JFK University Medical Center has named Joseph C. Landolfi, D.O., CPE as the Chief Medical Officer of JFK University Medical Center. Dr. Landolfi currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the JFK Neuroscience Institute and Medical Director of Oncology at JFK University Medical Center. He is also the Interim Assistant Chief Medical Officer; Corporate Medical Director of HMH JFK Cancer Care; Section Chief, Neuro-oncology and Radiosurgery at the JFK Brain Tumor Treatment and Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Landolfi is also a professor of Neurology at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and Volunteer Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
“After a lengthy selection process, we are proud to have Joe Landolfi as only our third Chief Medical Officer in JFK’s 54-year history,” said Amie Thornton, President and Chief Hospital Executive, JFK University Medical Center. “Dr. Landolfi already brings 23 years of dedicated service to JFK in which he has provided invaluable clinical and administrative leadership to our entire team.”
Dr. Landolfi currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the JFK Neuroscience Institute and Medical Director of Oncology at JFK University Medical Center. He is also the Interim Assistant Chief Medical Officer; Corporate Medical Director of HMH JFK Cancer Care; Section Chief, Neuro-oncology and Radiosurgery at the JFK Brain Tumor Treatment and Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Landolfi is also a professor of Neurology at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and Volunteer Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
He has been honored with the 2015 Gary Lichtenstein Humanitarian Award awarded by Voices Against Brain Cancer; the NJ BIZ Healthcare Heroes Physician of the Year award, and Teacher of the Year twice by the JFK Neurology Residents.
“With Dr. Landolfi’s clinical and academic excellence along with his natural willingness to lead the medical staff, it makes him a perfect fit for the Chief Medical Officer post at JFK University Medical Center, the academic medical center hub of Hackensack Meridian Health’s Central Region,” said M. Todd Way, Regional President, Central Market, Hackensack Meridian Health.
Dr. Landolfi graduated from Seton Hall University Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree. He went on to attend the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Osteopathic Medicine. His postgraduate training included Internal Medicine residency at Saint Barnabas Medical Center and Neurology residency at UMDNJ-University Hospital, where was the Neurology Chief Resident. He was a research fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York in Neuro-oncology.
He also served his country until 2003 as a member of the United States Naval Reserves as a Lt. Commander.
Certified by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons in Neurology, Dr. Landolfi is also a certified Physician Executive by the certifying Commission in Medical Management and a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
