RWJBarnabas Health Oncology Services and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Carolyn Hayes, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer for RWJBarnabas Health Oncology Services and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Carolyn Hayes, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC is the Chief Nursing Officer for RWJBarnabas Health Oncology Services and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. In addition, Dr. Hayes is an associate professor for Rutgers School of Nursing. She most recently served as the President and Executive Director of the Greater Boston Nursing Collective (GBNC). In past positions, Carolyn has served as a clinical nurse and in nursing administration in various academic medical centers in Chicago and Boston. Prior to leaving to partner with a local philanthropist to launch the GBNC, Carolyn held the position of associate chief nurse for Oncology, Medical and Integrative Nursing at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Carolyn’s undergraduate BSN was earned at Georgetown University, her masters in Nursing Service Administration was attained at University of Illinois at Chicago and her doctorate in Philosophy was earned at Boston College. Carolyn completed fellowships in Medical Ethics at Harvard School of Public Health, Nursing Administration at University of Chicago Hospitals and a Leadership Program at Harvard Business School. Dr. Hayes also is an alum of the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program. Her clinical and leadership practice, teaching, research and publications have been focused on integrative nursing, clinical ethics, leadership and end-of-life nursing care.