Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD
Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD, is Vice President for Patient Safety and Director of the Center for Patient Safety at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was awarded the 2008 Socius Award by the National Patient Safety Foundation, honoring work that promotes positive and effective partnering between patients/families and providers in pursuit of improved patient safety.
Dr. Weingart’s research examines patient safety in primary and specialty care, and the role of patient engagement. He serves as Chair of the Board of Governors at the National Patient Safety Foundation and on the editorial advisory boards of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.
A general internist, Dr. Weingart holds a doctorate in public policy from Harvard and an MD from the University of Rochester.
