Courtney Vose

Dr. Courtney Vose is Chief Nurse Executive at Yale New Haven Health System, Connecticut’s largest healthcare system and one of the nation’s leading academic health systems. She also serves as Chief Nursing Officer at Yale New Haven Hospital, where she oversees Nursing and Patient Care Services for the 1,541-bed academic medical center, the primary teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine. The hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center and includes Smilow Cancer Hospital, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, and specialty outpatient practices across Connecticut. Dr. Vose is also an Associate Clinical Professor and Senior Advisor to the Dean for Clinical Partnerships at the Yale School of Nursing.

Dr. Vose brings more than two decades of executive leadership experience and a record of strong outcomes in nursing and hospital performance, with a focus on strengthening partnerships between academic and practice settings. Before joining Yale New Haven Hospital, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey and as Associate Professor in the Division of Advanced Practice Nursing at Rutgers School of Nursing. Previously, she held Chief Nursing Officer roles at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NYP/Allen Hospital, and NYP/Columbia Ambulatory Care Network, and served as Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing. Under her leadership, both NYP hospitals and the Ambulatory Care Network achieved their first Magnet designation awards.

Recognized for leading transformation, Dr. Vose has expertise in lean management, employee engagement, hospital operations, and workforce development. Her peer-reviewed publications and presentations have reached national and international audiences. She mentors nurses in leadership and research at Yale, New York University, and Columbia, advancing succession planning and professional growth. Dr. Vose has also held prominent regional and national nursing leadership roles. In 2021, she was selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and now serves on its Building Health Care Excellence Expert Panel, where she was elected Vice Chair for 2025 and advanced to Chair in 2026. She is also a member of the Board of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Health Science Advancement Council, her undergraduate alma mater, which honored her with its Distinguished Alumni Award.