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- **Posted:** 2022-05-10T22:30:49.000+00:00

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✨ Introducing: Women of Excellence Business Excellence Honoree: Mary Ann Boccolini, President/CEO, Samaritan! ✨

Mary Ann Boccolini was just in middle school when she realized that people nearing the end of their lives need much more than good medical care. They need comfort, compassion and sometimes a shoulder to cry on – they may even need to hear a good joke.

When she was 13, her mom was diagnosed with cancer. This was before hospice care was established, so for the next 2 years, Mary Ann and her family coped with the physical, emotional and spiritual stress of caring for her mom.

“My mom died peacefully at home, which gave peace to the rest of my family and, on some level, resonated with me when I was thinking about what I wanted to do as a career,” recalls Mary Ann, who grew up in Maple Shade and has a BSN degree.

Specializing in oncology, she worked at several different jobs before landing at Samaritan as director of clinical operations some 25 years ago. At the time, hospice was still an emerging field, and it intrigued her.

“The reality is that none of us will be around forever, and no one is untouched by a loved one passing away,” says Mary Ann, now president/CEO of Samaritan, the largest hospice and palliative medicine provider in New Jersey. “For that reason, what we do is for everyone.”

In the past 10 years, Samaritan has seen unprecedented growth under her direction. Mary Ann has led the organization through the opening of 2 in-patient hospice centers and the development of a comprehensive and growing family of life-enhancing services including: primary care at home, palliative medicine, hospice care, grief support, education and advocacy.

“I am truly humbled just to be trusted into peoples’ lives at their time of need, but it’s not me,” she says. “We are a team and everybody brings their gifts and authenticity to their jobs every day. The real care comes from that exchange with patients and their families.”

Get to know Mary Ann and the rest of our 2022 Women of Excellence Honorees at our Link in Bio! 📷: @dmhphotographer 
#southjersey #womenofexcellence #justsaysj #newjersey

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| SJ Magazine | @Justsaysj | https://gondola.cc/Justsaysj | Magazine |
| Elyse Notarianni | @ElyseNotarianni | https://gondola.cc/ElyseNotarianni | Social Media Manager |

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