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Jersey City Medical Center
Ije Akunyili, MD, MBA, MPA, is the Chief Medical Officer of Jersey City Medical Center, a comprehensive full-service acute and sub-acute care 348-bed teaching hospital. The Medical Center is a state-designated Level II Regional Trauma Center. The Medical Center is a facility of RWJBarnabas Health, the largest provider of health care in New Jersey.
Previously Dr. Akunyili served as the Regional Medical Director for TeamHealth, Northeast Group, where she had strategic, operational, and clinical oversight of nearly 20 emergency departments, critical care, and hospitalist service lines in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Dr. Akunyili has vast leadership and is a Past President of the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Dr. Akunyili graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania and attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her emergency medicine residency at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. In addition, Dr. Akunyili earned an MPA in international development from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT