Ann S. McGinity, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, named chief nurse executive

Ann S. McGinity, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, was recently named the organization’s chief nurse executive, effective June 1.

McGinity comes to Michigan Medicine from Houston Methodist Hospital, where she served as global senior advisor since 2016 and chief operating officer from 2014-2016. Prior to that, she served for 10 years as the chief nurse executive and senior vice president of operations and oversaw their successful three-time designation as a Magnet hospital.

In these roles, she successfully opened and operated a 350-bed cancer and liver disease hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and was responsible for the strategic planning and operations of nursing and other support staff in a 1,220-bed academic medical center hospital.

McGinity is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, professor of allied health services at the Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry with the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, adjunct professor at The University of Texas School of Nursing and clinical professor at The University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Nursing, Galveston, Texas. She has also served in administrative and nurse leadership roles at the Laurel Regional Hospital in Maryland, the University of Maryland Medical System and The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

McGinity is a member of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. In 2005, the Houston Texas Nursing Association named her as one of ten outstanding nurse leaders. Currently, she is a member of both the board of directors of the Good Samaritan Foundation and Denver Harbor Clinic and represents Houston Methodist Hospital in national and international nursing forums.

McGinity received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Seton Hall University, a Master’s in Science in Child Psychiatric Nursing from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

Please welcome her to Michigan Medicine in June!