Dr. Angela Patterson

Dr. Patterson is an advanced practice registered nurse, Enterprise CNO, Vice President, and Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer of Retail Health at CVS Health. In her Enterprise CNO role, Angela leads the strategic plan to advance the recruitment, retention, resilience, and recognition of the enterprise’s more than 18,000 nurses. In her Retail Health role, Angela provides clinical and professional practice governance for 2,400 nurse practitioners, physician associates, and nurses who staff MinuteClinic’s virtual care practice as well as MinuteClinic locations across the U.S. 

Before joining CVS Health, Angela spent 20 years as a primary care provider and Clinical Director in an urban-based, family medical practice she co-owned. She also served for 10 years as a principal lecturer and clinical instructor for the Family Nurse Practitioner program in the School for Health Studies at Simmons College in Boston. Angela holds board member appointments with the Convenient Care Association, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Simmons University, and Nurses MC. She is also a member of the AARP Champion Nursing Coalition.

During her 18 years with CVS Health, MinuteClinic has evolved and today offers most of the services you would find at a primary care office, including wellness and annual exams, chronic condition management and health screenings. The national practice supports over 5 million patients each year with accessible, high-quality care available in-person and virtually. In addition, under Angela’s leadership MinuteClinic has received accreditation from The Joint Commission, which it has maintained since 2006 and has industry-leading patient satisfaction scores. Angela received the 2018 AANP Sharp Cutting-Edge Award for her exemplary work in nursing organizational leadership and was inducted in 2019 as a Fellow of the AANP.

Angela received her BSN from Simmons College in 1985 and worked as an RN at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.  In 1988, she received her MSN and certification as a Nurse Practitioner from Simmons College with distinction. Angela received her Executive DNP from MGH Institute of Health Professions in 2016 and was awarded the institution’s Bette Ann Harris Distinguished Alumni Award in 2023.