Mansfield Joins MUSC Health Executive Leadership Team

Contact: Heather Woolwine
843-792-7669
woolwinh@musc.edu

Sept 29, 2016

CHARLESTON, SC – Jerry A. Mansfield, Ph.D., RN, was recently named MUSC Health executive chief nursing officer and chief patient experience officer, assuming his new role in August. He joins the MUSC Health executive leadership team and is responsible for both the practice of nursing at MUSC and initiatives that will enhance the patient experience.

Mansfield brings with him a wealth and depth of experience from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He was appointed the first chief nursing officer (CNO) for the OSU Wexner Medical Center University Hospital and Ross Heart Hospital in 2012, after having served as interim CNO. He was responsible for 2,176 clinical and non-clinical staff for the 618-bed Level I trauma center and 150-bed heart specialty hospital in a multi-campus health care system. Both hospitals, under his leadership, achieved their third Magnet re-designation during his four years serving as the CNO.

Mansfield formerly served in the role of corporate administrator for the Health System Nursing Services for quality, research and evidence-based practice at the OSU Wexner Medical Center and as the first CNO for ambulatory services. He also held an appointment as clinical professor of practice at The Ohio State University College of Nursing and served as faculty lead for the graduate nursing administration courses. He received his bachelor’s degree in nursing from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and master’s degree in nursing administration, and Ph.D. in public health from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Mansfield is the president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows Alumni Association and also holds an appointment as a member on the National Advisory Committee of the RWJF Future of Nursing Scholars Program.

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Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the state's only comprehensive academic health system, with a unique mission to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates more than 3,200 students in six colleges – Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy – and trains more than 900 residents and fellows in its health system. MUSC brought in more than $300 million in research funds in fiscal year 2023, leading the state overall in research funding. MUSC also leads the state in federal and National Institutes of Health funding. Learn more about our academic programs.

As the health care system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality and safest patient care while educating and training generations of outstanding health care providers and leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Patient care is provided at 16 hospitals (includes owned or governing interest), with approximately 2,700 beds and four additional hospital locations in development, more than 350 telehealth sites and nearly 750 care locations situated in all regions of South Carolina. In 2023, for the ninth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health University Medical Center in Charleston the Number 1 hospital in South Carolina. Learn more about our patient services.

MUSC has a total enterprise annual operating budget of $5.9 billion. The nearly 26,000 MUSC family members include world-class faculty, physicians, specialty providers, scientists, students, affiliates and care team members who deliver groundbreaking education, research, and patient care.