Mr. Arnold leads RWJBarnabas Health’s Southern region and the system’s academic flagship, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, a 628-bed quaternary center and hub for Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. As leader of the academic medical center, he oversees level 1 adult and level 2 pediatric trauma services, advanced heart failure and transplant, the state’s largest kidney and pancreas transplant program, cancer, neuroscience, advanced endoscopy, high-risk bariatrics, and women’s and children’s care. Since 2021, he has been a key player in accelerating academic integration with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, recruiting top clinical leaders across medicine, surgery, pediatrics and key subspecialties, launching more than $2 billion in capital projects like the state’s first freestanding cancer hospital, a 16-story ambulatory services pavilion and a multi-year transformation of surgical services, and in advancing the RWJBarnabas–Rutgers integrated practice agreement and the HELIX research and innovation ecosystem. Under his leadership, the academic medical center has earned repeated U.S. News & World Report regional recognition with 11 “high performing” ratings, Magnet redesignation, Newsweek “Best-in-State” honors and much more. He also serves as immediate past chair and trustee of the New Jersey Hospital Association.
