University Hospitals exec Khaliah Fisher-Grace named ANA vice president
Khaliah Fisher-Grace, PhD, RN, system director of policy, quality improvement and operations at Cleveland-based University Hospitals, will become vice president of the American Nurses Association effective Jan. 1, 2027, the ANA announced Oct. 6, according to Becker's Hospital Review. The ANA board of directors selected her to fill the one-year vice president term.
Fisher-Grace has held several roles with the ANA, including director-at-large, chair of the committee on honorary awards, and membership on the appointments committee and a racial reckoning think tank, per Becker's. As vice president she will join the ANA board of directors and executive committee.
She has worked at University Hospitals for nearly 25 years, joining in 2001 as a clinical technical assistant and later serving as a clinical nurse, charge nurse, principal adviser of accreditations and system policy director, according to her LinkedIn profile as cited by Becker's. She reportedly led an initiative that cut more than 3,200 duplicative policies systemwide.
University Hospitals comprises 21 hospitals, more than 50 health centers and outpatient facilities, and more than 200 physician offices.