Nursing & Patient Care Services Leadership Team

Debbie Burke, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President for Patient Care
Chief Nurse
Jeanette Ives and Paul Erickson Endowed Chair in Nursing
Gaurdia Banister, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Executive Director, The Institute for Patient Care
Connell-Jones Endowed Chair in Nursing and Patient Care Research
Catherine (Kate) Benacchio, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CPPS
Director, Quality & Safety
Marianne Ditomassi, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, FAAN
Associate Chief Nurse, Center for Nursing Excellence and Chief of Staff
Mass General Trustees Endowed Chair in Nursing and Patient Care Professional Practice
Antigone Grasso, MBA
Director, Nursing & Patient Care Services Management Systems and Financial Performance
Hiyam M. Nadel, MBA, RN, CCG, FIEL
Director, The Center for Innovations in Care Delivery
Erika M. Rosato, DNP, MHA, RN, OCN, NE-BC
Associate Chief Nurse for the Cancer Center, Obstetrics and Pediatrics
Darlene Sawicki, MSN, NP-BC
Chief Advanced Practice Providers Officer for Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear
David Richards Endowed Nursing Scholar in ALS
Christina Stone, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Associate Chief Nurse, Case Management, Capacity Coordination Center, Emergency Services and Psychiatry
Michael Sullivan, PT, DPT, MBA
Director, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professionals; MGH Trustees Endowed Chair in Physical and Occupational Therapy
Carmen Vega-Barachowitz, MS, CCC-SLP, FASHA
Director of Clinical Services
Medical Interpreters, Spiritual Care, Social Services
Speech, Language and Swallowing Disorders & Reading Disabilities
MGH Trustees Endowed Scholar in Speech, Language and Swallowing Disorders
Kenneth White, PhD, AGACNP, ACHPN, FACHE, FAAN
Dean and Professor of the School of Nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, Associate Chief Nurse of Academic Affairs at Massachusetts General Hospital