Mr. Sparta is president and chief hospital executive of Hackensack Meridian Hackensack UMC and president of the North Region at Hackensack Meridian Health. In his role, Mr. Sparta oversees the 803-bed medical center’s nearly $3 billion budget and $200 million operating margin. He has led significant transformation at Hackensack UMC in the form of the nine-story Helena Theurer Pavillion, which houses 24 operating rooms with intraoperative MRI capabilities, 50 ICU beds, and 175 private patient rooms. Before assuming his current role, Mr. Sparta was executive vice president and chief operating officer at Hackensack UMC and executive vice president and chief population health officer of the Hackensack University Health Network.
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