2010 NPSF Congress
Planning Committee Members

Committee Co-Chairs:

Doug Bonacum, MBA, BS
Vice President, Safety Management
Kaiser Permanente

Barbara J. Youngberg, JD, MSW, BSN
Visiting Professor in Law
School of Law
Loyola University Chicago

Committee Members:

Peter Angood, FRCS(C), FACS, FCCM
Senior Advisor for Patient Safety
National Quality Forum

Richard Bankowitz, MD, MBA
Vice President & Medical Director
Premier, Inc.

Richard Boothman, AB, JD
Chief Risk Officer
University of Michigan Health System

John Combes, MD
President & Chief Operations Officer
Center for Healthcare Governance at AHA

Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD
Executive Director, Center for Medical Simulation
Professor of Anaesthesia,
Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Diane Cousins, RPh
Appointed Expert to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS)

Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA
Executive Director
John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary
Care Innovation
Massachusetts General Hospital

Frank Federico, RPh
Content Director
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Mark Graber, MD, FACP
Chief of Medical Service
VA Medical Center

John Hickner, MD, MSc
Chairman of Family Medicine & Vice Chair for Research
Cleveland Clinic Medicine Institute

Gerald B. Hickson, MD
Director
Center for Patient & Professional Advocacy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Michelle Hoppes, RN, MS, AHRMQR, DFASHRM
Chief Operating Officer
Patient Safety & Risk Solutions, LLC

Caroline Jacobs, MPH, MS.Ed
Senior Vice President, Patient Safety, Accreditation and Regulatory Services
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Kathy Leonhardt, MD, MPH
Patient Safety Officer, Medical Director, Care Management
Aurora Health Care

Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, RN, MBA
Vice President & Patient Safety Officer
McKesson

Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA
President
National Patient Safety Foundation

Gina Pugliese, RN, MS
Vice President
Premier Safety Institute

Ronni P. Solomon, JD
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
ECRI Institute

Saul Weingart, MD, PhD
Vice President, Patient Safety
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute