Healthgrades released its rankings for the best hospitals in the U.S. for cardiac care in 2024, including five in New Jersey.
The rankings recognize hospitals that deliver superior patient outcomes in heart bypass surgery, coronary interventional procedures, heart attack treatment, heart failure treatment and heart valve surgery.
Read more on the publication's ranking methodology here.
Here are the leaders of the New Jersey hospitals and health systems that were included in the rankings:
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City Campus
- Michael Charlton, president and CEO of AtlantiCare
- Sanjay Shetty, MD, interim chief medical officer
- Brittany Knapp, assistant vice president, Heart & Lung Institute and campus administrative officer
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston)
- Richard Davis, president and CEO
- Bruce Schonbraun, Board of Trustees chair
Hackensack University Medical Center
- Mark Sparta, president, North region of Hackensack Meridian Health
- Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune)
- Vito Buccellato, president and chief hospital executive of Jersey Shore University Medical Center
- Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health
- Brian Gragnolati, president and CEO of Atlantic Health System
- Scott Leighty, executive vice president, chief health system officer of Atlantic Health System
- Kevin Lenahan, executive vice president, chief business and strategy officer of Atlantic Health System
- Suja Mathew, MD, executive vice president, chief clinical officer of Atlantic Health System
- Trish O'Keefe, PhD, RN, president of Morristown Medical Center and senior vice president and chief nurse executive of Atlantic Health System