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14 outcomes program for RTI International, an independent, nonprofit research institute. A patient safety leader, his research has focused on biomedical and health services, as well as diagnostic errors in medicine. Previously, Dr. Garber taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and originated the inter- nationally celebrated Patient Safety Awareness Week, in 2003. Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR. Executive Di- rector and CEO of the Association of periOp- erative Registered Nurses (Denver). Ms. Groah has extensive perioperative nursing executive ex- perience. She helms the Association of periOera- tive Registered Nurses, a Denver-based nonprofit organization. Before her current role, Ms. Groah served as COO of Kaiser Foundation Hospital in San Francisco; nurse executive for Kaiser Foun- dation Hospital-San Francisco and Kaiser Foun- dation Hospital-South San Francisco; director of nursing operating room-post-anesthesia care unit-Surgery Center at the University of Califor- nia San Francisco Hospitals and Clinics; and OR director at the Macon-based Medical Center of Central Georgia. Her honors include AORN's Award for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing in 1989, as well as Nursing Spectrum magazine's California and US Nursing Excellence Award for Leadership in 2005. She was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing 18 years ago and was named one of San Francisco's 100 most influential women in business in 2006. Hitinder Gurm, MD. Associate Chief Clinical Officer and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center (Ann Arbor). In addition to serving as associ- ate chief clinical officer and associate internal medicine and cardiology professor at the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Dr. Gurm is section chief of cardiology at the VA Ann Arbor Health Care System as well as associate chief of the cardiovascular di- vision at Ann Arbor-based University of Mich- igan Health System. He also serves as director of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Cardiovascular Consortium Percutaneous Coronary Interven- tion Registry, a multicenter registry gathering data for research. One study using the registry's data found Michigan's Medicaid expansion did not have a negative effect on coronary artery disease treatment outcomes. Dr. Gurm served as a co-author of the research letter that was published in the Journal of the American Col- lege of Cardiology. In 2016, Michigan Health & Hospital Association honored Dr. Gurm with the Patient Safety & Quality Leadership Award. Richa Gupta. Vice President of Performance Improvement and Operational Effectiveness and Chief Quality Officer for Rush Uni- versity Medical Center (Chicago). As vice president of performance improvement and operational effectiveness and chief quality officer for Rush University Medical Center, Dr. Gupta leads lean management system as well as quality/performance improvement strategy implementation across the medical center. Her research work has been published in Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety and Academic Medicine. Her research is centered on healthcare consumer rankings as well as the impact of EHRs on quality and patient satisfaction. She was selected to the 2016-17 inaugural class of the Carol Emmott Fellowship, which is focused on mitigating gender disparities in healthcare leadership. Each fellow develops and implements an im- pact project with a mentor; Dr. Gupta's project focused on creating a continuous improve- ment framework across the Rush system. Ann Hendrich, PhD, RN. Senior Vice Pres- ident and Chief Quality/Safety and Nursing Officer of Ascension Health (St. Louis). As senior vice president and chief quality/safety and nursing officer, Dr. Hendrich oversees nursing operations at the largest nonprofit healthcare system in the U.S., comprising 2,600-plus sites of care and 153 hospitals. She is the creator of the Acuity-Adaptable hospital room model that aims to incorporate comfort, technology and efficiency in hospital room design. She serves on the Nursing Advisory Council for e Joint Commission and is actively involved in quality improvement research. Dr. Hendrich has also served as principal investigator for an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant focused on improving obstetrical patient safety. Dr. Hendrich was also involved in a study published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neo- natal Nursing that examined the risk factors for shoulder dystocia among pregnant women. Regina Hoffman. Executive Director of Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (Har- risburg). As executive director of the Pennsyl- vania Patient Safety Authority, Ms. Hoffman is responsible for patient safety governance at the state's 1,300 healthcare institutions. She also oversees Pennsylvania's patient safety reporting system, PA-PSRS, and the authority's quarterly peer-reviewed journal. She is a voluntary facul- ty member for the CPPS preparation course for National Patient Safety Foundation/Institute for Healthcare Improvement. She was previously administrative director of quality for Pottsville, Pa.-based Schuylkill Health. Mark Jarrett, MD. Senior Vice President, Associate CMO and Chief Quality Officer of Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.). In addition to his administrative roles at North- well Health, Dr. Jarrett is a professor of medi- cine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in Hemp- stead, N.Y. In his current roles, he is responsible for care quality, patient safety and medical services across the system, which includes 19 hospitals and four affiliate medical centers. He previously served as CMO and designated institutional official at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City. He is a past presi- dent of the Richmond County Medical Society. Brian Kaminski, DO. Vice President of Qual- ity and Patient Safety and Patient Safety Offi- cer at ProMedica (Toledo, Ohio) and Medical Director of the Emergency Department at ProMedica Toledo Hospital. Dr. Kaminski be- came vice president of quality and patient safety and patient safety officer at ProMedica in 2013. During his tenure, he has implemented safety coaches at all ProMedica acute care locations and helped implement the Agency for Health- care Research and Quality's CANDOR process, a road map for timely response to unexpected patient harm events. He also established Toledo Talks sessions, through which employees can share results of serious safety event investiga- tions. In 2015, Dr. Kaminski became a certified professional in patient safety through the National Patient Safety Foundation. omas Kelley, MD. Vice President of Quality and Clinical Transformation at Orlando (Fla.) Health. Dr. Kelley has served as Orlando Health's vice president of quality and clinical transformation since May 2017, prior to which he was chief quality officer of the organization. He has played a key role in developing collaborative groups focused on reducing harm and readmissions rates, as well as establishing the RightCare initiative, which aims to promote the implementation of standardized pathways. In 2016, the health system won the Florida Hospital Association's Leadership in Quality & Patient Safety award. Joe Kiani. Founder of the Patient Safe- ty Movement Foundation and Founder, Chairman and CEO of Masimo (Irvine, Calif.). Mr. Kiani created the Patient Safety Movement Foundation in 2013, which focuses on reducing preventable patient deaths. e foundation organizes the annual Patient Safety Science & Technology Summit. e summit brings together clinicians, healthcare CEOs, patient advocates and government leaders to discuss and develop solutions for patient safety issues. Additionally, Mr. Kiani is the founder, chairman and CEO of medical technology company Masimo Corp., which focuses on developing patient monitoring devices. Mr. Kiani created the Masimo Foun- dation for Ethics, Innovation and Competition in Healthcare to encourage activities and research opportunities that improve patient safety. In 2012, Ernst & Young honored Mr. Kiani with the National Entrepreneur of the Year Life Sciences Award. Clifford Y. Ko, MD. Director of the American College of Surgeons Division of Research