15 years

Celebration Co-Chairs

James B. Conway
Adjunct Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health
Trustee, Winchester Hospital
Lynn Nicholas, FACHE
President and CEO
Massachusetts Hospital Association
Mark E. Reynolds
President, Risk Management Foundation
of the Harvard Medical Institutions (CRICO)

Leadership Committee

Carolyn Blanks
Executive Director
Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation

Corinne Broderick, MS
Executive Vice President
Massachusetts Medical Society

Linda Campbell, RN-BC, CPHQ
Vice President, Quality & Patient Safety
Patient Safety Officer
MetroWest Medical Center

Jeanette G. Clough, MS, MHA, RN
President and CEO
Mount Auburn Hospital

Sharon A. Gale, MSN, RN
Chief Executive Officer
Organization of Nurse Leaders, MA-RI

Tejal Gandhi, MD, MPH
Chief Quality and Safety Officer
Partners Healthcare

Connie Crowley-Ganser, MS, RN
President, 2002-2004, MA Coalition
Vice President, Quality & Safety
Lahey Clinic

Ronald Goodspeed, MD, MPH, FACP, FACPE
President, 2006-2010, MA Coalition
Past President, Southcoast Hospitals Group

David Johnson, MA, MS, ABD
Executive Vice President
Massachusetts Pharmacists Association

Linda K. Kenney
Executive Director, Medically Induced
Trauma Support Services (MITSS)

Lucian L. Leape, MD
Chair, Lucian Leape Institute at
the National Patient Safety Foundation

Richard Lopez, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Atrius Health

Nina Rauscher, RN, MS, CPHQ
Executive Director
Program for Patient Safety and Quality
Boston Children’s Hospital

Nancy Ridley, MS
Senior Advisor, MA Coalition
MA Department of Public Health &
Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety (Retired)

Dana Gelb Safran, ScD
Senior Vice President
Performance Measurement & Improvement
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Kenneth E. F. Sands, MD, MPH
Sr. Vice President of Health Care Quality
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Thank You to our Sponsors:

Gold Level

Ropes & Gray

Silver Level

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions (CRICO)
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Jordan Hospital
  • Lahey Health
  • The Leape Foundation for Patient Safety

Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Mary Anna Sullivan, MD
    President, MA Coalition Board
  • Lynn Nicholas
    Celebration Co-Chair
  • Paula Griswold
    Executive Director
  • Mark Reynolds
    Celebration Co-Chair

How Do We Keep Patient Safety in the Forefront of OurWork?

Dinner Panelists:

  • Andrew Dreyfus
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Howard R. Grant, JD, MD
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Lahey Health
  • Lucian Leape, MD, Chair
    Lucian Leape Institute at the
    National Patient Safety Foundation
    Adjunct Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
  • Senator Richard T. Moore
    Massachusetts Senate President Pro Tempore
  • Panel Moderator
    Jim Conway
    Celebration Co-Chair

Photos from the Celebration

celebration slide show

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