As president and CEO of Trinitas Regional Medical Center, an West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health facility, Dr. DiLiegro provides strategic and operational leadership for a 553-bed Catholic teaching hospital sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth. She oversees two major campuses and a broad continuum of clinical, behavioral health and community-based services, guiding long-term planning and academic partnerships, including collaborations with the Rutgers Cancer Institute and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. Dr. DiLiegro has overseen major capital and programmatic developments, including the opening of a $40 million medical arts building and a center for autism and developmental disabilities, as well as the implementation of the TrueBeam Linear Accelerator, which reduced radiation treatment times from 30 minutes to less than two minutes. She also supported efforts to secure a $1.25 million grant to modernize the cardiac catheterization lab. Under her leadership, Trinitas achieved the Leapfrog “A” hospital safety grade for fall 2025, its highest rating in more than a decade, and earned consecutive U.S. News & World Report distinctions for maternity care. Programs such as “Meds to Bed” and transitional care have reduced wait times and improved discharge processes, while she has championed community health initiatives that address social determinants of health. Before becoming president and CEO, Dr. DiLiegro served Trinitas as vice president of clinical and physician services from 2009 to 2023 and in earlier roles dating to 2002.
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