Susan M. Grant RN, MS, CNAA, BC

Susan M. Grant, MS, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN is the chief nurse executive of Emory Healthcare. Susan served a 10 month term as interim Dean for the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in 2009. Prior to her joining the Emory University community, Ms. Grant served as the Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Associate Administrator for Patient Care Services at the University of Washington Medical Center and the Assistant Dean for Clinical Practice at the University Of Washington School Of Nursing.

Susan’s work in healthcare over the last several years has been focused on patient safety and patient and family-centered care. Susan’s passion for patient and family-centered care and the patient’s role in patient safety was inspired by her experience while at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute after a tragic sentinel event. She has spoken nationally and internationally and published on patient safety and patient and family-centered care.

Susan is a member of the national advisory board for the Institute for Family-Centered Care and of the American Organization of Nurse Executives. She is a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow and was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in Washington, DC , in November 2010.