Thomas Golaszewski serves Meridian Health as the Vice President for Resource and Materials Management. Meridian Health consists of three hospitals (Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Riverview Medical Center, and Ocean Medical Center), nursing homes, physician practices, long term care facilities, etc. Among his current responsibilities are contracting, procurement, logistics, printing, and both internal and external transportation. He has been involved in all aspects of healthcare supply chain, support services, and administrative functions for nearly thirty years. He has been a proponent and at the forefront of many of the innovative changes in the healthcare supply chain including operational consolidation, just-in-time and stockless models, change management, value analysis, and quality improvement.

Prior to joining Meridian Health, Thomas was the Corporate Director of Materials Management at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, where he led the supply chain program for four hospitals as well as faculty and community based physician practices. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Michigan, and holds his master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.