Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc, is Assistant Dean for Population Health, Director of the Institute for Healthcare Delivery and Population Science, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate, and Professor of Quantitative Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. A hospitalist, and founding Board member of the… Continue reading Peter K Lindenauer, MD, MSc
Sarah has worked in a range of operations and transformation roles in Hospitals across the UK, USA and Sierra Leone. Currently, as Director of Strategy Implementation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Sarah works with clinical teams in developing new and innovative approaches to improve patient flow, quality and safety. She has worked across four NHS… Continue reading Sarah Hosein, MSc
Jafet Arrieta, MD, MMSc, is a Project Director and Improvement Advisor for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). She supports the development and implementation of quality improvement (QI) projects and teaches QI methods across Latin America and the United States. She has extensive experience in operational, oversight, management, and leadership roles within the areas of… Continue reading Jafet Arrieta, MD, MMSc
Prior to Harvard University, Kuanysh Yergaliyev worked at the Department of Integrated Academic Health Systems, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan) and held various managerial positions at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Fields of interests are health policy and management in the Kazakhstani and Central Asia setting, health systems strengthening in middle income countries,… Continue reading Kuanysh A Yergaliyev, MD, MPH, DrPHc
Laura is a pulmonary/critical care physician at MGH and is currently finishing the Harvard quality/safety fellowship funded by its malpractice insurer Controlled Risk Insurance Company (CRICO). She completed her MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health in August 2018. As a patient safety expert, she studies outcomes related to patient safety and would like… Continue reading Laura Myers, MD
Kris Torgeson is a former Secretary General of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) International. She collaborates with Ariadne Labs on issues related to improving the safety of surgery and anesthesia in low and middle income countries. At Ariadne, she works closely with Lifebox’s founder and president, Atul Gawande, as well as Lifebox board members… Continue reading Kris Torgeson, MA, MPH
Dr. Karthik Sivashanker is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine and currently serves as a staff consultation-liaison psychiatrist and innovation specialist in VA Boston Healthcare. He is also a second-year fellow in the HMS fellowship for Patient Safety and Quality. Dr. Sivashanker has conducted research in various domains, including… Continue reading Karthik Sivashanker, MD
Hakim Lakhani is the Director of Process Improvement at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is an Industrial and Management Engineer with a focus on health systems improvement. Mr. Lakhani is passionate about quality and process improvement in health care and has worked in Canada and the US, in the areas of strategy development and implementation, quality… Continue reading Hakim Lakhani, MS, BE
Leonard Kabongo is a quality improvement champion. Through his work, collaborations between Gobabis Hospital, Ariadne Labs in Boston, Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania, University of Namibia School of Medicine and the Global Health Community at HSPH were established. Quality improvement projects in anesthesia, surgery, obstetric, and primary health care at Gobabis District were coordinated and… Continue reading Leonard Kabongo, MD, MPH, MSc Global Health
Nance Goldstein’s research focuses on the emerging demands on physicians to lead innovation and change, capacities that medical training and experience do not train for or encourage. A leadership coach and trainer, she works with physicians and clinicians to take leadership to improve care at the same time that they enhance their experience of medicine.… Continue reading Nance Goldstein, MSc, PhD, ACC