Mary Brindle
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.
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.
Dr. Mary Brindle speaks with Outpatient Surgery Magazine for a Q&A on her work in Safe Surgery.
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
By Mary Brindle, MD, MPH A pediatric surgeon’s job is characterized by urgency — whether operating on a neonate born with a life-threatening condition or a teenager badly injured in a motor vehicle collision. We are familiar with rapid decision-making informed by best evidence. These are qualities that proved essential in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic.… Continue reading Adapting Health Systems During Crisis: Applying Research to Practice
Tools for approaching surgical reopening and successful triage.
Meagan Elam, DrPH, MS with colleagues from the BU School of Public Health published research that identifies gaps in current implementation strategies of the Surgical Safety Checklist and provides guidance on how to address them in high-income surgical settings.
Singapore General Hospital’s published results in Social Science and Medicine on our collaboration looking to go beyond assessing checklist compliance and to better understand potential sociopsychological mechanisms of the variations in SSC practices.
Safe Surgery/Safe Systems team conducted a national survey of perioperative healthcare professionals to explore opinions on morbidity and mortality conferences (MMCs) and team-based morbidity and mortality conferences (TBMMs).
Safe Surgery/Safe Systems team’s latest research uses OR Black Box data to provide useful insight into surgical safety checklist performance.
Safe Surgery/Safe Systems team on a new tool, Checklist Performance Observation for Improvement (CheckPOINT), to assess the effectiveness of Checklist implementation and help facilities identify areas for improvement.
The latest research from our Safe Surgery/Safe Systems team that aims to bring together two of the most powerful tools in Surgical Safety and Quality across the globe.
The Safe Surgery/Safe Systems team publishes their results on a framework to breathe new life into their checklist and transform their safety culture.
The Safe Surgery/Safe Systems team publishes their latest research on Device Briefing Tool (DBT) as an adjunct to the Surgical Safety Checklist.
The Safe Surgery / Safe Systems team collaborated with the American College of Surgeons to develop the Guide for Building Surgeon Resilience.
