Piscataway Resident John Hoffman Elected Chairman of RWJUH Board of Directors
Friday, May 15, 2009
 John Hoffman, Esq. |
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) has named Piscataway resident John Hoffman, Esq., as its new board chairman. Mr. Hoffman, who is currently an attorney and shareholder of the law firm Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, was elected to a three-year term at the hospital’s annual meeting on May 13.
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Hoffman served as a member and chair of the board’s finance committee.
“John Hoffman brings enormous talent, creativity and energy to his new role,” said Stephen K. Jones, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. “During his time on the board, John has offered us tremendous insight on a broad range of issues affecting our finance committee and our hospital as a whole.”
Mr. Hoffman is looking forward to assuming his new role on the board.
“There is little doubt that the health care industry and the national economy as a whole are facing some challenging times,” Mr. Hoffman notes. “As Chairman, I will remain committed to helping RWJUH maintain its fiscal strength and exploring new partnerships where we can enhance and expand services for both our patients and the community.”
He also wants to further expand RWJUH’s reputation for being a health care provider of choice that offers world-class medical care to New Jersey residents. RWJUH is the principal hospital of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
 Pictured from left: John Hoffman, Esq. of Piscataway, Chairman of the RWJUH Board of Directors; Gil Blitz of Montgomery, immediate Past Chairman and current Treasurer of the Board of Directors; and Stephen K. Jones, FACHE of South Brunswick, President and Chief Executive Officer of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. |
“We will continue to pursue the latest advances in medicine and destination therapies like the AbioCor artificial replacement heart and proton beam cancer therapy to further expand our reputation as a national leader in providing advanced technologies that are available at only a small number of elite institutions nationwide,” Mr. Hoffman explained. “I also look forward to working with the board, our hospital leadership and the leadership of our partner institutions to establish a new Community Relations Committee to strengthen our presence in and better serve the needs of our community.”
In addition to his service on the RWJUH Board of Directors, Mr. Hoffman is a general counsel to Middlesex County College, construction counsel to the Middlesex County Utilities Authority and special counsel to the New Brunswick Parking and Housing Authority. Mr. Hoffman is a former chair of the RWJ University Hospital Foundation Board and is a current member of the Middlesex County College Foundation Board. He also serves on the Board of Directors of New Jersey American Water Company, Liberty Water Company, Edison Water Company and Long Island Water Corporation. He is also a member of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Board of Trustees.
Mr. Hoffman is an active participant in many civic organizations and has earned several honors for his community involvement. In 2000, he was voted “Citizen of the Year” by the Woodbridge Chamber of Commerce, and has also been recognized by both the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce and the American Cancer Society for his involvement with those organizations. In 1998, he won the “Torch of Liberty” award from the Anti-Defamation League— an honor recognized in a joint legislative resolution of the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly. Mr. Hoffman also received the 2007 Saint Thomas More Award from the Diocese of Metuchen.
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a 600-bed academic medical center and the principal hospital of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ. Robert Wood Johnson is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care. RWJUH is the first hospital in the nation to implant the AbioCor self-contained artificial heart since the device received FDA approval in 2006. RWJUH is one of only three sites in the nation approved to offer this groundbreaking technology. Its Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, and women’s and children’s care including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.bmsch.org). The hospital is also a Level 1 Trauma Center and serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness. The hospital has earned significant national recognition for clinical quality and patient safety. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the nation for heart and heart surgery (No. 36), cancer (No. 40) respiratory disorders (No. 50), according to U.S.News & World Report’s 2009 ranking of “America’s Best Hospitals.” The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer has rated RWJUH among the nation's best comprehensive cancer centers. The Leapfrog Group rated RWJUH as one of the 50 exceptional U.S. hospitals, as published in Consumers Digest magazine. Harvard University researchers, in a study commissioned by The Commonwealth Fund, identified RWJUH as one of the top 10 hospitals in the nation for clinical quality. RWJUH is also a recipient of the prestigious Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence for more than 10 consecutive years. Visit us online at www.rwjuh.edu.
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