SOMERS POINT – Shore Medical Center President David Hughes will also serve as the organization’s chief executive officer as of Dec. 1, succeeding Shore CEO Ron Johnson, who has served in that role since October 2010.
David Beyel, chairman of the Shore Medical Center Board of Trustees, made the announcement Tuesday, Dec. 3.
“David Hughes has been an essential part of our executive team for nearly a decade, during which time he has served as chief financial officer, chief development officer and president with distinction,” Beyel said. “David is a long-time resident of
Somers Point and deeply committed to the community. We’re delighted that he has agreed to take on this new role and confident that he will continue to help Shore Medical Center thrive.”
“On behalf of the board, I want to thank Ron Johnson for his decades of service to Shore. Under his leadership, our organization has established high quality standards, grown consistently, achieved stability, and reached significant milestones, including the construction of our state -of-the-art surgical pavilion,” Beyel said. “Ron has served us with great integrity and class, and while we will miss him, we wish him all the best on a well-earned retirement.”
“Shore has been an integral part of my family for more than 50 years, and it is a privilege for me to serve as CEO and president,” Hughes said. “It is a great honor to have the board place their trust in me to ensure that our community can always depend on Shore for the highest quality of care. I want to thank Ron Johnson for his dedication to Shore since he joined our organization 28 years ago. Shore is a strong organization and well positioned for the future thanks to Ron’s incredible leadership.”
After volunteering as a member of Shore’s Board of Trustees, Hughes joined Shore in 2014. Over the past decade, he has been instrumental in ensuring the Shore Health System’s financial stability, with an unwavering commitment to keeping Shore an independent, non-profit hospital that provides the highest level of safe and compassionate care.
In addition to health care, Hughes has a diverse background in business, gaming, media, education, entertainment, credit card processing and various charitable organizations. He is a native of southern New Jersey and a graduate of Stockton University. He resides in Somers Point with his wife Tricia.
About Shore Medical Center
Shore Medical Center is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit community hospital. For more than 80 years, Shore has been a trusted provider of high-quality healthcare for generations of families, friends, neighbors and visitors.
Shore Medical Center attracts the area’s best physicians, nurses, and clinicians, and is home to six Centers of Excellence for Cancer, Cardiovascular, Neurosciences, Spine and Orthopedic, Emergency and Maternity and Pediatric care. Shore is a member of the Penn Cancer Network and has affiliations with Penn Medicine in cardiology, maternal-fetal medicine, neuroscience, and pulmonology. Shore also has partnerships with Onsite Neonatal Partners, Mayo Medical Laboratories, and Advanced Radiology Solutions.
For more information, visit www.ShoreMedicalCenter.org.