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Primary Care • Hackensack, NJ • Since 2016
About
Hackensack Meridian Health is a large nonprofit health network in New Jersey offering a broad range of medical services across 17 hospitals and 500+ care locations. Key features include: - Integrated network with 3 academic medical centers and multiple specialty hospitals (including children’s hospitals) and extensive community hospitals - Services: expert care by doctor, condition, or specialty; in-person and virtual visits; online bill pay - Large scale: 35,000+ team members and 7,000+ physicians - Locations: extensive ambulatory, surgery, home health, urgent care, rehabilitation, and other facilities statewide; HQ in Edison, NJ - Access: online appointment booking and wide access to physicians across the network If you’re specifically looking to find a doctor within Hackensack Meridian Health, you can: - Visit the network’s site to search doctors by specialty, condition, or location - Use online appointment booking to schedule visits - Explore affiliated hospitals (e.g., Hackensack University Medical Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, JFK Medical Center) to find physicians associated with those campuses
Clinic Type
Primary Care
Address
225 May Street, Suite Edison, NJ 08837
Phone
732-661-2020
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Opening Hours
Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- Hackensack Meridian Health Official Provider Site: Generally range from 4.6 to 4.9/5 stars for individual providers on the official Hackensack Meridian Health site (Varies by provider, typically hundreds of ratings per doctor)
- Healthgrades: 4.6/5 stars (82 ratings)
- Birdeye (Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group): 1.5/5 stars (30 ratings)
- Birdeye (Urgent Care): 2.8/5 stars (158 ratings)
Patients praise
- Professional, knowledgeable, and caring doctors
- Effective bedside manner and good communication skills
- Thorough examinations and clear explanations of health issues
- Welcoming and efficient office staff (for some locations/providers)
Common complaints
- Long wait times for appointments and during office visits
- Difficulties with office staff communication and scheduling
- Billing and insurance handling issues (e.g., unexpected bills, slow refunds)
- Reports of insensitive or dismissive staff/provider behavior
- Inconvenient office locations or lack of clear signage
"Difficult to make appointment as she is booked months in advance. Building needs more signage to help find office."
— Alaa K Hussain, MD - Official HMH Reviews"Dr. Peralkar is caring, thorough, listens to your issues and for me she has gone the xtra mile. She's a keeper!"
— Neha Sanjiv Paralkar, MD - Official HMH Reviews"Good luck trying to get in touch with them. Also, they love to cancel appointments and force a reschedule for months later."
— Birdeye - Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group ReviewsSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Dr. Louisa E. Essandoh, MD - OB-GYN in Hackensack, NJ — May 14, 2026
- Dr. Dongmei Zhao, MD - Internal Medicine Physician in Hackensack, NJ — May 14, 2026
- Caroline Wiltshire, Nurse Practitioner | Hackensack, NJ | WebMD — Aug 1, 2025
- Hackensack Meridian Health Physicians Recognized as Top Doctors in State by Jersey’s Best Magazine — Oct 2, 2025
- Hackensack Meridian Health Launches App to Bring 24/7 Care to NJ Patients - The Bergen County Girl — Jan 21, 2026
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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