Michael L. Loftus MD, MBA currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Quality Officer at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, a 600 bed academic medical center in Livingston, NJ that offers a comprehensive array of clinical services and advanced Rutgers NJMS training programs, and is frequently ranked as a state leader in multiple subspecialties. Immediately prior to his current role, he served as the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at RWJ Barnabas Health Jersey City Medical Center. Before joining the RWJBH system, Dr. Loftus held multiple leadership roles across the NYPresbyterian system in Manhattan, including the Associate Chief Quality Officer and Chief Patient Safety Officer at Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Associate DIO for graduate medical education across the enterprise. He was named to the Becker’s Hospital Review Rising Stars list of 50 Nationwide healthcare leaders in 2016.

Dr. Loftus completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where he was elected as Chief Resident in the final year of his training. He was also selected for the Weill Cornell Alumni Council Distinguished Housestaff award for his active participation in hospital leadership. This was followed by a year of fellowship training in musculoskeletal imaging at The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, where he earned the fellowship award for education excellence. He returned to the faculty at NYP and served as both the Quality and Patient Safety Chair and residency program director for the Department of Radiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, and was named as a Physician of the Year finalist in 2019 at NYP Lower Manhattan Hospital.

Dr. Loftus earned his B.S. in Economics from Georgetown University and his MD degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he was inducted to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society. Dr. Loftus also attended Columbia University School of Business and earned his Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree.

Dr. Loftus’ research interests include process improvement, quality and patient safety, radiation safety and radiation reduction techniques, as well as imaging quality and musculoskeletal ultrasound and MRI. His focus on radiation reduction and patient safety was supported by the American College of Radiology’s E. Stephen Amis Fellowship in Quality and Safety, and resulted in Dr. Loftus receiving the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Employee CARE award for outstanding service to patients in 2010.

In addition to administrative, clinical and research activities, Dr. Loftus is an active and involved teacher of residents, fellows, and medical students and has lectured both locally and internationally.