The Expert Oversight Committee (EOC), as an advisory body to the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety (CBPPS), is responsible for overseeing the examination and recredentialing processes for the Certified Professional in Patient Safety™ (CPPS) and Certified Professional in Human Factors in Health Care (CPHFH) credentials and ensuring that certification continues to meet the high standards required for the profession.

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Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety

• Rollin J. "Terry" Fairbanks, MD, MS, CPPS
  CBPPS Chair
  Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer
  MedStar Health
  Professor of Emergency Medicine
  Georgetown University
• Martin (Marty) Hatlie, JD
  CBPPS Public Member
  Co-Founder, Patients for Patient Safety US
  President and CEO, Project Patient Care
• Michelle Jackson, MSN, RN, SCRN, NE-BC, CPPS, CPHQ
  Division Assistant Vice President of Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence
  HCA Healthcare Houston Gulf Coast Division
• Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS 
  Ex Officio
  CBPPS President
  Senior Advisor, Safety
  Institute for Healthcare Improvement​
• Sam Shen, MD, MBA, CPPS
  Patient Safety Officer/Associate Chief Quality Officer, Stanford Healthcare
  Professor of Emergency Medicine, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Sam R. Watson, MSA, MT(ASCP), CPPS, CAE
  CBPPS Secretary
  Senior Vice President, Field Engagement
  Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center
• Ronald M. Wyatt, MD, MHA 
  CBPPS Member
  Founder and CEO
  Achieving Equity LLC
• Wade J. Westhoff, CFP®, AIF®
  CBPPS Treasurer and Public Member
  The Westhoff Group, Raymond James