Joseph Anton

My Greatest Accomplishment

From a career perspective, my greatest accomplishment has been my progression from a staff nurse to my current role as vice president of clinical and support services at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia over the past 15 years. I am extremely grateful for this amazing opportunity and spend every day trying to live up to the challenge. While I loved my time working in the emergency departments both at Jefferson and Inspira, it was early in my transition to a leadership role that I realized I had the ability to have an even greater impact on patients and the quality of care they receive. In my current role, I oversee the emergency departments at Jefferson, Methodist and Wills Eye, Jefferson’s Clinical Decision Unit and chain of urgent care centers as well as emergency preparedness across the hospital system. I have previously managed a variety of departments and programs including transplant, bed management and the transfer center. In today’s health care environment, it is important to focus on quality and cost containment but it is most critical that leaders take care of the people who are taking care of our patients.

How Drexel Helped

My graduate degree at Drexel provided me a great foundation of both leadership theory and practical experience. The practicums were an excellent opportunity to demonstrate these competencies and network with other healthcare leaders.

Where I’ll be in Five Years

I plan to be relentless in my efforts to improve quality, reduce costs and make Jefferson an even better place to work for our employees.