Dr. Kasda took on the president and CEO role at SafeTower in June 2025. Prior, she was the organization’s vice president of patient safety for two years, leading strategic development and innovation in patient safety technology. She designed “Hero”, an AI-powered safety event reporting platform transforming how health systems gather, analyze and act on safety data. She also developed “Harmony”, a pioneering tool that incorporates patient complaints into safety analytics, placing patient voices at the center of safety efforts. Dr. Kasda’s work significantly increased physician engagement, transparency and proactive safety decision-making within client health systems. As founder of the Healthcare Event Reporting Collaborative, she fosters nationwide collaboration to advance analytics and safety innovation. Dr. Kasda is a recognized national speaker and Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins faculty member, and her groundbreaking work has earned awards from ECRI and the Maryland Patient Safety Center.
