Patient Safety Experts to Know | 2024

Alison Flynn Gaffney. Healthcare Division President at Jones Lang LaSalle

Chicago, IL

Allen Kachalia, MD

Senior Vice President

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

Baltimore, MD

Amy Cotton, DNP

Senior Vice President

Quality and Safety at Allegheny Health Network

Pittsburgh, PA

Amy Lu

Chief Quality Officer

University of California San Francisco Health

Angela Green, PhD, RN

Vice President

Patient Safety and Quality for Johns Hopkins Health System and Principal Faculty for Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Arun Patel

Director

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

Baruch S. Fertel, MD

Vice President

Quality and Patient Safety at NewYork Presbyterian Health System

New York City, NY

Brenda Nance, DNP, RN

Vice President of Quality Attainment

Saint Francis Health System

Tulsa, OK

Bruce Hall, MD, PhD

Vice President and System Chief Medical Officer

BJC HealthCare

St. Louis, MO

Carmen Gonzalez, MD

Chief Patient Safety Officer

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Chandra Broadwater

Director

Quality, Patient Safety and Transformation at University of California Irvine Health

Orange, CA

Chantel Moffett

Director

Patient Safety and Quality at New Orleans East Hospital

Christopher Landrigan, MD

Chief

the General Pediatrics Division at Boston Children’s Hospital

Christy Moody, MSN, RN

CNO

Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center

Hartsville, SC

Cynthia Cuddy, RN

Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety, Clinical and Academic Affairs

Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Valhalla, NY

Daniel Hyman, MD

Chief Safety and Quality Officer

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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

Deborah Larkin-Carney

Senior Vice President

Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience at RWJBarnabas Health

Orange, NJ

Debra Honey, RN

Senior Vice President and CNO

Covenant Health

Knoxville, TN

Donna Hahn, MSN, RN

Vice President of the Quality, Safety and Patient Experience Division

Geisinger

Danville, PA

Edward G. Seferian, MD

Vice President

Patient Safety and Quality for The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

Eileen Kasda, DrPH

Vice President

Patient Safety at SafeTower

Baltimore, MD

Emily Avery

National Director of Environment of Care and Safety

Medxcel

Indianapolis, IN

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 Ralls, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Orlando Health

Orlando, FL

Ghazala Sharieff, MD

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

Scripps Health

San Diego, CA

Heidi Raines

Founder and CEO

Performance Health Partners

New Orleans, LA

Heidi Wald, MD

Chief Quality and Safety Officer

Intermountain Health

Salt Lake City, UT

Ihab Dorrota, MD

Chief

Quality and Patient Safety for Loma Linda University Health

Linda, CA

Jason Adelman, MD

Associate Dean for Quality and Patient Safety and Director of the Center for Patient Safety Science

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York City, NY

Jason Tibbels, MD

Chief Quality Officer

Teladoc Health

Purchase, NY

Jeff Giullian, MD

Chief Medical Officer

DaVita Kidney Care

Denver, CO

Jeffrey Boord, MD

Chief Quality and Safety Officer

Parkview Health

Fort Wayne, IN

Jennifer Jacobson, RN, BSN

Vice President of Clinical Operations and Quality

Compass Surgical Partners

Raleigh, NC

Jennifer Schwehm, MSN, RN

Associate CNO

University Medical Center New Orleans

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 Health System

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

Jordan Messler, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Glytec

Waltham, 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

Kathryn “Kate” Kellogg, MD

Vice President

Patient Safety and Infection Prevention for MedStar Health

Columbia, MD

Kathy Helak, MSN

Assistant Vice President

Patient Safety at Inova

Falls Church, VA

Kedar Mate, MD

President and CEO

the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Boston, MA

Kelly Kelleher, MD

Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer

Phoenix Children's

Kelly Randall, PhD

Vice President

Patient Safety and Regulatory Services at Ascension

St. Louis, MO

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

Kristi Ball

Vice President

Quality and Patient Experience for Sanford Health

Sioux Falls, SD

Lalit Bajaj

Chief Quality Officer

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

Leah Binder

President and CEO

The Leapfrog Group

Washington, DC

Leo J. Penzi, MD

Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

North American Partners in Anesthesia

Melville, NY

Leslie Jurecko, MD

Chief Safety, Quality and Experience Officer

Cleveland Clinic

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

Mahmoud Bakeer, MD

Assistant Vice President

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

Orlando, FL

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

Michael Lane, MD

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

Parkland Health

Dallas, TX

Mike Seim, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

WellSpan Health

York, PA

Mohamad Fakih, MD

Chief Quality Officer

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

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 McGaffigan

Vice President

Safety at Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Boston, MA

Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD

Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer

University Hospital

Cleveland, OH

Pooja Vyas, DO

Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Christian Hospital

St. Louis, MO

Rafael Torres, MD

Chief Quality Officer

White Plains Hospital

White Plains, NY

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

Rustin Morse, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Columbus, OH

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

New York City, NY

Sandeep Wadhwa, MD

Global Chief Medical Officer

Solventum

Salt Lake City, UT

Sandra Kemmerly, MD

System Medical Director for Quality and Patient Safety

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Sonali Desai, MD

Vice President

Quality and Associate Chief Medical Officer for Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Stephanie Hall, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Keck Hospital at USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital

Los Angeles, CA

Sunita Koshy-Nesbitt, MD

Chief Quality Officer–Hospital Channel

Texas Health Resources

Arlington, TX

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, BSN, RN

Vice President

Patient Safety and High Reliability at Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

Tim McDonald, MD

Chief Patient Safety and Risk Officer

RLDatix

Chicago, IL

Ursula Nawab, MD

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