Charles Barbera

Charles F. Barbera, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP, is President and CEO of Reading Hospital and President of the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. He is the first physician in the hospital’s more than 150-year history to hold this position. He joined Reading Hospital in 1996 and became the Chair of Emergency Medicine in 1999, a position he held for more than 20 years. Dr. Barbera was key in the creation and accreditation of Reading Hospital's Trauma Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center and was instrumental in the development of Reading Hospital's Pediatric Emergency Department and Psychiatric Emergency Department. He was also the clinical leader in the health system's expansive telemedicine efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and developed Tower Health’s EMS System, TowerDirect. He currently oversees the administrative, clinical and operational functions of Reading Hospital, Berks County’s tertiary care academic medical center. Dr. Barbera was also instrumental and played a cr