Executive Leadership
Robert C. Garrett, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Robert C. Garrett is the CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest health network with 17 hospitals, 500 patient care locations, 34,000 team members and 6,500 physicians. Under Mr. Garrett’s visionary leadership, the network opened the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, formed an historic partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and secured the network’s merger with New Jersey’s largest behavioral health provider to dramatically improve access and the quality of care for addiction treatment and mental illness in New Jersey and beyond.
Mr. Garrett’s leadership and strategic vision have garnered much professional praise. He was featured in The CEO Forum’s 10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare in America this year, on ROI Influencers: Power List 2019 and 2018 and was ranked #1 in the NJBIZ 2017 “Power 50 Health Care” list. He was also ranked on the 2017 “NJBIZPower 100: The most powerful people in New Jersey business” list for six consecutive years.
Commentaries
NorthJersey.com (NJ) (July 21, 2020)
Our war against COVID-19 must be waged with responsibility: Wear the mask
NorthJersey.com (NJ) (June 4, 2020)
Hackensack Meridian Health condemns all forms of racism, hate and violence
Star Ledger/NJ.Com (NJ) (May 2, 2020)
Hopeful signs in Battle Against COVID-19
Fox News (National) (April 27, 2020)
Lessons from the Front Lines
USA Today. (National) (March 24, 2020)
Let’s help each other weather this global pandemic
ROI-NJ.com (February 5, 2020)
Health care on Global Scale: Four Takeaways from Davos
Becker’s Hospital Review (January 24, 2020)
Corner Office: Hackensack Meridian Health’s CEO on the Revitalizing Power of Cooking
Modern Healthcare (December 13, 2019)
Lessons Learned from a Targeted Ransomware Attack
The Record (October 20, 2019)
How the Merger of Hackensack Meridian Health and Englewood Health Benefits North Jersey
Star Ledger (October 7, 2019)
We Now Offer More Options for Mental Health Care, CEO Says. We call on Others to Do the Same
Becker’s Hospital Review (September 24, 2019)
We Must Alert the Public About the Dangers of Vaping
The Record (September 15, 2019)
Smoke Alarm: Vaping Crisis Calls for Immediate Action
Star-Ledger (May 22, 2019)
Three Hospital CEOs say Patients Should be Told about their Health Care Options Before Being Transferred Out of State
The Record/northjersey.com (May 3, 2019)
Achieve Fairness for Patients and Physicians in Medical Billing
Modern Healthcare (April 27, 2019)
Q&A: “I see a lot of Growth over the next year in the Nonhospital Side of the Business”
Modern Healthcare (February 7, 2019)
Lessons from Davos on How to Transform Healthcare
Star-Ledger (January 23, 2019)
N.J. Leads in Preventing Women from Dying in Childbirth. We can do More.
Star Ledger (January 23, 2019)
New Jersey Comes Together to Help Furloughed Workers
Becker’s Hospital Review (December 18, 2018)
Corner Office: Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert Garrett on the Toughest Task Every Executive Faces
ROBERT GLENNING
President, Financial Services Division; Chief Financial Officer
JOSEPH LEMAIRE
President, Diversified Ventures
BONITA STANTON, M.D.
President, Academic Enterprise Founding Dean, School of Medicine
MARK S. STAUDER
Chief Operating Officer
DANIEL W. VARGA, M.D.
PATRICK YOUNG
President, Population Health Solutions
CATHY AINORA
Executive Vice President and Interim President, Hospital Services Division, Chief Integration Officer
NANCY R. CORCORAN-DAVIDOFF
Executive Vice President, Chief Experience and Chief Human Resources Officer
CAROL BARSKY, M.D.
Executive Vice President, Chief Quality Officer
JAMES BLAZAR
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
THERESA M. BRODRICK, RN, PHD
Executive Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive
ANN B. GAVZY, ESQ.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Transactions and Corporate Services
AUDREY MURPHY, ESQ, MSN, RN
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Operations
MARK SPARTA
Executive Vice President, Population Health and President, Chief Hospital Executive, Hackensack University Medical Center
KENNETH SABLE, M.D.
Regional President, Southern Market
IHOR SAWCZUK, M.D.
Regional President, Northern Market, Chief Research Officer
M. TODD WAY
Regional President, Central Market
TIM HOGAN
President, Care Transformation Services
DEAN LIN
President, Care Transformation Services and Physician Practices
DONALD J. PARKER
President, Behavioral Health Care Transformation Services/Integrative Health & Medicine
JOYCE HENDRICKS
Chief Development Officer, Network Philanthropy
HELEN A. CUNNING
Regional President, Northern Market, Foundation Chief Development Officer
JOSEPH STAMPE
Regional President, Southern Market, Foundation Chief Development Officer
JEFFREY R. BOSCAMP, M.D.
Senior Vice President, School of Medicine Development/Co-Chief Administrator
KENNETH M. ESSER, JR.
Senior Vice President, Corporate Services and Governance, Government Relations, Chief of Staff
THOMAS FLYNN, FACHE
Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
DORIE KLISSAS
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
DAVID S. KOUNTZ, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P.
Vice President, Academic Diversity Co-Chief Administrator
DAVID S. PERLIN
Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer
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