Mr. Burke has served as chief administrative officer of Clara Maass Medical Center, part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health, since February 2025. In the hospital’s top leadership role, he provides executive leadership and operational oversight for the hospital and partners with clinical leadership and system executives to drive strategic growth, quality and patient experience. With more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience spanning academic, mission-based, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, he brings a background as both a pharmacist and healthcare executive to his current role. Under his leadership, Clara Maass has earned 5-star distinctions from Healthgrades in cardiac care, bariatric surgery, orthopedics and women’s health, and has received a 12th “A” hospital safety grade from The Leapfrog Group, along with Joint Commission certifications in stroke, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, cardiac rehabilitation, joint replacement and palliative care. The medical center is also one of only 101 hospitals nationwide named to Money.com’s first “Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery” list, and holds a bariatric surgery center of excellence designation from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Before joining Clara Maass, Mr. Burke served as president of the Hartford, Conn. market for Trinity Health Of New England, where he oversaw Saint Francis Hospital, a level 1 trauma center and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital. Mr. Burke serves on the Connecticut Science Center’s board of trustees and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Connecticut Society of Health System Pharmacists.
