John Pepen

John Pepen is a skilled general surgeon currently serving at Commonwealth Health since April 2024. Previously, John held the position of General and Acute Care Surgeon at Atlantic Health System from June 2020 to April 2024. Additionally, John was a Senior Fellow at the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute from January 2021 to December 2023, and served as a Fellow for the New Leaders Council NJ Chapter from January 2020 to June 2020. Prior roles include Acute Care Surgeon at Advanced Surgical Associates and Medical Director at Trinitas Regional Medical Center's Center of Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine. John completed surgical residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and further specialized as a Fellow in Surgical Critical Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital. John holds a Doctor of Medicine from Columbia University, along with master's degrees in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University and Public Policy Analysis from Princeton University, and a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Rutgers University.