Patient Safety Initiative Leadership
Strategic Advisory Group
Strategic Advisory Group Members, 2023-2024
Michael Abrams
President and CEO
Ohio Hospital Association
Michael Cuffe, M.D., MBA
EVP and Chief Clinical Officer
HCA Healthcare
Kevin Dishman, M.D.
SVP, Chief Medial and Quality Officer
Stormont Vail Health
Lee A Fleisher, M.D.
Emeritus professor, former chair of anesthesiology and critical care
University of Pennsylvania
Former CMS CMO and Director
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (2020-2023)
Karen Frush, M.D.
Senior Principle
Vizient Safe and Reliable
Mary Ann Fuchs, D.N.P., R.N., NEA-FAAN
SVP, Chief Nurse Executive
Centra Health
Tejal Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., CPPS
Chief Safety and Transformation Officer
Press Ganey Associates LLC
Roxanna Gapstur, Ph.D., R.N.
President and CEO
Wellspan Health
Janet Liang
Executive Vice President
Kaiser Permanente
Gregg Meyer, M.D., M.S.C.
President, Community Division and EVP, Value Based Care
Mass General Brigham
Jonathan Perlin, M.D.
President and CEO
The Joint Commission
Julie Quirin
SVP and Chief Operating Officer
Saint Luke’s Health System
Todd Shuman, M.D.
Chief Clinical Officer
SSM Health
Sam Watson, M.S.A., MT (ASCP), CPPS, CAE
SVP, Patient Safety and Quality
Michigan Health and Hospital Association
Clinical Advisory Panel
Clinical Advisory Panel (CAP). A diverse team of health care executives, clinicians and patient safety and quality leaders from different specialties, geographic regions and health care organization types. The CAP represents the field and determines principles for selecting patient safety topics and improvement goals while ensuring equity. Using those principles, the CAP curates a list of urgent topics and goals for the coming year that is anticipated to include both focused interventions and broader cross-cutting initiatives.
Clinical Advisory Panel Members, 2023-2024
Amy Adome, M.D., M.P.H.
SVP and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Sharp
Healthcare
Aricka Dawson, R.N.
Labor and Delivery Charge Nurse
Memorial Hermann Healthcare
Amanda Edwards, P.A.
Physician Assistant
WakeMed
Mary Ann Fuchs, PhD, R.N.
SVP, Chief Nursing Executive
Centra Health
AHA Board Member
Tracey Hoke, M.D., M.Sc.
Chief of Quality and Performance Improvement
University of Virginia Healthcare
Mary Law, M.S.N., R.N.
VP for Quality
AtlantiCare Health System
Wilhelmina Manzano, M.A., R.N., NEA-BC, FAAN
Group SVP, Chief Nursing Officer, COO for Perioperative Services
New York-Presbyterian
Erik Martin, D.N.P., R.N.
VP for Patient Care Service
Norton Healthcare
President
American Organization of Nursing Leaders
Elizabeth Mort, M.D., M.P.H.
Former SVP and Chief Quality Officer
Massachusetts General Hospital
James Moses, M.D., M.P.H.
SVP, Quality, Safety and Excellence
Corewell Health
Lynn Simon, M.D., M.B.A.
President, Health Care Innovation and Chief Medical Officer
Community Health Systems
Stephen Weber, M.D.
EVP and Chief Medical Officer
University of Chicago Hospitals
Ena Williams, Ph.D., R.N.
SVP and Chief Nursing Officer
Yale-New Haven Health
AHA Core Team
Robyn Begley
CEO, AONL
CNO, Workforce
Marie Cleary-Fishman, B.S.N., M.S., M.B.A.
Vice President
Clinical Quality AHA/HRET
Akin Demehin, M.P.H.
Senior Director
Quality and Patient Safety, Policy
Chris DeRienzo, M.D., M.P.P.
SVP and Chief Physician Executive President
AHA Health Research & Education Trust
Nancy Foster
Vice President
Quality and Patient Safety, Policy
Kristin Preihs, M.P.H.
Director
Clinical Quality and Funded Partnerships AHA/HRET
Member Sign-up
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