Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN

Dr. Linda Burnes Bolton is vice president and chief nursing officer of Cedars-Sinai Health System and Research Institute, Los Angeles. She oversees administrative and nursing practice, nursing, research, nursing and allied health education, patient education and nursing performance improvement. She also is involved with the Institute of Professional Nursing Development, which is addressing the nursing shortage by promoting the profession.

Dr. Burnes Bolton has dedicated her career to improving access to health care and health status for all members of society. Her research focus is women's health, health policy and organizational development. At Cedars-Sinai, she leads research teams on health services and nursing. She has held positions as staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist, public member of government advisory boards, health care executive, community and public health nurse, university faculty and consultant.

Dr. Burnes Bolton holds graduate faculty appointments at the University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, San Francisco; and California State University, Los Angeles. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Author of several articles, books, videos and audiotapes, Dr. Burnes Bolton codeveloped the National Black Nurses Association Community Collaboration Model, which is utilized in more than 100 communities throughout the United States as a framework for improving community health. In February 2002, she was appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson to the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education and Practice, Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions.

Dr. Burnes Bolton holds a BS in nursing from Arizona State University, and an MA in nursing and public health and a PhD in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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