55 Patient Safety Experts to Know | 2023

Arun Patel

Director

Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management at Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Los Angeles, CA

Baruch S. Fertel, MD

Vice President

Quality and Patient Safety at NewYork Presbyterian Health System

New York City, NY

Bruce Hall, MD, PhD

Vice President and System Chief Medical Officer

BJC HealthCare

St. Louis, MO

Carmen Gonzalez, MD, MSQHS, FACP, FACMQ

Chief Patient Safety Officer and Professor

Emergency Medicine for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Chantel Moffett

Director

Quality, Patient Safety, and Accreditation at LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

Charleen Tachibana

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality, Safety and Patient Experience Officer

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Tacoma, WA

David Nash, MD

Founding Dean Emeritus

Jefferson College of Population Health

Philadelphia, PA

Diana Breyer, MD

Chief Quality Analytics Officer

UCHealth; Chief Medical Officer for UCHealth Northern Colorado

Aurora, CO

Edward G. Seferian, MD

Chief Patient Safety Officer

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Emily Chapman, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Vice President

Medical Affairs for Children’s Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Eric Wei

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

New York City Health+Hospitals

New York City, NY

George Foltin, MD

Chief Patient Safety Officer

Maimonides Medical Center and Vice Chair of Clinical Services for the Department of Pediatrics at Maimonides Children’s Hospital

Brooklyn, NY

George Ralls, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Orlando Health

Orlando, FL

Greg Jones

Director

Ancillary Services at Clarinda Regional Health Center

Clarinda, LA

Harry (Hyung Jin) Cho, MD

Vice President

Quality for Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, MA

James Merlino, MD

Chief Clinical Transformation Officer

Cleveland Clinic

Jan Compton, BSN, RN

Vice President

Patient Safety and Chief Patient Safety Officer of Baylor Scott & White Health

Dallas, TX

Jason Adelman, MD

Chief Patient Safety Officer, Associate Chief Quality Officer, and Executive Director

Patient Safety Research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian

New York City, NY

Jason Tibbels, MD

Chief Quality Officer

Teladoc Health

Purchase, NY

Jennifer L. Wiler, MD

Chief Quality Officer, Metro Region

UCHealth

Aurora, CO

Jennifer Schwehm

Assistant Vice President

Quality and Safety and Associate Chief Nursing Officer at University Medical Center New Orleans

Jo-el Sprecher

Patient Experience and Safety Director

Mary Greeley Medical Center

Ames, IA

Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD

President and CEO

The Joint Commission

Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Jordan Messler

Chief Medical Officer

Glytec

Waltham, MA

Josh Lumbley, MD

Chief Quality Officer

NorthStar Anesthesia

Irving, TX/ Washington, DC

Juanita Stroud

Vice President

Safety and Medical Staff Services for Atrium Health

Charlotte, NC

Kathryn “Kate” Kellogg, MD

Vice President

Patient Safety and Infection Prevention for MedStar Health

Columbia, MD

Kedar Mate, MD

President and CEO

the

Krista Curell, JD, RN

Executive Vice President and System COO

UChicago Medicine

Leah Binder

President and CEO

The Leapfrog Group

Washington, DC

Leslie Jurecko, MD

Chief Safety, Quality and Experience Officer

Cleveland Clinic

Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR

Executive Director and CEO

the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

Denver, CO

Lisa Esolen, MD

Executive Vice President, Chief Quality Officer

Guthrie

Sayre, PA

Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN

Chief Clinical Officer

AvaSure

Belmont, MI

Madhuri Sopirala

Chief Infection Prevention Officer; Associate Professor

Infectious Diseases for Parkland Health; UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Mark Jarrett, MD

Senior Vice President and Senior Health Advisor

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

Melissa Matherne, BSN, RN

Director

Patient Safety and Quality at West Jefferson Medical Center

Marrero, LA

Michael Kantrowitz, DO

Vice Chair

Quality and Safety in the Department of Medicine for Maimonides Health

Brooklyn, NY

Missam Merchant. Hospital Supervisor at University Health

San Antonio, TX

Mohamad Fakih, MD

Chief Quality Officer

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Mona Krouss

Assistant Vice President

Value and Patient Safety and Associate Clinical Professor at NYC Health+Hospitals

New York City, NY

Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS

Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD

Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer

University Hospital

Cleveland, OH

Rebecca Armbruster, DO

Chief Medical Officer

Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus; Associate Chief Medical Officer, Patient Safety, Temple University Health System; Patient Safety Officer, Temple University Hospital at Temple University Health System

Philadelphia, PA

Robert A. Press, MD, PhD

Executive Vice President

Medical Affairs at Maimonides Medical Center

Brooklyn, NY

Rollin J. “Terry” Fairbanks, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer

MedStar Health

Columbia, MD

Samrina Kahlon, MD. Patient Safety Officer for NYC Health + Hospital/ Metropolitan

New York City, NY

Sandeep Wadhwa, MD

Global Chief Medical Officer

3M Health Information Systems

Salt Lake City, UT

Scott Cormier

Vice President

Emergency Management, Environment of Care and Safety at Medxcel

Indianapolis, IN

Susan Stallard

Vice President, Corporate Quality and Operational Effectiveness

Orlando Health

Orlando, FL

Tejal Gandhi

Chief Safety and Transformation Officer

Press Ganey

South Bend, IN

Theresa Harris, JD

Vice President

Patient Safety and High Reliability at Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

Wendy P. Austin, RN, MS, AOCN, COA, NEA-BC, FACHE

Senior Vice President, Operations

City of Hope Orange County

Irvine, CA

William Isenberg, MD, PhD

Vice President and Chief Medical and Quality Officer

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA