Ms. Morrison has served as president and chief hospital executive of JFK University Medical Center since February 2025, after serving in the same role at Stafford Township, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Southern Ocean Medical Center. The 498-bed medical center, affiliated with the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, has more than 1,000 affiliated physicians and offers specialized neurosurgery and thoracic surgery, robotic general surgery, cardiac care, maternity and pediatrics, oncology, and advanced diagnostic and interventional radiology. Under her leadership, the medical center opened a $14 million cancer center and embarked on the first phase of a $95 million master facility plan that includes a new surgery center, wound care center and parking garage. At the hospital, Ms. Morrison led a $31.4 million surgery expansion, advanced the hospital’s cardiac catheterization license three times in two years and rebuilt its orthopedic program. A registered nurse by training, she renewed her basic life support certification in response to Covid-19 to remain able to transport patients and deliver care directly. The academic medical center has earned Joint Commission certification in health care equity, sustainable healthcare, wound care and sepsis, along with Magnet designation for nursing excellence.
