Primary Care in Northern NJ - Mountainside Medical Center
Primary Care • Caldwell, NJ • multiple locations (West Caldwell, Montclair, Clifton implied) locations
About
Summary: Mountainside Medical Center (Immedicenter) offers primary care and urgent care services in Northern New Jersey, with locations spanning Totowa, Bloomfield, Clifton, and Caldwell area coverage. Key offerings include primary care/wellness checks, vaccinations, and gastroenterology services, plus student drug/alcohol screenings. The organization operates as a private health care provider under Hackensack Meridian Mountainside, with multiple offices in NJ and a focus on primary and urgent care. Contact: 973-778-5566 (HQ in Totowa) and main site mountainsidemedicalcenter.com.
Clinic Type
Primary Care
Address
1129 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 100, West Caldwell, NJ 07006; Montclair, NJ 07042; Clifton (Immedicenter) location referenced
Phone
not specified
ardentcustomerservice@ensemblehp.com
Opening Hours
not specified
Telehealth
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Emergency Care
Emergency and urgent care
Services Offered
Technology & Equipment
Team
Insurance & Payment
Accepting Medicare, Medicaid and most insurance plans.
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Financing: not specified in text
Savings plan: not specified in text
Languages Spoken
Pricing
Current Offers
Accepting New Patients
FAQs
What services are offered under primary care?
Adult health care services including preventive care, immunizations, management of chronic conditions, and acute care; referrals to specialists; annual physicals; DOT exams; pre-employment exams; patient education.
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Awards & Accreditations
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- Momentary/CMS HCAHPS: 2 out of 5 stars (based on HCAHPS data) (283 patient surveys)
- Yelp: 2.2 out of 5 stars (146 reviews)
- MedicalRecords.com: 2.6 out of 5 stars (2,104 reviews)
Patients praise
- Cleanliness of the facility rated as a strength
- Some reports of attentive and compassionate individual staff members
- Smooth experiences for some scheduled or outpatient surgeries
Common complaints
- Long emergency room wait times and overcrowding
- Concerns regarding staff communication and attitude
- Issues with diagnostic accuracy or misdiagnosis in some cases
- Dissatisfaction with responsiveness and helpfulness of nursing staff
- Facility noise levels affecting patient comfort
"The nurses and aides were most attentive... My surgeon was a seasoned professional and prepared me for the procedure... in a straight forward but compassionate manner."
— MedicalRecords.com User Review"Mountainside Hospital should really do better... Dr. Erik Sherman was very dismissive, judgmental, and condescending to my family and I."
— Rate A Hospital User Review"Been coming to see Dr. Farnese for over a decade but every time i'm here the wait time is longer and longer... My time is as vialble as yours so have some respect for..."
— Healthgrades User ReviewSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Group Welcomes Mikhail Khaimov, D.O. - Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center — Mar 2, 2026
- Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Group Welcomes Hanna Carrasco, D.O. - Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center — Jan 13, 2026
- Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Group Expands Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Services with Addition of New Jersey Pulmonary and Sleep Associates - Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center — Jul 6, 2026
- Dr. Tehrim Zahid, MD - Internal Medicine Physician in Montclair, NJ — May 14, 2026
- Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Group Welcomes Hanna Carrasco D.O. | Newswise — Jan 15, 2026
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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