Consistent with the IHI’s policy, faculty for this program are expected to disclose, at the beginning of their presentation(s), any economic or other personal interests that create, or may be perceived as creating, a conflict related to the material discussed. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent a speaker with a significant financial or other relationship from making a presentation, but rather to provide participants with information on which they can make their own judgments.

Unless otherwise noted below, each presenter provided full disclosure information, does not intend to discuss an unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device, and has no significant financial relationship(s) to disclose. If unapproved uses of products are discussed, presenters are expected to disclose this to participants.

Michael Leonard, MD, Physician Leader for Patient Safety, Kaiser Permanente, leads the national Kaiser Human Factors Patient Safety effort. Prior to his current position, he served as Chief of Anesthesia, Chief of Surgical Services, and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Leonard is a cardiac anesthesiologist by training and continues to actively practice medicine. He has also worked with the University of Texas Human Factors Research Project to incorporate the human factors lessons learned in other high-risk industries into medical patient safety. Dr. Leonard has lectured widely and worked with many health care systems to improve the safety and quality of medical care.