Mary Brindle

Mary Brindle

Director of Safe Surgery/Safe Systems Program

Mary Brindle is a pediatric surgeon and health systems researcher. She is the Director of the Safe Surgery/Safe Systems Program at Ariadne Labs, and the Scientific Director of the Province of Alberta Surgery Strategic Care Network as well as Professor of Surgery and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. She has helped lead an international team to optimize the performance of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in High Income Countries and has worked to advance the rigor and scope of international Enhanced Recovery After Surgery guidelines.

Mary is originally from St. Catharines Ontario. She went to Yale University for her Undergraduate degree in Art, received her MD from Dalhousie University in Halifax, completed her general surgery residency in Vancouver and her pediatric surgery residency in Toronto. She completed an MPH at TH Chan Harvard School of public health and has worked in Calgary for almost 14 years.

NEWS - Perspectives
Harvard Business Review: How to Salvage a Useful Process That Isn’t Working Anymore

Rachel Moyal-Smith, Kaisin Yee, and Mary Brindle in HBR on reimplementation of a surgical checklist at Singapore General Hospital and a how-to on conducting a reimplementation.

Jul 8 2024
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Outpatient Surgery Magazine: Leading the Way to Safer Surgery

Dr. Mary Brindle speaks with Outpatient Surgery Magazine for a Q&A on her work in Safe Surgery.

Oct 28 2021
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Dr. Mary Brindle to Lead Ariadne Labs Safe Surgery/Safe Systems Program

BOSTON, July 14, 2020 – Ariadne Labs is pleased to announce Mary Brindle, MD, MPH, as the new Director of the Safe Surgery/Safe Systems Program, following an extensive international search.  “Dr. Brindle joins Ariadne Labs as health care systems around the globe undergo tremendous transformation. She brings a wealth of experience to support our growing… Continue reading Dr. Mary Brindle to Lead Ariadne Labs Safe Surgery/Safe Systems Program

Jul 14 2020