Sunday, April 12, 2026

Huntington Health’s Top Nurse Adds Chief Operating Officer to Her Role

Jinhee Nguyen, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC. [From Huntington Health photo]

Jinhee Nguyen will oversee both nursing and hospital-wide operations at Pasadena’s largest medical center

Huntington Health has named its chief nursing officer, Jinhee Nguyen, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, to the additional role of senior vice president and chief operating officer, consolidating nursing and hospital-wide operations under one executive at Pasadena’s largest medical center.

The appointment, announced Thursday by the Cedars-Sinai affiliate, gives Nguyen responsibility for operations across the organization while she continues to lead nursing. She was selected through what the organization described as a highly competitive internal process.

“This appointment speaks to the exceptional depth of leadership within our organization and to the meaningful impact Jinhee has made since joining Huntington nearly two years ago,” John M. Corman, MD, president and chief clinical officer of Huntington Health, said in a statement. “Her leadership has driven measurable improvements in care quality, nursing engagement, financial performance, and operational readiness.”

Nguyen joined Huntington in July 2024 as chief nursing officer after spending approximately 20 years at Adventist Health Glendale Medical Center, where she rose from staff nurse and nurse manager in the emergency room to associate chief nursing officer and, most recently, vice president and patient care executive. She began her health care career more than 30 years ago as a staff nurse in the emergency and trauma center at Los Angeles General Medical Center and later worked as a clinical nurse specialist in the emergency department at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.

At Adventist Health Glendale, she led the hospital to its Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, according to the Adventist Health organization, and the facility earned the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award for six consecutive years under her leadership, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal.

Nguyen holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a Master of Business Administration, with a specialization in health care management, innovation and technology, from Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Science in Nursing from UCSF, specializing in critical care and trauma, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from California State University, Los Angeles. She has also taught nursing at the UCSF School of Nursing and West Coast University.

The COO role is “intentionally designed to support cohesive, collaborative operational leadership across the organization,” the press release stated. In the expanded position, Nguyen will work closely with operational leaders at Huntington and with Cedars-Sinai Health System colleagues, according to the announcement.

Nguyen is a Pasadena resident. When she was hired in 2024, she called it “a true privilege to serve the community I also call home.”

Huntington Health, a nonprofit founded in 1892, operates a 534-bed hospital at 100 W. California Blvd. It has been a Cedars-Sinai affiliate since August 2021 and is home to the San Gabriel Valley’s only Level II trauma center. Corman was named president in January following a national search.

“I’m delighted to welcome Jinhee to her new, expanded role,” Corman said.