Brian Kaminski, DO. Vice President of Patient Safety and Quality and Patient Safety Officer at ProMedica (Toledo, Ohio). Dr. Kaminski is in his third year of leading an initiative at ProMedica dedicated to implementing high reliability organizational standards across the…
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Mark Jarrett, MD. Senior Vice President of Clinical Excellence and Chief Quality Officer of Northwell Health (Great Neck, N.Y.). Dr. Jarrett is responsible for systemwide initiatives in quality and safety at Northwell Health, one of the largest hospital systems in…
Ann Hendrich, RN, PhD. Senior Vice President and Chief Quality/Safety and Nursing Officer of Ascension Health (St. Louis). In her role at Ascension, Dr. Hendrich guides the implementation of clinical excellence initiatives for one of the largest nursing operations in…
Helen Haskell, MA. President of Mothers Against Medical Error. Ms. Haskell founded Mothers Against Medical Error in 2000 after a medical error contributed to the death of her son. In addition to advocating for medical error disclosure, Ms. Haskell has…
Hitinder Gurm, MD. Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center. Dr. Gurm was recently awarded the Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center Patient Safety & Quality Leadership Award for his role…
Linda Groah, MSN, RN. Executive Director and CEO of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. Ms. Groah has dedicated her career to perioperative nursing practice, education and executive management. Ms. Groah has led AORN as CEO and executive director since…
Katherine Grichnik, MD. Vice President of Quality and Safety at MEDNAX. MEDNAX is one of the largest medical groups in the country, and Dr. Grichnik plays a critical role in directing the group’s quality and safety programs for all of…
Mark Graber, MD. Senior Fellow in the Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Program for RTI International. Dr. Graber is a national leader in patient safety and the originator of Patient Safety Awareness Week, which began in 2003 and is now recognized…
Atul Gawande, MD. Dr. Gawande is a general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston. His 2009 book, “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right,” champions the use of checklists to prevent against adverse events and…
Tejal K. Gandhi, MD. President and CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation. Before leading the NPSF, Dr. Gandhi was the executive director of quality and safety at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for 10 years. There, she…