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13 public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and his master's degree in public health from UC-Los Angeles. Michael R. Cohen, RPh. President of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (Hor- sham, Pa.). Dr. Cohen is a former member of the FDA Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and currently is a consultant to the FDA, in addition to his role at the institute. Dr. Cohen's institute newsletters reach over 1 million American healthcare professionals and officials in over 30 foreign countries. He has received the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award from the National Quality Forum and e Joint Commission; the Harvey A. K. Whitney Award from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; and was named a MacArthur Fel- low by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Dr. Cohen is chairperson of the International Medication Safety Network. Jan Compton, BSN, RN. Vice President of Patient Safety and Chief Patient Safety Officer of Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas). Ms. Compton has over 30 years of nursing and leadership experience at Baylor Health Care System and Baylor Scott & White and served as director of patient safety before assuming her current position. She over- sees the development and implementation of evidence-based safety practices aimed at reducing inpatient mortality rates and moving toward the organizational goals of no preventable deaths, no preventable injuries and no preventable risks. Ms. Compton is a member of the North Texas Association for Healthcare Quality, previously served as Pa- tient Safety and Quality Committee chair for the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council and is a member of the North Texas Healthcare Information and Quality Collaborative. Sara Cosgrove, MD. Director of Johns Hop- kins Hospital Department of Antimicrobial Stewardship (Baltimore). Dr. Cosgrove serves several roles within the Johns Hopkins system, including professor of medicine and epidemi- ology in the division of infectious disease at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as well as director of Johns Hopkins Hospital department of antimicrobial stew- ardship. Her most recent research pertained to strategies for implementation of antimicro- bial stewardship activities within healthcare. Previously, she led the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and earned the Os- wald Avery Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America for her research. Jack Cox, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer of Providence St. Joseph Health (Renton, Wash.) and Senior Vice President and CMO of St. Joseph Health (Irvine, Calif.). Dr. Cox was named senior vice president and CMO of St. Joseph Health in 2015, aer serving as senior vice president and chief quality officer at St. Joseph Health affiliate Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif. e health systems have joined to create an integrated healthcare system, St. Joseph Hoag Health, in Southern California. At Hoag, he was responsible for six clinical institutes and oversaw the development of physician engagement models for sustained success. A board-certified family physician, Dr. Cox has a long career in healthcare, including time as regional medical director for Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health- care and CMO of Premier, a national alliance of nonprofit hospitals and health systems. Christy Dempsey, MSN, RN. CNO of Press Ganey (Boston). Ms. Dempsey has about 30 years of healthcare experience in nursing, perioperative and emergency services manage- ment as well as physician-hospital collaboration. She joined Press Ganey in 2009 and spent time as leader of clinical and operational consulting services for Press Ganey before being promot- ed to her current role as CNO. She's a nursing department faculty member at Missouri State University-Springfield and author of the book, e Antidote to Suffering: How Compassionate Connected Care Can Improve Safety, Quality and Experience. Renee Demski. Vice President of Quality for Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Health System and Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (Baltimore). In nearly three decades of work at Johns Hop- kins, Ms. Demski has played a key role in de- veloping an operating management system for quality and safety for the health system, and she now focuses on continual organizational improvement. Ms. Demski is heavily involved in Johns Hopkins Medicine's National Leader Strategy, which is designed to improve patient safety and quality. Under her direction, the program has helped Johns Hopkins-affili- ated hospitals win such awards as the Joint Commission Top Performer and Delmarva Excellence recognition. Cathy E. Duquette, PhD, RN, MSN, BSN. Executive Vice President of Nursing Affairs of Lifespan (Providence, R.I.). In 2006, Dr. Duquette joined Lifespan, an integrated, academic health system with four licensed hospitals and various outpatient service loca- tions. Before her current role with Lifespan, she was senior vice president and chief quality officer of Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence as well as vice president of nursing and patient care ser- vices and CNO of Newport (R.I.) Hospital. Dr. Duquette is a fellow of the National Associ- ation for Healthcare Quality and has exten- sive experience evaluating and monitoring healthcare providers. She previously served as an appraiser for the Magnet Recognition Program and as senior vice president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island. Derek Feeley. President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (Bos- ton). Mr. Feeley has helmed the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, an independent non- profit organization, since 2015. Before becom- ing president and CEO, Mr. Feeley was IHI's executive vice president, overseeing the orga- nization's efforts in areas such as person- and family-centered care, patient safety and quality, cost and value. He also previously served as director general for health and social care in the Scottish government and chief executive of the National Health Service in Scotland. In 2013, Mr. Feeley was made a companion of the Order of the Bath by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Karen Frush, MD. Chief Patient Safety Officer of Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.) and Vice President of Quality at LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.). A trained pediatrician, Dr. Frush became chief pa- tient safety officer of the Duke University Health System in 2004 aer serving as medical director of pediatric emergency services and CMO of children's services. In addition to her current role, she is professor of pediatrics at Duke Uni- versity School of Medicine and clinical professor of nursing at Duke University's nursing school. roughout her career, Dr. Frush has served on numerous boards and was the first pediatrician named to the North Carolina State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. Atul Gawande, MD. Author and Endocri- nologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston). Dr. Gawande is one of the most well-recognized physicians in the country for his efforts to communicate patient safety to fellow clinicians as well as patients. On the clinical side, he specializes in gastrointestinal, general and endocrine surgery. He is exec- utive director of Ariadne Labs, a nonprofit healthcare solutions provider at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. A New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Gawande penned e Checklist Manifesto and Being Mortal and articles for the New Yorker about improving the healthcare system. His honors include a National Magazine Award for an article on end-of-life care; AcademyHealth's HSR Impact Award for surgical safety checklist research; a MacArthur Fellowship; and the Lewis omas Prize for Writing about Science. Mark Graber, MD. Senior Fellow in the Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Program for RTI International (Chicago). Dr. Graber is a senior fellow in the healthcare quality and