As one of New Jersey's largest academic medical centers and an academic affiliate of Philadelphia's Drexel University College of Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center and The Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center have notable advantages over many institutions in providing and demonstrating quality. Monmouth is Drexel's largest major academic medical affiliate in New Jersey and is the only area academic medical center to achieve regional medical campus status. It is recognized as a Distinguished Academic Medical Center among an elite group of the nation's nine leading teaching hospitals, by Press Ganey. Additionally, Monmouth Medical Center has earned the coveted Solucient 100 Top Hospitals - Performance Improvement Leaders award, recognizing Monmouth Medical Center for its clinical outcomes and patient safety among 100 top hospitals in the nation.

Additionally, Monmouth's reputation as a progressive medical center attracts the state's top physicians, who are committed to quality patient care and medical excellence. Monmouth has more than 800 members on its medical and dental staff trained in primary care medicine, as well as in more than 60 recognized subspecialties.