Monroe resident Michael Antoniades has been named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJ) in New Brunswick and Somerset.
Antoniades succeeds Stephen K. Jones, who served as president and CEO of the hospital since 2007, and who will soon assume the role of chief academic officer for RWJ’s new parent organization – RWJ Barnabas Health.
“Mike is a proven leader who possesses the needed vision, drive and passion to take our academic medical center to the next level,” said Jack Morris, chair of RWJ’s Board of Directors. “Since joining RWJ in January 2011, Mike has built strong partnerships with our partners at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and our private physicians in the community. We are confident that he will use these same skills as we begin a new chapter as New Jersey’s largest healthcare system, RWJ Barnabas Health.”
Antoniades joined RWJ in 2011 as vice president of Operations and was later promoted to senior vice president of Operations in 2013. He was named executive vice president and chief operating officer in 2014. He provided oversight for multiple clinical and support areas, as well as the strategic direction and development of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital, cardiovascular services, women’s services, ambulatory services and the hospital’s transplant programs (cardiac and kidney/pancreas) within the hospital.
“It is a privilege for me to lead an exceptional team of health care professionals who constantly strive to raise the bar and provide residents of our state and region some of the finest academic medicine available anywhere in the United States,” Antoniades said. “Our team has a well-earned reputation for expanding the boundaries of medicine while delivering innovative, quality care to patients. We look forward to strengthening this reputation and increasing access to our exceptional services as part of RWJ Barnabas Health System.”
Prior to his position at RWJ, Antoniades served in a variety of senior operational roles within community and teaching hospitals in New York and New Jersey.
He earned his Masters of Public Administration from Rutgers University in 2008 and his Bachelor of Science in Health Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2006.
He is currently a member of the American College of Health Executives and the Association of Healthcare Executives of New Jersey.
