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Patricia Carroll

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge Medical Center

Bridge, NJ

Ms. Carroll has accountability for operations, strategy and business economics at both Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay and Old Bridge medical centers, which together have 460 beds, 1,315 full-time team members and $312 million in annual revenue. Since taking on the role in 2022, she has led a 2024 expansion of inpatient behavioral health at Raritan Bay to 81 beds and forged new partnerships, including one with Central Jersey Medical Center in Perth Amboy to expand outpatient behavioral health access. This year, construction will begin on a new hybrid cardiac/interventional radiology suite at Old Bridge, and Raritan Bay will host its third annual suicide awareness and mental health walk with the Town of Perth Amboy. In 2025, Raritan Bay earned the Joint Commission’s advanced certification in perinatal care. Both hospitals under her leadership have earned Magnet designation for nursing excellence for a fifth time. Ms. Carroll organizes the annual Leonard W. Hatton Memorial Classic honoring the fallen FBI agent, and has received a “CARE Award for Excellence in Administration” from the New Jersey State Nurses Association and a “Community Service Award” from the March of Dimes. She first began her career as a staff nurse and is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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