Thank you to our 2008 Congress Planning Committee members for organizing such a terrific patient safety Congress.

2008 NPSF Congress
Planning Committee Members

Committee Co-Chairs:

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

Doug Bonacum, BS, MBA
Vice President, Safety Management
Kaiser Permanente
Board of Governors, NPSF


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

Mary E. Burkhardt, MS, RPh, FASHP
Director of Medication Safety
Medco Health Solutions

John R. Combes, MD
President and COO
Center for Healthcare Governance at AHA

Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD
Director, Biomedical Engineering Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Associate
Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Partners HealthCare System,
Inc., Associate Professor of Anesthesia-Harvard Medical School
Board of Governors, NPSF

Barbara DeBuono, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Advisor, Public Health and Government
Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals 

Frank Federico, RPh
Director
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Terry Hammons, MD, MS
Sr. Vice President for Research and Information
MGMA

Helen Haskell
Mothers Against Medical Error

John Hickner, MD, MSc
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Chicago

Michael Hillman, MD
Vice President Patient Safety
Ascention Health

Linda Kenney
President / Executive Director
MITSS

Caryl Z. Lee, RN, MSN
Nurse Director
VA National Center for Patient Safety

Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, RN, MBA
Vice President, Patient Safety Officer
McKesson
Board of Governors, NPSF

Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA
President
National Patient Safety Foundation

Gina Pugliese, RN, MS
Vice President
Premier Safety Institute

David M. Shahian, MD
Professor of Surgery
Massachusetts General Hosptal Center for Quality & Safety

Barbara J. Youngberg, JD, MSW, BSN

Vice President
University HealthSystem Consortium
Board of Governors, NPSF


2008 NPSF Pre-Congress
Leadership Day Planning Committee

Committee Co-Chairs:

Gary Kaplan, MD, FACMPE
Chariman and CEO
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Board of Directors, NPSF

Gerald B. Hickson, MD
Director
Vanderbilt Center for Patient & Professional Advocacy
Board of Governors, NPSF

2008 Patient Safety 101 Planning Committee

Committee Co-Chairs:

Caryl Lee, RN, MSN
Program Manager
Veterans Administration National Center for Patient Safety

Doug Bonacum, MBA, CSP
Vice-president of Safety Management
Kaiser Permanente

Suzanne Graham, RN,PdD
Director of Patient Safety
Kaiser Permanente