Yves Sonnay
Yves Sonnay is the Assistant Director of Project Management, Safe Surgery/Safe Systems Program. He supports leadership to create a scalable and sustainable portfolio of work for the program that includes efforts to improve the safety, accessibility, and appropriateness of surgical care around the world. In collaboration with the Director of the Safe Surgery Program, he provides both strategic and day-to-day guidance and support to members of the Safe Surgery team, both within Ariadne Labs and with the relevant external partners and stakeholders.
Previously, Yves worked for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to evaluate program impacts, and before that leading programs and projects for MSF in the field. Yves was Country Director in Haiti, leading a 120-bed obstetric and trauma hospital. He also directed a surgical and rehabilitation center for obstetric fistula in Eastern Chad and a cholera response outbreak in Haiti, as well as multiple other assignments in Cameroon, DRC, Lebanon, Myanmar, and Sudan.
Yves holds a postgraduate diploma in International Project Management, and a BS in Electronic Engineering, both from University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Western Switzerland. He is currently pursuing a MPH at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Tools for approaching surgical reopening and successful triage.
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 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.
