Mr. Pullin leads Virtua Health with a holistic approach to what a health system can and should be, implementing cutting-edge clinical innovation, community health equity initiatives and workforce culture improvements. Under his leadership, the system has launched AI-enabled virtual care across its hospitals, featuring two-way patient room cameras and remote monitoring sensors. The system also expanded its “Eat Well” food access program with a new mobile grocery store and mobile “food farmacy,” introduced a second pediatric mobile services vehicle that’s expected to increase children’s visits from 6,000 to approximately 10,000 annually, and opened Oliver Station, an innovative community integrating affordable senior housing with an on-site primary care practice. Mr. Pullin has also cochaired a four-year, $5 million collaboration with Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care and the United Way of Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey to fight poverty, and is overseeing a six-story pavilion expansion at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital set to open in late 2027 in Camden. In 2025, Mr. Pullin published Suited for Leadership, a 24-chapter book that topped Amazon’s “Hot New Releases” lists in the leadership development and workplace culture categories, drawing on stories from his career to examine the essential traits of effective leadership. He serves on the boards of Hillenbrand, Inc. and DaVita, Inc., is a fellow and past regent of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has held board roles with the American Hospital Association, the New Jersey Hospital Association, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Economic and Community Advisory Council.
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Becker's Recognition
Dennis Pullinhas been named a Becker's honoree on the lists below.
2026 Winner

