Dr. Rose serves as senior vice president of nursing and CNO at Ascension, providing executive leadership for nearly 35,000 nurses and approximately 10,000 nursing support associates across the organization. In this enterprise role, he leads systemwide strategies to elevate quality, advance patient safety, strengthen talent retention and promote nurse wellbeing. He is also driving efforts to better leverage technology and streamline workflows, which in turn reduces cognitive burden and enables more time at the bedside. With more than half of his career rooted in Catholic healthcare, Dr. Rose brings a mission-centered approach to nursing strategy, aligning clinical excellence with compassionate, holistic care delivery. He is the immediate past chair of the American Hospital Association committee on clinical leadership and has served in national leadership roles with the American Organization for Nursing Leadership. Prior to Ascension, he served as market chief nurse for Greater Charlotte and central area chief nursing executive at Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, leading large teams and advancing nursing practice at scale. In his current role, he continues to position Ascension’s nursing workforce as a national model for mission-driven care.
