Mr. Arnold leads Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the flagship of Rutgers Cancer Institute and New Jersey’s largest academic medical center. He also serves as executive vice president and president of RWJBarnabas Health’s Southern Region, which includes six acute care hospitals. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has 724 beds, including the 105-bed Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital, and is one of only three state-accredited level 1 trauma centers in New Jersey. Since taking the helm in 2021, Mr. Arnold has deepened the hospital’s integration with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, recruiting clinical leadership across departments including pediatric medicine, neurosurgery and thoracic surgery. The hospital undertook a capital expansion exceeding $2 billion in New Brunswick that includes the Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, New Jersey’s first freestanding cancer hospital, which opened in 2025 with nine operating rooms and 96 inpatient beds, and an ambulatory services pavilion. He also led implementation of a formal integrated practice agreement between Rutgers University and RWJBarnabas Health, a clinical alignment he was tapped to realize in 2021. In the past year, Mr. Arnold received the “Outstanding Healthcare Executive” award from the EJI Excellence in Medicine Foundation and was named to NJBIZ‘s “People to Watch” and “Power” lists.
