Talks/Presentations 
(The talks listed below are a representative sample of topics presented by members of the Quality & Safety Research Group.)

A Practical Approach to Patient Safety in Surgery
Speaker: Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH
Washington Academy of Doctors, Feb. 7, 2005

Context of Care and the Patient Care Team
Speaker:  J. Bryan Sexton, PhD
National Academies of Science Panel on Engineering in Healthcare, Practice Engineering and the Healthcare System, Irvine, CA,
February 6-7, 2003

Creating a Healing Environment
Speakers:  Christine G. Holzmueller, BLA & Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD
Keystone ICU Workshop, MHA Health Foundation, Troy, MI, March 14, 2005

Developing a Safety Culture:  The Challenges in Medicine
Speaker:  J. Bryan Sexton, PhD
Euroanesthesia 2004, Lisbon, Portugal, June 6, 2004

Effecting Change:  From Attitudes to Behaviors to Outcomes
Speaker:  J. Bryan Sexton, PhD
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2004 Annual Meeting, April 19, 2004

Eliminating Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections in the ICU
Speaker:  Sean M. Berenholtz, MD, MHS
Outcomes /Safety Panel, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 2004

Implement New Ways of Working: Introduction to the Sepsis Bundle
Speaker:  Sean M. Berenholtz, MD, MHS
VHA National Collaborative: Transformation of the Intensive Care Unit, San Diego, California. April 2005

Implementing CUSP with Formalized Teamwork and Communication Training
Speaker:  David A. Thompson, DNSc, MS
MCIC Patient Safety Group, Vermont MCIC Inc, New York, NY, December 13, 2004

Incident Reporting in the Intensive Care Unit Safety Reporting System (ICUSRS)
Speakers:  Lisa Lubomski, PhD and Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD
Safety Across High-Consequence Industries, St. Louis, MO, March 8-9, 2004

Intensive Insulin Therapy
Speaker:  Sean M. Berenholtz, MD, MHS
Surviving Sepsis 2005: Upgrading Therapy to Save Lives, Lakeland, Florida. April 2005

Making Patient Care Safe: What Research Has Proven
Speaker:  David A. Thompson, DNSc, MS
Sigma Theta Tau Society, Villa Julie College, Baltimore, MD, April 13, 2005

Making Safety a Reality
Speaker:  Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD
Georgia Patient Safety Summit, November, 21, 2003

Measuring Safety Culture: From Aviation to Healthcare
Speaker:  David A. Thompson, DNSc, MS
VHA Mountain States Fall Forum, Denver, Colorado, 2004

Minimizing Risk in the ICU   
Speaker:  Sean M. Berenholtz, MD, MHS
Outcomes /Safety Panel, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 2004

Safety in the Operating Room
Speaker: Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH
American College of Surgeons, General Session, October 12, 2004

Senior Leaders Rose in Safety
Speaker:  Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD
Board of Trustees at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, June 3, 2003

The Perfect Storm
Keynote Speaker: Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD
St. Barnabas Health Care System’s Clinical Retreat, New Jersey, October 29, 2003

Understanding the Medication Reconciliation Process
Speaker:  David A. Thompson, DNSc, MS
Michigan Hospital Association ICU Collaborative, Troy Michigan, March 13, 2005