Dr. Gonzalez leads MD Anderson’s patient safety efforts through risk assessment, forging partnerships and creating processes to achieve zero preventable harm. She also serves as a professor in the department of emergency medicine. Her work as chief patient safety officer supports providers and clinical departments, provides oversight of key safety data, engages key stakeholders and develops processes for improvement. Dr. Gonzalez leads the patient safety and quality officers program which includes 76 physicians and two pharmacists working as safety quality leaders who also are serving as subject matter experts to help mitigate risk. She developed an educational curriculum where there is ongoing training, continued growth and recruitment, and access to training and the tools necessary to support MD Anderson’s core value of safety.
