Meet the people who support the Center's mission and vision.
Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Error Disclosure, Accountability, Patient-Centered Care, Ethics, Precision Medicine, Health Policy
Executive Committee
Thomas H. Gallagher, MD
Co-Director
Professor of Medicine, Bioethics and Humanities
Director, UW Program in Hospital Medicine
Director, UW Program in Hospital Medicine
Interest Areas:
Email: thomasg@uw.edu
Paula Minton-Foltz, MSN, RN
Co-Director
Chief Nursing Officer, Harborview Medical Center
Senior Associate for Patient Care Services, Harborview Medical Center
Senior Associate for Patient Care Services, Harborview Medical Center
Interest Areas:
Quality, Patient Safety, Clinical Continuing Education, Re-admissions and Care Transitions.
Email: pfoltz@uw.edu
Anneliese Schleyer, MD
Co-Director
Associate Medical Director Hospital Quality and Patient Safety, HMC
Interest Areas:
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Frontline Engagement in Quality and Safety, Venous Thromboembolism Prevention and Anticoagulation Safety, Hospital Medicine
Email: schleyer@uw.edu
Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc
Director of Value and Systems Science
Associate Medical Director of Contracting and Value Based Care
Research Interests:
Value-Based Care Delivery, Systems and Provider Behavior, Pharmaceutical Drug Policy
Email: joshliao@uw.edu
Russ Migita, MD
Co-Director of Education
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Research Interests:
Lean Quality Improvement, Implementation Science, Clinical Standardization, Emergency Department Flow, Healthcare Facility Design, Diagnostic Error
Thomas Payne, MD
Co-Director of Research
Professor, Medicine
Research Interests:
Electronic Health Records, Computerized Practitioner Order Entry, Exchange of Health Information, Computerized Clinical Decision Support, Natural Language Processing, Notes in Computer-Based Medical Records, Clinical Computing
Email: tpayne@uw.edu
Mika Sinanan, MD, PhD
Chair, Center Internal Advisory Committee
Special Senior Advisor
Special Senior Advisor
Professor, Department of Surgery
Research Interests:
Inflammatory bowel disease, simulation based training, process of care, and performance improvement
Email: mssurg@uw.edu
Andrew White, MD
Co-Director of Education
Associate Professor of Medicine
UW Medical Center Hospitalist Group Director
UW Medical Center Hospitalist Group Director
Research Interests:
Communication After Adverse Events, Clinican Support After Adverse Events, Informatics, Error Disclosure, Team Communication, Interhospital Transfers, Inpatient Medicine, Electronic Decision Support
Email: andwhite@uw.edu
Douglas F. Zatick, MD
Co-Director of Research
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests:
Information Technology, Vulnerable Populations, Trauma, Multiple Chronic Conditions, Care Transitions, Mental
Email: dzatzick@uw.edu
Additional Leadership
Nick Meo, MD
Advisor for Quality Improvement Training
Director, GME Quality and Safety, UW
Director, Quality and Safety, Hospital and Specialty Medicine, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System
Director, Quality and Safety, Hospital and Specialty Medicine, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System
Research Interests:
Quality Improvement Education and Training, Veteran Health, Patient Safety, Performance Measurement, Inpatient Flow, Hospital Medicine
Email: nmeo@uw.edu
Somnath Mookherjee, MD
Faculty Development Lead
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Faculty Development Program, Division of General Internal Medicine
Director, Faculty Development Program, Division of General Internal Medicine
Research Interests:
Faculty Development, Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Case Reporting, Physical Examination Education, Quality Improvement Education, Peer Observation and Feedback, Educational Feedback
Email: smookh@uw.edu
Rashmi Sharma, MD
Physician Scientist
Research Interests:
Patient-Physician Communication, End-of-Life Care, Disparities, Decision Making
Email: rasharma@uw.edu