Mr. Pullin leads southern New Jersey’s largest health system, which comprises five hospitals, two satellite emergency departments, 41 ambulatory surgery centers and more than 400 sites. Additionally, he is responsible for advancing an academic partnership with Rowan University through the Virtua Health College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Over the past year, he authored the Amazon best seller Suited for Leadership and launched bold community initiatives, including a four-year, $5 million anti-poverty collaboration with Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care and the nonprofit United Way, the expansion of the “Eat Well Mobile Grocery and the first Mobile Food Farmacy”, and a second pediatric mobile services unit to increase annual visits from 6,000 to about 10,000. He is steering an $850 million capital program with a six-story pavilion at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden and supporting a new Rowan University nursing school, while opening affordable senior housing integrated with a Virtua medical practice. A board member of Hillenbrand and DaVita, as well as a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Mr. Pullin has been recognized nationally for innovation, equity and workforce excellence. Under his leadership, Virtua has sustained “Best Place to Work” honors from Forbes and level 10 “Most Wired” status from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.
