Mary Lou Manning, PhD, CRNP, CIC, FAAN, FNAP. President of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Prevention. In addition to her role as president of APIC, which she assumed in 2015, Dr. Manning is…
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Jeffrey C. Lerner, PhD. President and CEO of ECRI Institute. Dr. Lerner has led the ECRI Institute (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute) since 2001, and he also served as vice president for strategic planning of…
Richard Kronick, PhD. Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In August 2013, Dr. Kronick was appointed as director of AHRQ by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. AHRQ’s main mission is to produce evidence to…
Clifford Y. Ko, MD, FACS. Director of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Dr. Ko is a practicing surgeon, specializing in colon and rectal surgery, and serves as a professor in the UCLA…
Joe Kiani. Founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. More than 200,000 preventable patient deaths happen in U.S. hospitals each year, and Mr. Kiani created the Patient Safety Movement Foundation in 2013 to reduce that number.…
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Brent James, MD. Chief Quality Officer of Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City). In addition to serving as CQO of Intermountain, a 22-hospital system, Dr. James is also the executive director of the Intermountain Institute for Healthcare…
50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety | 2015 Becker's Hospital Review is pleased to announce the 2015 edition of its list of "50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety."
Tejal K. Gandhi, MD. President and CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation. After being made president of NPSF in 2013, Dr. Gandhi quickly moved up to president and CEO of the foundation in 2014. Previously, she…
photo courtesy of Duke University Karen Frush, MD. Chief Patient Safety Officer of Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.). Dr. Frush became chief patient safety officer at Duke University Health System in 2004, shortly after she completed the…
Samuel Flanders, MD. Chief Quality and Safety Officer of Beaumont Health (Royal Oak, Mich.). Dr. Flanders joined Beaumont Health — a nonprofit formed by Beaumont Health System, Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Botsford Health Care and Dearborn, Mich.-based Oakwood…