Mr. Hirsch has served as president and CEO of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System since 2017 after joining the organization as president in 2015, leading one of the few remaining Catholic, single-hospital health systems in the state. He recently guided Saint Peter’s through a multiyear discernment process to secure its future and Catholic identity after a proposed merger was blocked by the Federal Trade Commission in 2022 and a second proposed merger was mutually terminated in 2025, positioning the system to continue as an independent organization. Mr. Hirsch has overseen a multimillion-dollar modernization of Saint Peter’s Family Health Center, which is nearing its five-year goal of 100,000 visits after reaching nearly 84,000 in 2025. He has also directed the expansion and modernization of the hospital’s adult and pediatric ICUs and perioperative services area, and oversaw the March 2026 launch of a new division of the pediatric cardiology-fetal and adult congenital heart center. Mr. Hirsch was elected to a three-year term on the American Hospital Association’s board of trustees beginning in January 2025 and also chairs its regional policy board 2 for New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. He previously chaired the New Jersey Hospital Association’s board of trustees and received its “Distinguished Service Award” in 2022.
