Dr. Adelman is a nationally recognized patient safety researcher and physician leader whose work focuses on identifying and evaluating quality initiatives at multicenter hospital systems, including the application of AI to improve patient care. At Columbia University Irving Medical Center, he serves as associate dean for quality and patient safety, director of the Center for Patient Safety Science, program director of the patient safety research fellowship, and vice chair for quality and patient safety in the department of medicine. He also serves as system associate chief quality officer for patient safety and learning health system science at New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian. His body of research on health IT safety and the epidemiology of medical errors produced the validated and National Quality Forum-endorsed “Wrong-Patient Retract-and-Reorder Measure,” which has shaped national patient safety recommendations and regulations from The Joint Commission and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Dr. Adelman has received numerous grants and awards, including the “John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award” for individual lifetime achievement from The Joint Commission and the “John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award” from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
