapeutic treatment.

Summit Health and Summit Health Westmed have been recognized for excellence in Ultrasound diagnostic image quality, staff qualifications, policies, protocols, equipment, and therapeutic treatment.

Summit Health has been recognized by the American Heart Association and the American Medical Association through their Target: BP program for our work to improve blood pressure control rates and reduce the number of Americans who have heart attacks or strokes.

Summit Health is dedicated to helping our patients achieve the best possible outcomes, and implementing the American Heart Association’s Check. Change. Control. Cholesterol program will help us accomplish that by making it easier for our teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis.

Summit Health is dedicated to helping our patients achieve the best possible outcomes, and implementing the American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes program will help us accomplish that by making it easier for our teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis.

Allowing practices to demonstrate that they meet or exceed nationally recognized standards in the performance and interpretation of diagnostic ultrasound examinations.

Summit Health Urgent Cares have achieved National Urgent Care Center Accreditation, a distinction that recognizes excellence in clinial quality, patient safety, and operational standards. This accreditation affirms that our urgent care centers meet nationally recognized benchmarks for delivering convenient, high-quality care when you need it most.

The Summit Health laboratory located at 1225 McBride Avenue in Woodland Park, NJ is accredited by the College of American Pathologists, demonstrating compliance with rigorous standards in laboratory practices, personnel qualifications, facilities, equipment, and quality control measures.

Summit Health Westmed Urgent Cares have accreditation under the Commission on Ambulatory and Urgent Care Quality (CAUCQ). CAUCQ serves as the national voice of Urgent Care, setting standards for quality operations nationally.

The Summit Health laboratory located at 1225 McBride Avenue in Woodland Park, NJ is certified by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). CLIA sets standards for personnel, quality control, proficiency testing, and quality assurance.

Summit Health's Radiation Oncology Departments in New Jersey achieved ASTRO's APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence®. This recognition is developed by radiation oncology professionals to recognize facilities that deliver safe, high-quality care to their patients.

The National Quality Measures for Breast Centers™ (NQMBC®) program, managed by the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC), provides a standardized, voluntary framework for tracking performance across screening, diagnostic, and treatment services. It uses over 30 metrics, including patient callback rates, time-to-treatment intervals, and procedural outcomes, to benchmark care against national averages.

Summit Health and Summit Health Westmed have NAPBC accreditiation. The NAPBC accreditation means that the Summit Health NJ Breast Care Center delivers high-quality care for breast disease that considers the entire patient and sets the standards for compassionate, personalized and coordinated care.

The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for patients with cancer. To receive this accreditation, Summit Health's Cancer Center in New Jersey met 30 standards that improve the quality of care through cancer-related programs that address the full continuum of care - from prevention to survivorship.

Summit Health has been recognized as the #6 physician practice nationwide for the highest number of Top Doctors.

Summit Health has been recognized as the #3 physician practice in New Jersey for the most Top Doctors in Gastro Care.

Summit Health Westmed has been recognized as the #1 physician practice in New York with the most Top Doctors in Gastro Care.

Summit Health Westmed has been recognized as the #4 physician practice in New York with the most Top Doctors in Women's Health Care.

Summit Health has been recognized as the #7 physician practice in New Jersey with the most Top Doctors in Orthopedic Care.

Dr. Eric M. Black, Vice Chair of Summit Health Orthopaedics, was named to Newsweek's list of America’s Leading Doctors 2025 in the Shoulder Surgery category. He was recognized as one of the top 30 specialists in the United States for his expertise in complex shoulder and elbow surgeries.