Chilton Memorial Hospital

Chilton Hospital
Geography
Location	Pompton Plains, New Jersey, United States
Services
Beds	260
History
Founded	1947
Links
Website	http://www.chiltonhealth.org/
Lists	Hospitals in New Jersey

Located at 97 West Parkway in Pompton Plains, New Jersey at the crossroads of Morris, Passaic and Bergen counties, Chilton Hospital is a non profit community hospital with 1400 employees and more than 600 physicians representing 60 medical specialties. Annually, it serves more than 160,000 patients across 33 communities.

In 1947, Forrest C. Chilton II, MD and his wife, Elizabeth, a registered nurse, donated land located on Newark-Pompton Turnpike to build a hospital in honor of their son, Forrest S. Chilton III, who died in World War II. In 1954, the 50-bed facility opened. In 1961, it was expanded to a 119-bed facility. The current facility on West Parkway houses 260 beds.

Chilton is currently undergoing a $24 million renovation and modernization. Among the enhancements, Chilton is tripling the number of its private rooms.

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was born at Chilton in 1974.