Marianne Ditomassi, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, FAAN
Marianne Ditomassi, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, FAAN
About Marianne Ditomassi, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, FAAN
Executive Director, Nursing & Patient Care Operations & Magnet Recognition
Mass General Trustees Endowed Chair in Nursing and Patient Care Professional Practice
Marianne Ditomassi, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, FAAN, is Executive Director of Nursing & Patient Care Services Operations and Magnet Recognition at Massachusetts General Hospital. She functions as the Chief of Staff, supporting the work of the Senior Vice President for Patient Care and Chief Nurse, who oversees the operations of nursing, the therapy departments, social work and chaplaincy.
Dr. Ditomassi’s key areas of accountability include strategic planning, professional practice development and evaluation, recruitment and retention initiatives, shared decision-making, business planning, fundraising and communications. She played a significant role in leading the effort to re-imagine the Nursing & Patient Care Services’ new shared decision-making model.
In addition, she is the Magnet Program Director for Mass General and successfully coordinated Mass General’s initial Magnet designation journey in 2003 and subsequent Magnet re-designations in 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023.
She has co-authored three books published by Sigma Theta Tau titled, Fostering Nurse-Led Care at the Bedside, Fostering Clinical Success Using Clinical Narratives for Interprofessional Team Partnerships and Fostering a Research-Intensive Organization.
Dr. Ditomassi’s program of research has focused on evaluating the effectiveness of the professional practice model and environment at Mass General and other healthcare organizations around the world using the Professional Practice Work Environment Inventory Scale (PPWEI) and the Power as Influencing Professional Practice Change Scale (PIPPCS).
Dr. Ditomassi received her BSN from Georgetown University, her MSN from Loyola University in Chicago, her MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the Mass General Institute of Health Professions. In 2017, she was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.