Samaritan is proud to announce that it has named Gibbsboro resident Lisa Dutterer as its new COO.
“We are honored to welcome Lisa to our leadership team,” said Phillip W. Heath, president and CEO of Samaritan. “Lisa brings 30-plus years of leadership experience in healthcare operations throughout the South Jersey and Philadelphia region to our organization and will be responsible for leading the continued expansion of Samaritan’s life-enhancing care options and service lines, as well as ensuring that we continue to increase access to Samaritan services for everyone in our community, especially those who are most vulnerable, to honor our mission of service and achieve the growth goals set forth in our strategic plan.”
“I have long admired Samaritan as a pillar of our region and am delighted to join the Samaritan team in the role of chief operating officer,” Dutterer said. “I look forward to leading the growth of our service offerings, deepening our community partnerships, and increasing access for each of the communities we serve.”
Dutterer is a dynamic, values-driven healthcare executive who most recently served as vice president, operations at Jefferson Health New Jersey, accountable for overall operations and strategy at Jefferson Health’s Cherry Hill hospital location, as well as divisional and regional responsibilities that included oversight of various service/product lines, clinical ancillary services and support services. Prior to serving in this role, Dutterer also held the roles of chief administrative officer of Jefferson Health New Jersey (2017-2021) and chief administrative officer/vice president, operations at Kennedy University Hospital (2011-2017).
Dutterer will oversee all of Samaritan’s clinical services and the clinical management team, as well as play a critical leadership role in the development and execution of initiatives for operations, compliance, human resources, education, finance, information technology, strategic planning, programming, business development and more.
For more information on Samaritan, visit www.SamaritanNJ.org.
