Julia K. Mason, DNP, MBA, RN, CENP, is the chief nursing officer and senior vice president of Patient Care Services for Brigham and Women’s, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health system. She leads the departments of Nursing and Patient Care Services areas at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital.
She previously served as the senior vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer for the hospital division of The MetroHealth System in Cleveland, Ohio. Her experience also includes positions as chief nursing officer at University Hospitals (UH) Parma Medical Center and UH Bedford and Richmond Medical Centers in Ohio, as well as senior clinical executive at a healthcare technology company. Dr. Mason began her career as a clinical nurse, practicing for more than 20 years in critical care settings.
She received her DNP from Ohio State University, her MBA from Baldwin Wallace University and her BSN from the University of Wisconsin. She has served as an adjunct faculty member for nursing at Case Western University where she has developed and taught in the Masters of Science in Nursing Program in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.