Mr. Davis oversees daily operations of the 597-bed community teaching hospital and its ambulatory care center, leading a 2,400-member medical staff and more than 4,000 employees who annually handle more than 35,800 inpatient admissions, more than 5,800 births and 100,000 emergency visits. Since taking the role in September 2021, he has prioritized emergency department efficiency, where patients are seen by a provider within seven minutes on average and only 0.2% of patients leave without being seen. In 2025, Mr. Davis launched interdisciplinary rounds that reduced length of stay by 0.8 days, decreased bed need by 35 and generated $8 million in savings in their first year. He is leading the development of the Melchiorre Cancer Center, a $225 million outpatient facility serving as the northern hub for West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and New Brunswick-based Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and oversaw the 2023 rollout of a new enterprisewide EHR system. After the hospital experienced pandemic-era staffing shortages, Mr. Davis authorized the hiring of hundreds of employees, raising the share of staff who felt their unit was adequately staffed from 48% to 71% within three years and lifting the hospital’s employee engagement score from 3.85 to 4.02 over that same period. Mr. Davis also serves on the board of trustees of the Paper Mill Playhouse.
