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October 27

First, Do No Harm: A Symposium in Memory of Lucian Leape

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Kresge G1 & online

Event Type

2:00 pm – 5:15 pm

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Conferences and Symposia, From Around the School

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Join us for a symposium and reception in honor and memory of Lucian Leape, who passed away this past summer at the age of 94. The Department of Health Policy and Management will celebrate Lucian’s impact and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities for the patient safety movement he did so much to advance. Read his New York Times obituary here.

Symposium: 2:00PM – 5:15PM, Kresge G1 & Online (Livestream)
Reception: 5:15PM-6:30PM, Kresge Atrium

This event is open to the public. Registration is required for all in-person attendees. All in-person attendees who do not already have Harvard University ID access to the Kresge Building will be required to bring a photo ID and check in at the Kresge security desk. Registration ensures that you will be on the guest list when you check in.

This event will be in-person and livestreamed online. The livestream link will become active as the date nears. You will also receive the link to the livestream in your email after registering for this event, if you choose to register in advance (not required for those joining via livestream).

Keynote Speakers

Don Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, KBE

President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Keynote Lecture: “Present at the Beginning”

Atul Gawande, MD, MPH

John and Cyndy Fish Chair in Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Distinguished Professor in Residence, Ariadne Labs. Keynote Lecture: “The Contributions of Lucian Leape to the Foundations of Patient Safety”

This event will also feature two panels:

Panel 1: “Lucian Leape – Navigating the Ship of Patient Safety”
Panelists: David Bates, Tejal Gandhi, David Blumenthal
Moderator: Joel Weissman

Panel 2: “Achieving Zero Harm: Paths Forward”
Panelists: Michelle Anderson, Patricia Dykes, Michaela Kerrissey
Moderator: Eric Schneider

Panelists & Moderators

Michelle Anderson, BSN, RN

Mass General Hospital, UMass Boston

David Bates, MD, MSc

Medical Director, Clinical and Quality Analysis, Mass General Brigham (MGB); Co-Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics Learning Systems (CAIBILS), Mass General Brigham

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP

Professor of Practice of Public Health and Health Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Patricia Dykes, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI

Senior Nurse Scientist, Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Tejal Ghandi, MD, MPH, CPPS

Chief Safety and Transformation Officer, Press Ganey

Michaela Kerrissey, PhD, MS

Associate Professor of Management, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Eric Schneider, MD, MSc

Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Joel Weissman, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer of the Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Professor of Surgery in Health Policy, Harvard Medical School