Surgery Summit 2007:
Seeking Practical Ways to Improve Patient Safety

CRICO/RMF Strategies Symposium
Liberty Hotel (formerly the Charles Street Jail)
Boston, Massachusetts
Monday, November 5, 2007    
7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Speakers

Atul Gawande, MD, MPH
Surgeon, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Author of Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science and Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Daniel Dempsey, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery, Temple University Health System

Stephen Durant, EdD
Co-Director, MGH Sport Psychology Program

Andrew Freiberg, MD
Chief, Arthroplasty Service, Massachusetts General Hospital

Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS
Chief, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Martin Makary, MD, MPH
Chair of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Philip Murray, Jr., Esq.
Senior Partner, Murray, Kelly & Bertrand

John Ryan, Esq.
Senior Partner, Sloane and Walsh

Jo Shapiro, MD
Chief, Division of Otolaryngology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Robert Truog, MD
Director, Institute for Professionalism & Ethical Practice, Children's Hospital Boston

Paul Uhlig, MD, MPA
Vice President for Clinical Quality and Innovation, University Hospital, Ohio

Andrew Warshaw, MD
Surgeon in Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital