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9 PATIENT SAFETY LEADERS throughout her career. In her current role, Dr. Gandhi advocates for patient safety on a national level, driving educational and profession- al certification initiatives, while also assisting with the creation and implementation of new safety ideas. She is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. In 2009, she received the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award. Atul Gawande, MD. Dr. Gawande is a general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Woman's Hospital in Boston. His 2009 book, "e Checklist Manifesto: How to Get ings Right," champions the use of checklists to prevent against adverse events and improve patient outcomes. His most recent book, "Being Mortal," was published in 2014 and examines end-of-life care. Dr. Gawande's work and writing have garnered him two National Magazine Awards, AcademyHealth's Impact Award for highest research impact on healthcare, a MacArthur Fellowship and the Lewis omas Award for writing about science. He is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston. Mark Graber, MD. Senior Fellow in the Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Program for RTI International. Dr. Graber is a national leader in patient safety and the originator of Patient Safety Awareness Week, which began in 2003 and is now recognized internationally. Dr. Graber has an extensive background in biomed- ical and health services research. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles. He is professor emeritus of medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In 2014, Dr. Graber was honored with the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award from the Joint Commission and National Quality Forum for his outstanding achievements and dedication to the advancement of patient safety and healthcare quality. Katherine Grichnik, MD. Vice President of Quality and Safety at MEDNAX. MEDNAX is one of the largest medical groups in the country, and Dr. Grichnik plays a critical role in directing the group's quality and safety programs for all of the physicians, nurse practi- tioners and other healthcare providers in MEDNAX practices across the nation. Dr. Grichnik spent 22 years as a physician and leader at Duke University in Durham in N.C. ere, she directed the Center of Educational Excellence at the Duke Clinical Research Center, where she sought to integrate a comprehensive approach to clinical science education. Dr. Grichnik also helped facilitate the certifica- tion of TeamSTEPPS, a patient safety program initiated by the U.S. Department of Defense. Linda Groah, MSN, RN. Executive Director and CEO of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. Ms. Groah has dedicated her career to perioperative nursing practice, education and executive management. Ms. Groah has led AORN as CEO and executive director since March 2007. Ms. Groah received AORN's Award for Excellence in Perioperative Nursing in 1989. In 2000, she was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. When she was an executive at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, Ms. Groah piloted several patient safety initiatives including walking rounds for administration and the implementation of the "Just Cul- ture" concept, which creates an environment focused on establishing individual accountability for healthcare workers. Just Culture is now a national healthcare standard. Hitinder Gurm, MD. Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovas- cular Center. Dr. Gurm was recently awarded the Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center Patient Safety & Quality Leadership Award for his role directing the Blue Cross Blue Shield Cardiovascular Consortium–Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Collaborative Quality Initiative. e initiative is a statewide collabo- rative that uses a registry of angioplasty patient data. Its efforts have assisted in the reduction of key complications like unnecessary blood transfusions. Dr. Gurm's work helped reduce the rate of potentially inappropriate angioplasties in Michigan from 8.6 percent to 1.7 per- cent over a four-year period. Dr. Gurm advocates for risk assessment through extensive writings and speaking engagements — his patient safety leadership extends throughout the cardiology community. Helen Haskell, MA. President of Mothers Against Medical Error. Ms. Haskell founded Mothers Against Medical Error in 2000 after a medical error contributed to the death of her son. In addition to advocating for medical error disclosure, Ms. Haskell has worked to improve healthcare safety and quality in the areas of infection prevention and patient empowerment. Ms. Haskell serves on the board of directors of the National Patient Safety Foundation and has played a crucial role in the development of patient safety legislation in her home state of South Carolina, in- cluding the South Carolina Hospital Infection Disclosure Act. She received Consumer Reports' first national Excellence in Advocacy award, among other honors. Ann Hendrich, PhD, RN. Senior Vice President and Chief Quali- ty/Safety and Nursing Officer of Ascension Health (St. Louis). In her role at Ascension, Dr. Hendrich guides the implementation of clinical excellence initiatives for one of the largest nursing op- erations in the country. She is also the principal investigator at As- cension for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant focused on improved patient safety and reduced medical liability in obstetrics. In 1998, Dr. Hendrich oversaw the development of a 56-bed coronary care unit at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis that consolidated the coronary critical care patient room and the transitional care room into a single private room that could adapt to the patient's changing needs. e unit won widespread acclaim, including the AACN-SCCM-AIA award for the best national de- sign in critical care delivery. Mark Jarrett, MD. Senior Vice President of Clinical Excellence and Chief Quality Officer of Northwell Health (Great Neck, N.Y.). Dr. Jarrett is responsible for systemwide initiatives in quality and safety at Northwell Health, one of the largest hospital systems in the New York metro area. He is board certified in internal medi- cine, rheumatology and geriatrics. Dr. Jarrett is also a professor of medicine at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine in Hemp- stead, N.Y., as well as a fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Jarrett's position at Northwell places him on the front lines of epidemic preparation. He was a sought-aer voice during the Ebola pandemic of 2014. Brian Kaminski, DO. Vice President of Patient Safety and Quality and Patient Safety Officer at ProMedica (Toledo, Ohio). Dr. Kaminski is in his third year of leading an initiative at ProMedica dedicated to implementing high reliability organiza- tional standards across the system's 12 acute care facilities. Under his leadership, the rates of serious safety events decreased by approximately 15 percent from 2014 to 2015. With Dr. Kaminski operating as vice president of patient safety and quality, Promed- ica Toledo Hospital received a Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades in 2014. Dr. Kaminski recently became the first ProMedica leader to earn the certified professional in patient safety credential, after passing a rigorous examination on patient safety science and application. Joe Kiani. Founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. As the founder of Masimo Corporation, a global medical technol-

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