Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Surgery
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Department of Health Policy & Management
Bloomberg School of Public Heath
Director
Quality and Safety Research Group
Center for Innovations in Quality Patient Care
Division of Adult Critical Care
Biography:
Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD is a practicing anesthesiologist and critical care physician, teacher, researcher, and international patient safety leader. Dr. Pronovost is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Surgery); in the Bloomberg School of Public Health (Department of Health Policy and Management) and in the School of Nursing. He is also Medical Director for the Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care, which supports quality and safety efforts at the Johns Hopkins Hospitals. In 2003 Dr. Pronovost established the Quality and Safety Research Group to advance the science of safety. Dr. Pronovost and his research team are dedicated to improving healthcare through methods that are scientifically rigorous, but feasible at the bedside. Dr. Pronovost holds a doctorate in clinical investigation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The author of more than 200 articles and chapters in the fields of patient safety, ICU care, quality health care, evidence-based medicine, and the measurement and evaluation of safety efforts, Dr Pronovost is also a frequent speaker on the topics of quality and safety leadership and implementation of large scale change. He chairs the JCAHO ICU Advisory Panel for Quality Measures, the ICU Physician Staffing Committee for the Leapfrog Group, and serves on the Quality Measures Work Group of the National Quality Forum. He also serves in an advisory capacity to the World Health Organizations’ World Alliance for Patient Safety, and is leading WHO efforts to improve patient safety measurement, evaluation, and leadership capacity globally. He has won several national awards for his research, including the 2004 John Eisenberg Patient Safety Research Award.
Earlier this year, Dr. Pronovost was named one of the world's "most influential people" of 2008 by Time magazine for his work in patient safety. The magazine's annual list recognizes people "whose power, talent or moral example is transforming our world." On September 23, 2008, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded a coveted MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as a "genius grant" to Pronovost, and in late September the US House of Representatives' Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), released a report strongly endorsing Pronovost's ICU program, noting that its use has the potential to save thousands of lives and millions of dollars throughout the United States".
Dr. Pronovost is currently leading several large national and international safety projects. To learn more about his work visit the Quality and Safety Research Group Website
Current Research:
Patient safety
Quality improvement
Evidence-based practice
Critical care
ICU incident reporting system
ICU physician staffing standard
System measures of performance
Contact Information:
Linda Marcellino,
Executive Assistant
Tel: 410-502-3231
E-mail: Linda Marcellino
Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Surgery
