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Patricia Reid Ponte

Associate Professor of the Practice

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Dr. Reid Ponte is an associate professor of the practice at both the °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ College William F. Connell School of Nursing and The Woods College of Advanced Studies, Master of Health Administration Program. She has an appointment as a Professor of Practice at Simmons University, College of Natural, Behavioral and Health Sciences where she teaches in the DNP Nurse Executive Leadership Program.

She is a member of the board of trustee at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA and a member of the Beth Israel Lahey Health System Quality Committee.

Before her appointments as a °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥member at °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ College in 2018, Dr. Reid Ponte served as Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Executive Director of Oncology Nursing and Clinical Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥, Massachusetts for 17 years. During that time she served as a project co-pi of an NCI U54 and U56 grant establishing an accelerated BSN to Ph.D. Program and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program in Oncology and Health Disparities with the University of MA, °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥.

Dr. Reid Ponte also held clinical and leadership positions at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Tufts-New England Medical Center, where she began her nursing career in 1976. 

She received a research intensive Doctor of Nursing Science degree in 1989, and a Masters of Nursing Science degree in 1979 both from °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She was a 2001 Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow and is an active member of the American Academy of Nursing. Her scholarly work focuses on health care quality, patient and family centered care, and health system leadership.

SELECTED APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS

  • Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Board of Trustee Member
  • Immediate Past President of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Board of Directors

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Gilliss, C., Berkowitz, B., Johnson, J., Milone-Nuzzo, P., Reid Ponte, P. (2023). Organizationally Minded Nursing Leadership. DEStech Publications.
  • Riley, J. M., Beal, J. A., & Ponte, P. R. (2021). The Exemplary Practice Life of the Nurse. Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(5), 1018–1025.
  • Reid Ponte P, Berry D, Buswell L, Gross A, Hayes C, Kostka J, Poyner-Reed M, West C. Transforming Oncology Care: Developing a Strategy and Measuring Success. Seminars in Oncology Nursing 2016; 32:110-21.
  • Goode CJ, Reid Ponte P, Sullivan Havens D. Residency for Transition Into Practice: An Essential Requirement for New Graduates From Basic RN Programs. Journal of Nursing Administration 2016; 46:82-6.
  • Reid Ponte P, Nicholas PK. Addressing the Confusion Related to DNS, DNSc, and DSN Degrees, With Lessons for the Nursing Profession. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2015; 47:347-53.
  • Lynch JA, Khoury MJ, Borzecki A, Cromwell J, Hayman LL, Ponte PR, Miller GA, Lathan CS. Utilization of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) testing in the United States: a case study of T3 translational research. Genetics in Medicine 2013.
  • Buswell, L., and Reid Ponte, P. Book Review: Using Electronic Health Records to Transform Care Delivery 2011; 41:159-161.
  • Reid Ponte, P. and O’Neill, K. . Hiring into Advanced Practice Positions: The NP vs. PA Debate 2013; 43:6.
  • Reid Ponte, P. and Koppel, P . Cultivating Mindfulness in Nursing Practice 2015; 115:49-55.
  • Goode, C., Reid Ponte, P and Havens Sullivan, D. . Residency for Transition into Practice: An Essential Requirement for New Graduates from Basic RN Programs 2016; 46:82-86.
  • Reid Ponte P, Hayman LL, Berry DL, Cooley ME. A new model for postdoctoral training: the Nursing Postdoctoral Program in Cancer and Health Disparities. Nursing Outlook 2015; 63:189-203.
  • Reid Ponte, P. and Nicholas, P.. Addressing the confusion related to DNS, DNSc, and DNS degrees with lessons for the nursing profession 2015; 10:347-353.
  • Weingart SN, Price J, Duncombe D, Connor M, Conley K, Conlin GJ, Sullivan AM, Powell M, Ponte PR, Bierer BE. Enhancing safety reporting in adult ambulatory oncology with a clinician champion: a practice innovation. Journal of Nursing Care Quality 2009; 24:203-10.
  • Friese, C., Siefert, M., Thomas-Frost, K, Walker, S., Reid Ponte, P. Using data to strengthen ambulatory Oncology nursing practice 2015.
  • Reid Ponte, P, Hayman, L, Berry, D and Cooley, M. a new model for post-doctoral training: the nursing postdoctoral program in Cancer and Health Disparities 2015; 63:189-203.Â