J. Fletcher Creamer Jr., chairman of the Hackensack University Medical Center Board of Governors, announced that the board has named Robert C. Garrett as president and chief executive officer.
Garrett has served as acting president and chief executive officer since May. He joined Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) in 1981 and was named executive vice president and chief operating officer in 1986.
"I want to thank the board of governors and the entire family of Hackensack University Medical Center for their support and for their confidence in me,” says Garrett. "With the ongoing support of this motivated, talented team, we will continue to provide an exceptional standard of care and work to further improve the health and well being of the people of the New Jersey/New York metropolitan region."
Since assuming the leadership role in July, Garrett has begun work on a new Heart & Vascular Hospital at HUMC, a facility dedicated to patients with cardiac and vascular disease focusing on state-of-the-art time-saving and life-saving care. Other recent accomplishments include an oncology affiliation with Saint Claire’s Hospital in Denville, which has strengthened the John Theurer Cancer Center’s tertiary referrals and the establishment of the “Touchdown Fund for Cardiac, Kids, and Cancer,” a unique partnership with the New York Giants to raise funds for medical center programs.
Garrett is past secretary/treasurer of the American Diabetes Association and currently serves as chairman of its board development committee. He has received numerous awards and honors including Modern Healthcare’s Up and Comers Award in 1996, the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Greater Hackensack Chamber of Commerce in 2001, and the Association of Healthcare Executives Distinguished Service Award in 2004.
Most recently, the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals’ (NJCTH) Board of Trustees elected him as its chairman of the board commencing January 2010.
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