Fellowship Faculty and Advisors
The PSLF faculty consists of nationally recognized leaders, academicians, and practitioners who are action-oriented and have practical experience implementing organizational and quality improvement strategies aimed at improving patient safety.
Richard Boothman, AB, JD
Chief Risk Officer
University of Michigan Health System
John Combes, MD
President & Chief Operating Officer
Center for Healthcare Governance
Senior Vice President
American Hospital Association
Jim Conway, MS
Adjunct Lecturer
Harvard School of Public Health
Jordan Erickson
Vice President of Consulting
iplqi (Institute for Process, Leadership and Quality Improvement)
Ron Erickson
President and Founder
iplqi (Institute for Process, Leadership and Quality Improvement)
Rollin “Terry” Fairbanks, MD, MS, FACEP
Director, National Center for Human Factors
Engineering in Healthcare
MedStar Institute for Innovation, Washington DC
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Georgetown University
Rick Foster
FosterHicks & Associates
Scott Griffith, MS
Chief Operating Officer
Outcome Engineering, LLC
Gerald Hickson, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Center of Patient and Professional Advocacy
Vanderbuilt University Medical Center
Maulik Joshi, DrPH
President and CEO
Health Research & Educational Trust
Senior Vice President, Research
American Hospital Association
Donald Kennerly, MD, PhD
Vice President of Patient Safety and Chief Patient Safety Officer
Baylor Health Care System
Della Lin, MD,
Staff Anesthesiologist
Executive Director of CME
The Queen's Medical Center
Senior Fellow in Patient Safety and Health Systems Engineering Estes Park Institute
Diane Pinakiewicz, MBA
President
National Patient Safety Foundation
Manisha Shah, MBA, RT
Vice President, Programs
National Patient Safety Foundation
Pamela Thompson, MSN, RN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer
American Organization of Nurse Executives
Mark Williams, MD, FACP
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Hospital Medicine
Past President, Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Barbara Youngberg, BSN, MSW, JD
Senior Lecturer in Residence
Loyola University School of Law
