VincentJ.BarbaMDFACHE, FACP, FHM, CPPS

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist, Preventive Medicine, Healthcare Research and Healthcare Policy

Vice President - Patient Care and Safety, Chief Medical Officer - Matheny School & Hospital Inc; Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University; Attending Physician, Morristown Medical Center, The Matheny Hospital and The University Hospital; formerly Chief Quality Officer, University Hospital and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

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Office
150 Bergen St
Newark, NJ 07103
Phone+1 973-972-3400

Fax+1 973-972-6646

Summary

My professional life as a physician executive has been dedicated to improving the quality and safety of healthcare through the development of highly reliable systems of care.

I am board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and licensed to practice in NJ. I am currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Rutgers NJ Medical School.

Three Simple Rules to Improve Medication Safety. - PubMed - NCBI

J Patient Saf. 2016 Sep;12(3):171-2. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000095.

Education & Training

Seton Hall University School of LawCertificate, Health and Hospital Law, 2010
UMDNJ School of Public HealthCertificate, Public Health, 2006 - 2008
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1998 - 1999
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 1998
Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1993 - 1995
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 1993, MD

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 1994 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
ACHEBoard Certified in Healthcare Management
Certification Board of Professionals in Patient SafetyCertified Professional in Patient Safety

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

FACHE American College of Healthcare Executives, 2020
Fellow American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
FELLOW American College of Physicians
FELLOW Society of Hospital Medicine
Physicians Recognition Award AMA
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Three Simple Rules to Improve Medication Safety.
Vincent Barba
Journal of Patient Safety. 2016-09-01

Journal Articles

Improving Hospital Patient Safety
Barba, V, PSQH, 2/28/2020
Data-driven quality improvement, culture change, and the high reliability journey at a special hospital for people with medically complex developmental disabilities
Vincent Barba; Kimberly Foreman, Kenneth Robey, International Journal of Healthcare Management, 1/7/2020
Pharmacologic Prescribing Practices for Inpatients with Hypertension at US Academic Medical Centers
Vincent Barba, MD, Journal of Family Medicine & Community Health, 4/15/2014

Books/Book Chapters

Hospital Medicine Secrets
Chapter: Approach to the Febrile Inpatient
Page 339 - 343Barba, VEditors: Glasheen, J et al.Mosby http://books.google.com/books?id=xAtMAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=barba2006