Derek Feeley. CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Mr. Feeley served as the executive vice president of IHI from 2013 to 2015 before stepping into his current role as CEO. Prior to joining IHI, he acted as the director…
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Terry Fairbanks, MD. Associate Director of MedStar Health Institute for Innovation (Columbia, Md.). In his current role as associate director, Dr. Fairbanks oversees the MedStar Health Institute for Innovation’s National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare and the Simulation Training…
Cathy E. Duquette, PhD, RN. Executive Vice President of Nursing Affairs of Lifespan (Providence, R.I.). Before stepping into her current role at Lifespan, Dr. Duquette served as the vice president of nursing and patient care services and CNO of Newport…
Jack Cox, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer of Providence St. Joseph Health (Renton, Wash.) and Senior Vice President and CMO of St. Joseph Health (Irvine, Calif.). Prior to joining St. Joseph Health in 2015, Dr. Cox served as…
Sara Cosgrove, MD. President of Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. In addition to her leadership role at SHEA, Dr. Cosgrove acts as the director of the antimicrobial stewardship program and associate hospital epidemiologist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in…
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Patrick Conway, MD. Deputy Administrator for Innovation & Quality and CMO of CMS. In his role at CMS, Dr. Conway manages the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, which develops quality measures for all of CMS’ programs and clinical standards,…
Jan Compton, BSN, RN. Chief Patient Safety Officer of Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas). In her role at Baylor Scott & White Health, Ms. Compton oversees the development and implementation of evidence-based safety practices aimed at reducing inpatient mortality…
Michael R. Cohen, RPh. President of The Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Along with his role at ISMP, Dr. Cohen serves as co-editor of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! newsletter, which reaches more than 2 million health professionals and consumers…
Mark R. Chassin, MD. President and CEO of The Joint Commission (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.). Dr. Chassin is the president and CEO of The Joint Commission as well as president of The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, which collaborates with…
Pascale Carayon, PhD. Proctor & Gamble Bascom Professor in Total Quality, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to her professorship role at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Carayon heads the Center for Quality and…