Jefferson Health New Jersey Names New President/COO
CHERRY HILL, NJ — Jefferson Health New Jersey’s new president and chief operating officer has been with the health system for 23 years.
Brian Sweeney has been named to the position after serving as interim president since March, the health system announced Friday morning. He succeeds Joseph W. Devine, who remains with the organization in an enterprise role, as president.
Upon his appointment in March, Sweeney was met with an unprecedented crisis as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in South Jersey.
“Throughout this pandemic, Brian has demonstrated strong leadership skills, decisiveness, and operational aptitude,” Jefferson Executive Vice President and Enterprise Chief Operating Officer Stephanie Conners said. “In just three months, he has built strong partnerships with his leadership team, physicians and staff, and Jefferson New Jersey board members.”
Previously, he had most recently led daily hospital operations across all Thomas Jefferson University Hospital campuses in Philadelphia as Chief Operating Officer, as well as leading the enterprise’s digestive health and transplant service lines, among other roles.
A results-oriented executive who has led numerous complex change initiatives at Jefferson, Sweeney earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Gwynedd-Mercy College in 1996.
Sweeney’s nursing career included emergency/trauma care and critical care transport.
A resident of Gwynedd Valley, Pa., Sweeney earned his MBA from Temple University in 2000. A Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, he is a national speaker on leadership, strategy, healthcare operations, and performance improvement.
This article originally appeared on the Cherry Hill Patch
