Patient Safety Experts to Know | 2025

Alice M. Krumm, DNP, RN

Director of Partner Engagement and Faculty

Vanderbilt Health

Nashville, TN

Allen Kachalia, MD, JD

Senior Vice President

Patient Safety at Johns Hopkins Medicine and Quality and Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Amy Cotton, DNP

Senior Vice President of Quality and Safety

RWJBarnabas Health

West Orange, NJ

Amy Lu, MD

Chief Quality Officer

UCSF Health

San Francisco, CA

Angela Green, PhD, RN

Vice President

Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Health System

Baltimore, MD

Anne Weekley, RN

Vice President of Quality and Patient Experience

University of Maryland–Charles Regional Medical Center

La Plata, MD

Arun Patel

Chief Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Officer

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Los Angeles, CA

Baruch Fertel, MD

Vice President of Quality and Safety

NewYork-Presbyterian

New York, NY

Becca Rutledge

Manager of Patient Safety and Transformation

UCI Health

Orange, CA

Becky Pomrenke, MSN, RN

System Patient Safety Director

USA Health

Mobile, AL

Bela Nand, MD

Regional CMO

Advent Health Mid-America Region

Brenda Nance, DNP, RN

Vice President of Quality Attainment

Saint Francis Health System

Tulsa, OK

Brett Glotzbecker, MD

Vice President

System Quality for University Hospitals and CMO at UH Cleveland Medical Center

Cleveland, OH

Brook Watts, MD

Chief Quality Officer

University of Michigan Health

Ann Arbor, MI

Cara Cruz

Director

Risk and Quality and Patient Safety and Infection Control Officer at Carson Valley Health

Gardnerville, NV

Carmen Gonzalez, MD

Chief Patient Safety Officer

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Chandra Broadwater

System Director of Quality, Patient Safety and Transformation

UCI Health

Orange, CA

Chantel Moffett

Director

Patient Safety and Quality at New Orleans East Hospital

Che Jordan, DHA

President and CEO

Ebony House

Phoenix, AZ

Cheryl Camacho

Director

Simulation and Outreach Education at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Columbus, OH

Christopher Landrigan, MD

Chief

the General Pediatrics Division at Boston Children’s Hospital

Christopher Thomas, MD

Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System

Baton Rouge, LA

Christy Moody, MSN, RN

CNO

Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center

Hartsville, SC

Claire Campbell

Director

System Patient Safety at Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Corey Champeau

Executive Director

Quality, Safety and Infection Prevention at Yale New Haven Health

New Haven, CT

Crystal Garcia, BSN

Vice President

Specialty Services Quality and Safety at Valleywise Health

Phoenix, AZ

Darlene Gondrella

Vice President

Quality and Service Excellence at West Jefferson Medical Center

Marrero, LA

David Nash, MD

Founding Dean Emeritus

Jefferson College of Population Health

Philadelphia, PA

Debra J. Honey, RN

Senior Vice President and CNO

Covenant Health

Knoxville, TN

Diego Lara, MD

Chief Quality and Safety Officer

Ochsner Children’s Hospital

New Orleans, LA

Donald J. Lefkowits, MD

Executive Medical Director

MDReview

Lakewood, CO

Donna Hahn, MSN, RN

Vice President of the Quality, Safety and Patient Experience Division

Geisinger

Danville, PA

Edward Seferian, MD

Vice President

Patient Safety and Quality, and Chief Quality Officer at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

Eileen Kasda, DrPH

Vice President

Patient Safety at SafeTower, Inc.

Baltimore, MD

Elsie Lindgren

Vice President

Patient Safety and High Reliability at Advocate Health

Charlotte, NC

Emily Avery

National Director of Environment of Care and Safety

Medxcel

Indianapolis, IN

Emily Chapman, MD

President and CEO

Children’s Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Fameka Leonard. Deputy Chief Quality Management at Birmingham Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Birmingham, AL, AL

Ghazala Sharieff, MD

Corporate Executive Senior Vice President, Chief Medical and Operations Officer of Acute Care

Scripps Health

San Diego, CA

Hakim Lakhani

Senior Director of Health Systems Transformation

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Heather Khan, RN

System Vice President of Acute Care Quality

Endeavor Health

Evanston, IL

Heidi Raines

Founder and CEO

Performance Health Partners

New Orleans, LA

Heidi Wald, MD

Chief Quality Officer

Denver Health

Denver, CO

Ihab Dorotta, MD

Chief

Quality and Patient Safety for Loma Linda University Health

Linda, CA

Jacqueline Saito, MD

Chief Quality and Safety Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs

Children’s National Hospital

Washington, DC

Janice Yanez

Director of Patient Safety

Nicklaus Children’s Health System

Miami, FL

Jared Kutzin

President

the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Washington, DC

Jason Adelman, MD

System Associate Chief Quality Officer for Patient Safety and Learning Health System Science

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York City, NY

Jeff Giullian, MD

CMO

DaVita

Denver, CO

Jeffrey Boord, MD

Chief Quality and Safety Officer

Parkview Health

Fort Wayne, IN

Jeffrey Pothof, MD

Chief Quality Officer

UW Health

Madison, WI

Jen Simmons, BSN, RN

Director

Nursing Quality for University of Utah Health

Salt Lake City, UT

Jennifer Jacobson, RN, BSN

Vice President of Clinical Operations and Quality

Compass Surgical Partners

Raleigh, NC

Jennifer Schwehm

Vice President

Patient Safety and Quality at LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

Jeremy Goodman, MD

Vice President and System Quality Officer

Baptist Health

Jacksonville, FL

Jimmy Stout

Director

Clinical Operations for TriVent Healthcare at University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

Birmingham, AL, AL

Jo-el Sprecher

Patient Experience and Safety Director

Mary Greeley Medical Center

Ames, IA

Jodi Larson, MD

Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

Boston Medical Center

John Heaton, MD

President and Chief Medical Officer

LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD

President and CEO

The Joint Commission

Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Jonathan Rogg, MD

Chief Quality Officer and Vice President

Operations at Houston Methodist Hospital

Jordan Messler, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Glytec

Boston, MA

Josh Lumbley, MD

Chief Quality Officer

NorthStar Anesthesia

Irving, TX and Washington, DC

Joshua A. Bloomstone, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Envision Healthcare

Nashville, TN

Juanita Stroud

Vice President

Safety and Medical Staff Services for Atrium Health

Charlotte, NC

Kate Kellogg, MD

Vice President of Patient Safety and Infection Prevention

MedStar Health

Columbia, MD

Kathy Helak, MSN, RN

Assistant Vice President

Patient Safety at Inova

Falls Church, VA

Kelly Ragan Kelleher, MD

Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer and Associate CMO

Phoenix Children’s

Kelly Randall, PhD

Vice President

Patient Safety and Regulatory Services for Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Kevin Bush Jr., EdD, DHSc

Enterprise Director of Shared Surgical Services

Emory Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

Kimi Kobayashi, MD

CMO and Chief Quality Officer

UMass Memorial Medical Center

Worcester, MA

Kiran Gupta, MD

Vice President and Associate Chief Quality Officer

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

Komal Bajaj, MD

Chief Quality Officer

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and North Central Bronx

Bronx, NY

Krista Curell, JD, RN

Executive Vice President and System COO

UChicago Medicine

Kristen Tefft

Vice President

Quality at Oceans Healthcare

Plano, TX

Kumar Subramaniam

President and CEO

Safetower

Baltimore, MD

Lalit Bajaj, MD

Chief Quality Officer

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

Laura Arline, MD

Chief Quality Officer

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

Laura Haubner, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, FL

Laura Paxton

Founder and CEO

Rpharmy

Austin, TX

Leah Binder

President and CEO

The Leapfrog Group

Washington, DC

Leslie Jurecko, MD

Senior Vice President

Patient Safety and Loss Prevention and CMO at MCIC Vermont

New York City, NY

Linda Groah, MSN, RN

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, RN

Chief Clinical Officer

AvaSure

Belmont, MI

Lori Paine, DrPH

Vice President and Patient Safety Officer

Rochester Regional Health

Rochester, NY

M. Suzanne Kraemer, MD

Chief Quality Officer

Carilion Clinic

Roanoke, VA

Mahmoud Bakeer, MD

Assistant Vice President

Orlando Health and Chief Quality Officer for Orlando Health South Lake Hospital

Orlando, FL

Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD

President and CEO

ECRI

Plymouth Meeting, PA

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 Lane, MD

Senior Vice President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer

Parkland Health

Dallas, TX

Michael Posencheg, MD

Chief Quality and Safety Officer

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Mike Seim, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

WellSpan Health

York, PA

Mohamad Fakih, MD

Senior Vice President

Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer for Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Myka Whitman, BSN, RN. Lead Senior Patient Safety and Risk Solutions Consultant for MedPro Group

Fort Wayne, IN

Nicolas Restrepo, MD

Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer

Valley Health System

Winchester, VA

Nicole Alerding, MSN, RN

Director of Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Officer

Roxborough Memorial Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Nicole Hedderich, RN

Vice President of Quality and Risk Management

Calvert Health System

Prince Frederick, MD

Nicole Justice

Vice President of Patient Safety, Risk and Insurance

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, FL

Patricia C. Henwood, MD

Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

Jefferson Health

Philadelphia, PA

Patricia McGaffigan

Senior Advisor of Safety and President of the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Boston, MA

Patrick Brennan, MD

Senior Vice President and CMO

University of Pennsylvania Health System, Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD

Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer

University Hospital

Cleveland, OH

Peter Silver, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

Philip Chang, MD

System Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Quality Officer

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL

Raed M. Khoury

Vice President

Quality and Patient Safety, Research and Clinical Value at Valley Children’s Healthcare

Madera, CA

Renee Demski

Executive Vice President of Quality, Patient Safety and Performance Excellence

Rochester Regional Health

Rochester, NY

Rollin J. “Terry” Fairbanks, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer

MedStar Health

Columbia, MD

Samantha Crandall, PhD

Director

Patient Safety, Quality and Clinical Performance Improvement at Suburban Hospital

Bethesda, MD

Samantha Ruokis

Vice President of Clinical Performance Excellence

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

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

New York City, NY

Sandeep Wadhwa, MD

Global Chief Medical Officer

Solventum

St. Paul, MN

Sandra Kemmerly, MD

System Medical Director of Hospital Quality

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Sara Toomey, MD

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

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Satyanarayana Reddy Mukkera, MD

Assistant Vice President of Orlando Health, and Chief Medical Officer

Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center

Orlando, FL

Shannon Davila

Executive Director

Total Systems Safety at ECRI

Plymouth Meeting, PA

Sigall K. Bell, MD

Director

Patient Safety and Discovery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s OpenNotes

Boston, MA

Stephanie Calcasola, MSN, RN

Chief Quality Officer

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

Stephanie Hall, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Keck Hospital at USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital

Los Angeles, CA

Sunita Koshy-Nesbitt, MD

Chief Medical and Quality Officer

Texas Health Physicians Group and Chief Quality Officer for the Hospital Channel at Texas Health Resources

Arlington, TX

Tejal Gandhi, MD

Chief Safety and Transformation Officer

Press Ganey

South Bend, IN

Tim McDonald, MD, JD

Chief Patient Safety and Risk Officer

RLDatix

Chicago, IL

Tom Bates, RN

Chief Quality Officer

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

Tyler Seto, MD

System Vice President of Quality and Analytics

City of Hope

Duarte, CA

Ursula Nawab, MD

Vice President and Chief Patient Safety and Quality Officer

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

St. Petersburg, FL

William Isenberg, MD, PhD

Vice President and Chief Medical and Quality Officer

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA