RWJBarnabas Health Names Jordan A. Solop Chief Operating Officer, Clara Maass Medical Center

Role Reflects Commitment to State-of-the-Art Healthcare Services and Exceptional Patient Experience

Belleville, NJ, June 26, 2024 – Clara Maass Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has appointed Jordan A. Solop, MBA, FACHE as Chief Operating Officer for Clara Maass Medical Center effective immediately. In this role, Mr. Solop will be responsible for operational leadership, direction and vision to specific areas of Clara Maass with system-wide strategic initiatives.

“Clara Maass Medical Center is committed to providing exceptional patient care close to home,” said Mary Ellen Clyne, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Clara Maass Medical Center. “I look forward to Jordan’s knowledge and leadership in advancing the operational excellence for patients to receive care in our community,” she continued.

A seasoned healthcare executive, Mr. Solop has a proven track record of success, most recently serving as Vice President, Hospital Operations, Clinical Services at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn. Prior to his role at NYU Langone, Mr. Solop held several healthcare leadership positions, including Director of Business Development at CarePoint Health and Administrator for Medical Operations at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida.

Mr. Solop holds an MBA in International Business from University of Miami and a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a LEAN Six Sigma Green Belt.

ABOUT CLARA MAASS MEDICAL CENTER

Founded in 1869 as the Newark German Hospital, Clara Maass Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is celebrating 150 years of service to the community. Conveniently located in Belleville, NJ, Clara Maass Medical Center is a 472-bed hospital that offers a complete continuum of care to residents of northern New Jersey.

Clara Maass Medical Center has completed a state-of-the-art campus expansion of its Emergency Department, Operating Rooms and Post Anesthesia Care Unit with the addition of a four-story, 87,000 square foot medical office building that features a private Intensive Care Unit , main entrance and lobby, retail pharmacy and patient registration area. Designated by the New Jersey Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, the Medical Center has earned national recognition in patient safety and quality from Healthgrades and The Leapfrog Group.

The Medical Center leads the state in performing advanced treatment in ophthalmology, has earned certifications in Disease-Specific Care from The Joint Commission in Congestive Heart Failure, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Elective Joint Hip Replacement, Elective Joint Knee Replacement, Advanced Certification in Palliative Care, and Primary Stroke, and is designated as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Aetna Institute and Clinical Sciences Institute of Optum. In partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey — the state’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clara Maass Medical Center offers a world-class team of researchers and specialists to fight most types of cancer, providing close-to-home access to the latest treatment and clinical trials. Committed to the health and wellness of its community, the Center of Excellence for Latino Health at Clara Maass Medical Center was established to address the social determinants of health within the local Hispanic community.

The first in the country to be named for a nurse, the hospital’ namesake, Clara Louise Maass was posthumously inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2017. For a physician referral or more information about Clara Maass, call 973-450- 2000 or visit www.rwjbh.org/claramaass.

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