Leadership

Senior Leadership

President & CEO
Kirk C. Tice

Chief Medical Officer
Carol Ash, DO, MHCDS, MBA

Vice President and Site Financial Officer
Rodney Dunn

Vice President, Patient Services & CNO
Eric Kleinert, MSN, RN

Vice President Clinical Transformation and Integration
Deborah Gandy, MSN, MSA, RN, CPHQ

Vice President, Development Trinitas Regional Medical Center Foundation & Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
Laura Ciraco, MBA

Management Team

Senior Director of Nursing Operations
Tara Cullen MBA, BSN, RN

Director, Patient Access
Sara Polak

Director, Laboratory
Francis M. Starrett

Director, Food and Environmental Services
Danielle Damion

Director, Plant Services
William Kelly

Director, Information Services
Leonora Eckhart

Director, Patient Experience
Mary Jackson

Director, Clinical Services
Terrence McCarthy

Director, Pharmacy
Irina Polotskiy, Pharm.D

Director, Human Resources
Sheila Buthe, SPHR

Senior Director, Perioperative Services & Outpatient Cardiac Services
Caroline Kornutik, RN, MSN, CNOR, NE-BC

Director, Imaging, Material Management
Robert White, CRA

Director, Rehabilitation Services
Nora Grillo, DPT

Assistant Director, Case Management and Social Services
Bernie Valenzuela, MBA, MSN, RN, CCM




Patient Stories

  • “Our providers at RWJBarnabas Health have been a lifesaver for us in so many ways,” says Doris. “We just cannot say enough good things about them.”

    John
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  • “My care team was definitely a team of angels in disguise. They never gave up on me.”

    Isaac
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  • “You never want to put your child through surgery, but we realized this was the best time in the best place with the best surgeon. I wouldn’t change a thing.”

    Meredith
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