Dr. Schabacker leads ECRI, a global nonprofit advancing healthcare safety through data-driven insights, human factors engineering, and medical technology assessments. Under his direction, ECRI has led acquisitions of key safety organizations like the Institute for Safe Medication Practices and The Just Culture Company to advance ECRI’s mission to reduce preventable harm. He has been a frequent expert voice in national media and healthcare forums. He often counters medical misinformation by emphasizing independent, evidence-based recommendations. Dr. Schabacker draws on prior experience as a clinician and executive in industry and humanitarian medicine, including work in post-apartheid South Africa.
