Joseph E. Parrillo

Dr. Joseph E. Parrillo is the Chairman of Hackensack Heart &Vascular Hospital. Prior to his arrival at HackensackUMC, Dr. Parrillo was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Chief of the Department of Medicine, the Edward D. Viner Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Director of Cooper Heart Institute at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. Prior to Cooper, Dr. Parrillo established the cardiovascular program at Rush Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Parrillo’s involvement in academia has led to significant medical findings. Examples of his work can be found in the more than 1,030 publications he has authored or co-authored. His outstanding research, teaching ability, and patient care have led to numerous professional honors and awards such as the Cornell University Medical College Alpha Omega Alpha Award for Teaching Excellence and the Distinguished Clinical Educator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Parrillo has received the NIH Director’s Award, the highest civil service employee honor, for “creating a superior Critical Care Medicine Department, which has permitted NIH Institutes to conduct research involving very sick patients.” In 2012, Dr. Parrillo received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Critical Care Medicine in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to research, education, and patient care.