Ronald J. Del Mauro is responsible for the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, a statewide integrated health care delivery system that provides treatment and services for more than two million patients each year and delivers 17,000 babies annually.
The Saint Barnabas System, the largest in New Jersey, includes six acute care hospitals, two children’s hospitals, ambulatory care centers, nursing and rehabilitation centers, an assisted living facility, geriatric centers, a statewide behavioral health network and comprehensive home care and hospice programs. The System includes 19,600 employees (second largest private employer in New Jersey), 4,600 physicians (representing one-fourth of the total physicians actively practicing in New Jersey), and 450 residents.
Among SBHCS’ nationally recognized services and facilities are New Jersey’s only certified burn treatment facility; world-class cardiac surgery services; the state’s oldest, most experienced heart transplant program ranked in the top 10 by volume nationally; New Jersey’s only lung transplant program; six certified chest pain centers by the American Society of Chest Pain Centers; three Joint Commission-accredited Primary Stroke Centers, one Comprehensive state-accredited Stroke Center and three-state accredited Primary Stroke Centers; one of the most comprehensive robotic surgery services in the nation; two kidney transplant centers which is ranked 7th in the nation with 35 years of experience; a renowned neurology and neurosurgery program; a widely recognized reproductive medicine and science program; nationally recognized geriatric services; comprehensive cancer services; three Valerie Fund Children’s Centers for Cancer and Blood Disorders; renowned women’s and children’s services, including Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel and The Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center; three highest level neonatal intensive care units; and New Jersey’s only neonatal ECMO program (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program, life support for babies with severe respiratory failure).
Mr. Del Mauro began his career with Saint Barnabas Medical Center in 1967. For 14 years, he served as Vice President for Human Resources and Director of Personnel. In 1983, he was named Senior Vice President for Human Resources for the Saint Barnabas Corporation and General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Livingston Services Corporation, the for-profit affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System.
In 1985, Mr. Del Mauro was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Saint Barnabas Medical Center. In 1986, he was also named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Saint Barnabas Corporation, and in 1993, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Medical Center. From 1998 to 2000, he also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Clara Maass Medical Center, a System affiliate.
Throughout his career, Mr. Del Mauro has been actively involved in many professional organizations and health associations including the New Jersey Hospital Association, of which he is former Chairman; Chairman of the Infrastructure Advisory Committee of the N.J. Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force; the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce; Life Sciences Advisory Committee of the CIT Group, Inc.; Leadership Council of the Center for Leadership Studies and The Center for Public Service Advisory Council at Seton Hall University; member of the Board of Trustees of the Delbarton School in Morristown; member of the Certificate of Need Study Commission, an appointment by Governor Christine Todd Whitman; member of the New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission, an appointment by Governor James Florio; a member of the Board of Directors of Margaretten Financial Services Commission; a Management Trustee of Local 68 International Union of Operating Engineers’ Pension Fund; a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network and of the Stone Center of New Jersey and the Papermill Playhouse in Millburn.
Mr. Del Mauro is a graduate of Seton Hall University, where he served as an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration from 1983 to 1985.