LONG BRANCH — Monmouth Medical Center recently announced the addition of Eric Carney to the facility’s leadership team as chief operating officer. In this position, Carney will be responsible for the oversight of all clinical and non-clinical departments at Monmouth Medical Center.
He previously served as vice president of operations at Saint Barnabas Medical Center and site administrator for the Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center. In this role, he led efforts to develop an ambulatory network by acquiring and transitioning freestanding cardiac imaging sites, sleep laboratories and an infusion center to Saint Barnabas Medical Center. He also established an outpatient laboratory network, served as project lead for a CyberKnife vault project and was the service line leader for Oncology and Neurosciences.
Carney began his career at Barnabas Health more than 20 years ago as a respiratory therapist. In 1997, he was promoted to administrative director of respiratory care at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville. Since then, he has served in numerous positions of increasing responsibility across the health system, including administrative director of clinical operations and assistant vice president of clinical operations at Union Hospital and assistant vice president of ambulatory services at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in management science from Kean University and is working on a master’s degree in health-care administration through Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
He is a resident of Howell.