Download List of Individuals Available for Interview

5th Annual World Patient Safety,
Science & Technology Summit
PANELISTS, COMMITMENTS, PLEDGES
To schedule an interview during the Summit, please email, text or call:
Irene Paigah, Media Relations
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 858-859-7001
2017 Keynote Speakers:
President Bill Clinton, Founder of the Clinton Foundation; 42nd President of the United States
Vice President Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States
2017 Featured Speakers Include:
Joe Kiani, Founder & Chairman, Patient Safety Movement Foundation; Founder & CEO, Masimo
Bob Casey, United States Senator for Pennsylvania and Mrs. Terese Casey
Didier Pittet, MD, MS, CBE, Professor of Medicine, Infection Control Programme & World Health Organization (WHO);
Hospital Epidemiologist, Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety; Director, University of Geneva Hospitals & Faculty of Medicine
Frans van Houten, CEO & Chairman, Royal Philips
Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt, MP, Secretary of State for Health, United Kingdom
Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-2006); Distinguished Professor,
University of Arizona
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Acting Administrator, Deputy Administrator for Innovation & Quality, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services
Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Senator for Rhode Island
Tamra E. Minnier, RN, MSN, FACHE, Chief Quality Officer, UPMC; Executive Director, Beckwith Institute
Thomas Zeltner, MD, Former Secretary of Health for Switzerland; Special Envoy of the Director General, World Health
Organization (WHO)
2017 Panelists Include:
Media Panel: The Role of Media in Achieving Zero Preventable Deaths
Moderator: Jim Messina, The Messina Group
Panelists:
David Cox, Health Features Writer, The Guardian
Diane Perez, MD, Medical Journalist, Univision, Galavision, Televisa
Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent, CNN Health, Medical, & Wellness
Jayne O’Donnell, Healthcare Policy Reporter, USA TODAY
Rebecca Palpant Shimkets, MS, Associate Director, The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, The Carter
Center Mental Health Program
New Challenge: Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Panel
Moderator: Mike Durkin, MBBS, FRCA, DSc (Hon), NHS National Director of Patient Safety, NHS Improvement
Panelists:
Brandyn Lau, MPH, CPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery & Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Michael A. E. Ramsay, MD, FRCA, Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Management, Baylor University Medical
Center; President, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute
Steven J. Barker, PhD, MD, Chief Science Officer, Masimo
Timothy Morgenthaler, MD, Chief Patient Safety Officer & Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Vonda Vaden Bates, Patient Advocate for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
New Challenge: Pediatric Adverse Drug Events Panel
Moderator: Anne Lyren, MD, MSc, Clinical Director, Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety; Strategic Advisor of Quality
& Safety, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor, Pediatrics & Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Panelists:
Christopher S. Jerry, Patient Safety Advocate, Speaker & Founder, The Emily Jerry Foundation
Deborah A. Pasko, Pharm.D., MHA, Director of Medication Safety & Quality, American Society of Health System
Pharmacists (ASHP)
James Broselow, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine; Developer,
Broselow Tape & Color Coding Crash Carts; CMO & Founder, eBroselow
Sun ‘Coco’ Yang, B. Pharm, Ph.D., BCPPS, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Chapman University School
of Pharmacy
Healthcare Technology Leadership Panel
Moderator: Joe Kiani, Founder & Chairman, Patient Safety Movement Foundation; Founder, Chairman & CEO, Masimo
Panelists:
M. Michael Shabot, MD, FACS, FCCM, FACMI, Executive Vice President, System Chief Clinical Officer, Memorial Hermann
Health System
Omar Ishrak, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Medtronic
Stefan Dråger, CEO, Drägerwerks AG & Co. KGaA
Tore Laerdal, MSc, Chairman & CEO of Laerdal Medical, Executive Chairman of Laerdal Global Health, & Executive Director of
Laerdal Foundation
Culture of Safety Leadership Panel: The Journey to High Reliability
Moderator: David Mayer, MD, Vice President, Quality & Safety, MedStar Health
Panelists:
Conrad E. Müller, MBA, Director, Doctor of Medicine, Klinik Hirslanden
Craig Cordola, FACHE, MBA, MHA, President, Central/West Region, Memorial Hermann Health System
Richard Afable, MD, MPH, President, Chief Executive Officer; EVP, Southern California Region OC/HD, St. Joseph Hoag Health;
Providence St. Joseph Health
Scott Betzelos, MD, MSA, Chief Medical Officer, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus; Chief Patient Safety Officer & VP, Inova
Health System
Patient Advocates Attending the 2017 Summit:
Ciaran Staunton, Patient Advocate for Sepsis
Paul Saarinen, Patient Advocate for Mental Health
Ridley Barron, Patient Advocate for Pediatric Adverse Drug Events
Vonda Vaden Bates, Patient Advocate for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
A Few Organizations with a Commitment to 0X2020:
Adrian Gelb, Secretary, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists; Former Chair, The Safety & Quality of
Practice Committee
Andre Vovan, MD, MBA, Executive Medical Director for Clinical Effectiveness, St. Joseph Hoag Health
Barbara Levy, MD, FACOG, Vice President of Health Policy, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Christer Svensén, MD, PhD, Director of Doctoral Education in the Depratment of Clinical Science & Education,
Karolinska Institutet
Eva Joelsson-Alm, PhD, Registered Clinical Care Nurse, Karolinska Institutet
Edna Adan Ismail, Founder & CEO, Edna Hospital; Chancellor, Edna Adan University
Edward McCabe, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, March of Dimes Foundation
Edwin Loftin, CNO, Vice President of Acute Care, Parrish Medical Center
James Defontes, MD, Assistant Executive Medical Director for Patient Safety & Perioperative Services, Kaiser Permanente,
Southern Californian Region
James P. Cappon, MD, Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer, CHOC Children’s Hospital
Jan Compton, MS-HCAD, BSN, RN, CPHQ, Chief Patient Safety Officer & Vice President of Patient Safety, Baylor Scott &
White Health
Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, Secretary, European Society of Anaesthesiology
Javier T. Dávila, Former Medical Director, Social Security Mexican Institute; Private Advisor & Consultant, Ministers of
Health, Mexico; Former Director of Hospitals, Regulation, & Medical Care, Social Security Institute for Federal Workers;
Craniomaxillofacial Surgeon
Dr. Romån Rosales, Subsecretary of Health, El Medico en Tu Casa & Commitments across Mexico
Professor Kai Zacharowski, MD, PhD, FRCA, Director & Clinical Head of Department, Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care
Medicine & Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt
Patrick Meybohm, MD, Leading Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine & Pain Therapy,
University Hospital Frankfurt
Kavita Bhavan, MD, MHS, Infectious Disease Physician, UT Southwestern; Medical Director, Parkland Health & Hospital
System OPAT/Infectious Disease Clinic
Konrad Reinhart, Chairman, Global Sepsis Alliance
Professor Kook Hyun Lee, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College
of Medicine
Linda Burnes Bolton, PH, RN, FAAN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Nursing Administration, Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center
Ryan Arnold, MD, MA, Emergency Physician, Senior Clinical Investigator for the Value Institute & Director of Research for the
Department of Emergency Medicine, Christiana Care Health System
Thomas P. Knowles, MHA, RRT, RPSGT, Manager, Respiratory Therapy & Center for Advanced Sleep Medicine, UH Geneva
Medical Center
A Few Companies that Made a Pledge to Share Data:
Tore Laerdal, Laerdal Foundation, Laerdal Medical, Laerdal Global Health
Omar Ishrak, Medtronic
Stefan Drager, Drägerwerks AG & Co. KGaA
2016 Patient Safety Innovation Awards Top Ten:
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Admetsys
Jeff Valk, Chief Executive Officer
Certa Dose, Inc.
Caleb Hernandez, DO, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer
Class 1 Inc.
Barry Hunt, President & CEO
Daylight Medical
Rick Dayton, President
eBroselow
James Broselow, MD, CMO, Founder, eBroselow
Intermountain Medical Center
Loriann Stromness, BSN, RN, Honor Student in 1st year of NP studies, Foley Team Lead, Core Leadership Chair,
Intermountain Medical Center
ReavillMED
Matt Reavill, President
Dulie Reavill, Vice President, Business Development
WISER Systems
William Cats Baril, PhD, CEO, WISER Systems
Isabelle Desjardins, CMO, WISER Systems; Vice-Chair, Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, University
of Vermont
STEEEP Global Institute
C. Adam Probst, PhD, Director of Human Factors Clinical Operations, Baylor Scott & White Health
Beaumont Health System
Alison Havens, BSN, BA, Nurse Manager of Anesthesia Quality & Safety, Beaumont Health System
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