Anne H. Gross PhD, MS

Anne H. Gross is the Senior Vice President for Nursing and Patient Care Services (NPCS) and Chief Nursing Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. She is responsible for the practice of clinical and research nursing across the Institute, including the inpatient, outpatient, satellite and community practices. She also has oversight for the Nursing and Patient Care Services Center for Clinical and Professional Development, the Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care and a variety of other clinical services offered to patients and families at DFCI.

Her contributions to nursing have assured patient access to healthcare, strengthened interdisciplinary teamwork in oncology and resulted in changes that have improved the patient and family experience and improved the quality and safety of oncology care and nursing practice. Since joining Dana-Farber in 2002, she has secured funding for programs and research supporting positive clinical practice environments, with a focus on interdisciplinary teamwork and nurse resilience and renewal.

She has worked to translate best practices and evidence in oncology nursing to the care of patients at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and through her leadership in initiatives and on committees within the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), the National Cancer Center Network (NCCN) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center nurse executives committee. She serves on the University of Massachusetts Dean’s Advisory Board in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.