Simnovate 2016 Domain Groups

Associate Professor of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Director, Arnold and Blema Steinberg Medical Simulation Centre, McGill University

rajesh.aggarwal [at] mcgill.ca

Bio

Dr. Aggarwal is a minimally invasive surgeon and considered one of the leading authorities on surgical simulation, education, and skills assessment.  His research explores the relationship between these and patient safety.  He has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts in such journals as NEJM, BMJ, and Annals of Surgery.  Originally trained in London, England, where he was elected to the prestigious National Institute of Health Research Clinician Scientist Fellowship, he joined McGill in 2014.

Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Scientific Director, Canadian Institute for Health Research

robyn.tamblyn [at] mcgill.ca

Bio

Dr. Tamblyn is a James McGill Chair at McGill University.  Her past research has focused on the necessary relationships between medical education, licensure and practice, and has greatly influenced resulting credentialing policies on a national scale.  Her work on computerised drug safety interventions has been recognised internationally, and she leads a CIHR-funded team to integrate e-health and modern technologies into the improved management of chronic disease.  Her work has been widely published in JAMA, BMJ, and Annals of Internal Medicine, among others.

Production Test Pilot
Technical Fellow
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

daniel.j.boorman [at] boeing.com

Bio

Dan Boorman is a production test pilot and safety advisor at Boeing, having worked on the development of a number of aircraft including the 777 and 787 Dreamliner.  His expertise has also allowed him to cross over from aviation to patient safety.  His experience in checklist development contributed to the development of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in partnership with Dr. Atul Gawande, which has since been globally implemented as a tool to improve patient safety.

George D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery
Chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Director, Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy
Associate Chair for Strategy & Finance
University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI

jdimick [at] umich.edu

Bio

Dr. Dimick is a minimally invasive surgeon internationally recognised for his surgical research focused on outcomes and quality measurement, policy evaluation, and large-scale quality improvement interventions.  He is funded by national bodies such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has published extensively in some of the highest-impact medical journals including NEJM and JAMA.  He is also the current president of the Association for Academic Surgery and serves on the Executive Committee of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative.

Professor of Medical Sociology, University of Leicester, UK

md11 [at] le.ac.uk

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Dr. Dixon-Woods is a leading researcher in the fields of patient safety and healthcare improvement at the University of Leicester, where she leads the Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research (SAPPHIRE) group.  She has advised on multiple national reports into patient safety including the 2012 Berwick Report in the UK, and currently serves as an expert panel member for the US National Patient Safety Foundation review.  She holds honorary professorships at both Johns Hopkins University and Imperial College London.

Professor of Health Policy, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, UK
World Health Organisation Envoy for Patient Safety    

l.donaldson [at] imperial.ac.uk

Bio

Professor Sir Liam Donaldson is an internationally recognised champion for patient safety and public health.  Originally trained as a surgeon, he served as the UK’s Chief Medical Officer from 1998 – 2010, advising government and authoring policy reports across the full spectrum of public health issues.  On a global level, he is a past vice-chairman of the World Health Organisation Executive Board and is the current WHO Envoy for Patient Safety.  He also serves as the Chair of Health Policy at Imperial College London and Chancellor of Newcastle University.

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
Improvement Science Fellow, The Health Foundation    

tim.draycott [at] bristol.ac.uk

Bio

Dr. Draycott is an obstetrician with a research interest in patient safety and interdisciplinary training.  His research group has led the development of automated maternity dashboards to measure patient satisfaction after delivery and the Practical Obstetric Multiprofessional Training (PROMPT) course to improve teamworking and perinatal outcomes.  As a prestigious Health Foundation Improvement Science Fellow he is seeking to investigate contextual elements of training to inform future implementation programs in the NHS.

Full Professor, Medicine, University of Ottawa
Chief Quality and Performance Officer, Ottawa Hospital
Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, ON   

afoster [at] ohri.ca

Bio

Dr Forster is a general internist and serves as Chief Quality and Performance Officer at the Ottawa Hospital.  His research focuses on the analysis of process and technology to improve patient safety.  In recognition of his work he has received numerous prestigious awards including a Career Scientist Award from the Ontario Ministry of Health.  In addition, he has advised bodies such as the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the World Health Organisation on the measurement of care quality.

Associate Professor
Medical Director, Centre for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA    

nadkarni [at] email.chop.edu

Bio

Dr. Nadkarni is the director of pediatric critical care medicine fellowship program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and has lectured internationally on pediatric resuscitation and education.  He has served as the chair of the American Heart Association (AHA) National Committee on Pediatric Resuscitation and is a national editor for Pediatric Advanced Life Support training materials.  He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts with a focus on pediatric critical care, education, and simulation.

CEO, Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Ottawa, ON    

CPower [at] cpsi-iscp.ca

Bio

Chris Power trained as a front-line nurse before becoming one of the leading healthcare executive in Canada.  She served as president and CEO of Capital Health, Nova Scotia, with a staff of over 12,000 prior to being recruited as CEO of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.  She is a board member of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research and an advisor to the Canadian government on healthcare innovation and patient safety.

Professor of Implementation Science & Patient Safety
Associate Director, Centre for Implementation Science
Kings College London, UK    

nick.sevdalis [at] kcl.ac.uk

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Dr. Sevdalis is an experimental psychologist with an internationally recognised record of research in patient safety and surgery.  Formerly a Reader at Imperial College London, his expertise is in the area of assessment and training in healthcare, with a particular emphasis on non-technical skills.  He has developed numerous evaluation tools to this end including the Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS) and the revised NOTECHS for operating room teams, and has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications to date.

amin.madani [at] mail.mcgill.ca

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Chair, Department of Diagnostic Radiology

benoit.gallix [at] mcgill.ca

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Dr. Gallix is the Chair of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University. He has been Chairman of the Saint-Eloi Hospital Department of Medical Imaging in Montpelier (France), as well as the hospital’s Chief of Interventional Radiology Unit. He has been both the Director of the Medical Imaging Residency Program and the Vice-Dean for International Affairs of the Faculty of Medicine at the Medical College of Montpellier, and has been an elected member of the college’s administrative board.

Vice Chair, Education and Patient Safety
Clinical Director, UW Health Clinical Simulation Program
Section of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, Burn and Surgical Critical Care
Division of General Surgery

pugh [at] surgery.wisc.edu

Bio

Dr. Carla Pugh directs the Clinical Simulation Program at the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, where she is also vice chair of education and patient safety. As a surgeon and education pioneer Dr. Pugh wants doctors to fine-tune their haptic skills as a standardized part of their clinical education and daily practice. For her innovative work, she received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Assistant Director, Biodesign Specialty Fellowship Program at Stanford University

dazagury [at] stanford.edu

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Dr. Azagury is the Assistant Director, Biodesign Specialty Fellowship Program at Stanford University. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery, digestive surgery, bariatric surgery and general surgery. He had previously completed a fellowship in Medical Innovation at Stanford Biodesign and had become responsible for bariatric surgery at Geneva University Hospital in Switzerland. After completing his residency, he undertook a research fellowship focusing on novel minimally invasive techniques at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Vice-President of Strategic Affairs at Johnson & Johnson Medical Companies

PBradley [at] its.jnj.com

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Paul Bradley is Vice-President of Strategic Affairs at Johnson & Johnson Medical Companies (JJMC). In this role, Paul has leadership responsibility for market access, government relations, medical affairs, regulatory and quality assurance as well as health care compliance. Paul also serves as a member of the JJMC Management Board. In his current role as Vice-President, Paul has led several important change management initiatives, most recently revamping JJMC’s market access capability to foster innovation and ensure timely access for new medical technologies.

Vice President and Medical Director for Perioperative Services at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

dennis.l.fowler [at] me.com

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Dennis L. Fowler is the Vice President and Medical Director for Perioperative Services at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He is a pioneer in the field of endoscopic surgery and has been the first to perform numerous innovative laparoscopic surgical procedures, never before accomplished. Dr. Fowler was also the first general surgeon to use the Harmonic Scalpel, a device that uses wave frequency (instead of electric current) to divide the tissue and vibration to coagulate blood vessels (Outpatient Surgery Magazine). Dr. Fowler received his M.D. in 1973 from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City.

Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Director, Biorobotics Laboratory at the University of Washington

blake [at] u.washington.edu

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Blake Hannaford is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Director, Biorobotics Laboratory at the University of Washington. He received the B.S. degree in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale University in 1977, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1982 and 1985 respectively. He was awarded the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award and the Early Career Achievement Award from the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

Team Leader of the Affordable Health Technologies Division in PHFI   

kanav.kahol [at] phfi.org

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Dr. Kanav Kahol completed his PhD from Arizona State University and is a Team Leader of the Affordable Health Technologies Division in PHFI. Dr Kahol was an assistant professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering in Arizona State University and an assistant professor adjunct in Mayo Clinic, USA. His research in healthcare includes applications such as simulation and games for training and education, social networking tools, and feedback and monitoring systems that involve wearable sensors and mobile computing.

Chief Medical Officer at Silk Road Medical

smacdonald [at] SILKROADMED.COM

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Sumaira Macdonald, MD, PhD is the Chief Medical Officer at Silk Road Medical. Prior to joining Silk Road Medical Inc., Dr. Macdonald was a Vascular Radiologist and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University and the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Dr. Macdonald is well regarded for her career-long efforts to improve endovascular interventions. Dr. Macdonald has authored over 70 medical publications on vascular disease, is the recipient of many academic society honors, serves on the editorial boards of a number of scientific journals and is highly sought after as a speaker, having given over 300 international lectures.

Practicing anesthesiologist from Tokyo, Japan

kmiyasaka [at] me.com

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Dr. Kiyoyuki Miyasaka is an anesthesiologist from Tokyo, Japan. He spent his undergraduate years in the United States, receiving a BSc in Engineering from Swarthmore College. He subsequently worked as an engineer for Masimo Corporation, testing and developing pulse oximeter sensors. He returned to Japan to pursue a medical degree at Shinshu University. Dr. Miyasaka completed his junior residency at Aizawa Hospital, and his senior residency in anesthesia at the prestigious St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo. Dr. Miyasaka has completed two fellowships - the first in medical device innovation at the University of Minnesota (2010-2011), and the second in surgical simulation education at the University of Pennsylvania (2013-2015), along with a Master of Science in Translational Research. He is currently a staff physician at St. Luke’s International University, with a dual appointment at St. Luke’s International University Simulation Center opened in April 2016.

Professor in the Engineering Department of Automated Production at École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal    

Natalia.Nuno [at] etsmtl.ca

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Dr. Nuño is a Professor in the Engineering Department of Automated Production at École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal. She previously completed her B.Sc. in Ottawa, M. Ing at McGill and PhD in Bologna. Her areas of expertise include biomechanical modeling, orthopedic prostheses design, osteopenia discharge, bone remodeling, numerical and experimental methods, contact problems and fastening prostheses.

Medical Director at Assia Medical Group

amikisz [at] gmail.com

Bio

Dr. Amir Szold is the Medical Director at Assia Medical Group. Professor Szold’s current research topics are nitinol devices, virtual reality simulators, robotics, articulating instruments, soft tissue replacements, and 3D vision. He has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed Journals including Archives of Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, American Journal of Hematology and Anesthesia and Analgesia.

Editor-in-Chief of Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

vedat.verter [at] mcgill.ca

Bio

James McGill Professor Vedat Verter is the Editor-in-Chief of Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. He is the Founding Director of the Canada-wide NSERC CREATE Program on Healthcare Operations & Information Management. Dr. Verter is the founding president of the College of Healthcare Operations Management in the Production and operations Management Society (POMS) and a vice president of the Society's Sustainable Operations College. He is a member of the Canadian Operations Research Society (CORS) and a the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Dr. Verter's research interests include supply chain design, reverse logistics, transportation of hazardous materials and healthcare operations management.

Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London, UK

p.pucher [at] imperial.ac.uk

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Dr. Pucher is a surgical resident with an academic interest in surgical education, simulation, and patient safety.  He completed his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Ara Darzi and Dr. Rajesh Aggarwal at Imperial College London in 2014 and has published over 40 peer-reviewed publications in high-ranking surgical journals.

Deputy Provost of Student Life and Learning at McGill University in Montreal

ollivier.dyens [at] mcgill.ca

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Professor Dyens is the Deputy Provost of Student Life and Learning at McGill University in Montreal. He has a keen focus on developing stimulating learning environments that extend to all aspects of student life and learning. Dyens obtained an Ph.D from Université de Montréal, writing a thesis on the impact of technology on the representation of humanity. He is also an artist, an author, a poet and the founder of three websites dedicated to the study of cyberculture: Metal and Flesh (1998-2003), Continent X, and The Inhuman Condition.

Surgeon at the Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam, Founder and President of the WATCH Society.

m.p.schijven [at] amc.uva.nl

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Surgeon at the Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam, Founder and President of the WATCH Society (The International Society for Wearable Technology in Healthcare), and past president of the Dutch Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Marlies Schijven researches the field of mHealth, Simulation and Serious Gaming. On the 28th of October 2013 she became the first surgeon to livestream an operation to YouTube using GoogleGlass. Dr. Schijven is known for her publications on the area of surgery, mhealth, medical education and simulation technology. She is an expert in the area of medical simulation validation studies and processes.

Assistant professor at McMaster University's Division of Emergency Medicine, WA

teresa.chan [at] medportal.ca

Bio

Dr. Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE, B.Ed, is an assistant professor at McMaster University's Division of Emergency Medicine. She is active contributor to advancing emergency medicine in the digital world: she is an Associate Editor at Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM), as well as the Managing Editor at BoringEM.org. Teresa Chan has interest in the areas of medical education, curriculum design, and digital scholarship.

President and CEO of Innovation in Learning Inc's (IIL)

parvati [at] innovationinlearning.com

Bio

Dr. Parvati Dev, PhD, is currently the President and CEO of Innovation in Learning Inc's (IIL) Director of Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technology (SUMMIT) . Dr. Dev has more than 30 years of experience in technological developments for medicine and biology. As director of SUMMIT, she founded and ran an internationally recognized e-learning technologies lab with numerous firsts in multimedia, web and simulation for medical education, including a fully digital curriculum for medical students. She also conducted research and development in surgical simulation, haptics, 3D anatomy, virtual patients and virtual worlds. At IIL, she has been the PI for development of medical virtual environments and has led the company in the development of 3D patient imaging from computed tomography and magnetic resonance scans.

Professor of Orthopaedics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden Chairman of the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology and Director of the Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and Training (CAMST)

Li.Tsai [at] ki.se

Bio

Dr. Li Fellander-Tsai, MD, PhD, is the Professor of Orthopaedics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. She is the chairman of the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology and Director of the Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and Training (CAMST). She is active in orthopaedic research, education and training as well as advanced surgical technology. Her research interests include advanced medical simulation and training, and musculoskeletal disease and trauma.

Senior Producer of Ubisoft’s Cross Media Group

mathieu.ferland [at] ubisoft.com

Bio

Mathieu Ferland is the Senior Producer of Ubisoft’s Cross Media Group. Ferlan is focused on defining cross media and convergence strategies for Ubisoft’s intellectual properties. He has been influential in leveraging Ubisoft’s video game IPs into new entertainment mediums, including expanding Ubisoft's franchise, Assassin’s Creed, into non-gaming consumer products, such as short films, novels and comic books. Prior to being the senior producer of Ubisoft’s Cross Media Group, Ferland held a leading role in the development of Tom Clancy games, including the creation of the highly acclaimed Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell.

Professor of Serious Games at the Serious Games Institute at Coventry University in the UK 

ab7860 [at] coventry.ac.uk

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Dr. Pamela Kato, EdM, PhD, is Professor of Serious Games at the Serious Games Institute at Coventry University in the UK. As the founding President and CEO at HopeLab, she led the development on Re-Mission, a widely acclaimed serious game evaluated in a multi-center randomized trial published in the journal Pediatrics. She recently worked on Plan+It Commander (planning & social skills game for ADHD). Dr. Kato has also worked with international companies, government agencies and non-profits to strategically use serious games and gamification to improve customer engagement and patient outcomes.

Canadian Research Chair Tier 1 in Advanced Technologies for Learning in Authentic Settings (ATLAS) in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University

susanne.lajoie [at] mcgill.ca

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Professor Susanne Lajoie, PhD, MA, BA is a Canadian Research Chair Tier 1 in Advanced Technologies for Learning in Authentic Settings (ATLAS) in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University. Dr. Lajoie has engaged in research where she designs technology rich learning environments for educational and professional practices. She uses a cognitive approach to identify learning trajectories that help novice learners become more skilled in the areas of science, statistics, and medicine. She has numerous publications including 2 volumes on Computers as Cognitive tools published by Erlbaum.

Director of the Stanford Education Institute/Goodman Surgical Education Center, and the associate Program Director of General Surgery at Stanford

jnlau [at] stanford.edu

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Dr. James Lau, MD, FACS, is the director of the Stanford Education Institute/Goodman Surgical Education Center, and the associate Program Director of General Surgery at Stanford. He has an interest to explore new ways to improve standard education of surgical residents as well as novel approaches to teaching technical, team dynamics, and crisis management skills are essential toward the goal of producing a caring and skilled physician.

Associate Dean and Chair for Undergraduate Nursing Programs at The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation

mancini [at] uta.edu

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Dr. Mancini, RN, PhD, is Professor, Associate Dean and Chair for Undergraduate Nursing Programs at The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Dr. Mancini was appointed a Visiting Scholar in Innovation and Simulation at The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in 2012 - 2013. Dr. Mancini’s research interests include innovative educational strategies, interprofessional collaborative practice in healthcare teams through simulation, and transformative redesign of education, and has more than 90 publications to her credit.

Professor and Chair of the Department of Contemporary Dance at Concordia University, the Co-director Topological Media Lab, and a member of Hexagram Institute for Research/Creation in Media Arts

michael.montanaro [at] concordia.ca

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Professor Michael Montanaro is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Contemporary Dance at Concordia University, the Co-director Topological Media Lab, and a member of Hexagram Institute for Research/Creation in Media Arts. He is a trans-disciplinary artist best known for his work in the field of dance and mixed media. He has worked as a choreographer/collaborator on numerous projects including the Cirque du Soleil’s “Varekai”. His research projects include evolving innovative ways in which new technologies are used to enhance the performative experience within responsive environments.

Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science at McGill University

joelle.pineau [at] mcgill.ca

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Joelle Pineau is an Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science at McGill University, where she co-directs the Reasoning and Learning Lab. She received her PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004. Her research centres on developing efficient algorithms for learning and decision-making in partially observable stochastic domains, and applying these algorithms to complex problems in robotics and health-care.

Co-director of ResusHour, the resident-led simulation program at McGill's Emergency Medicine program

wayne.choi [at] mail.mcgill.ca

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Dr. Wayne Choi is a 4th year Emergency Medicine Resident undertaking a fellowship in Innovation with Dr. Rajesh Aggarwal at McGill University. He initially studied Computer Engineering, and had worked for Microsoft and co-founded the mobile tech company CellMap Inc. Afterwards, he began to pursue emergency medicine. Wayne is currently the co-director of ResusHour, the resident-led simulation program at McGill's Emergency Medicine program. Wayne is excited about using innovative technology to improve the medical system and medical education.

Canada Research Chair in Translational Epidemiology & Global Health Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, QC
Director, McGill Global Health Programs
Associate Director, McGill International TB Centre

madhukar.pai [at] mcgill.ca

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Dr. Pai’s research goals focus mainly on advancing global tuberculosis care and control by researching the epidemiology of tuberculosis and evaluating new diagnostics and tools in diverse populations and settings, especially South Africa and India. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles with grant funding from the Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank

jdas1 [at] worldbank.org

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Dr. Das’ work focuses on the quality of health care, mental health, information in health and education markets, child learning and test-scores and the determinants of trust. He is currently working on long-term projects on health and education markets in India and Pakistan.

Executive Director, Merck for Mother
Visiting Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health

priya.agrawal [at] merck.com

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Dr. Agrawal is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist currently working with Merck to end preventable maternal mortality Over her career, she has worked and traveled to more than 45 countries, introducing simple and sustainable innovations to improve the health outcomes for underserved women and their families. In 2012, Dr. Agrawal's received the Harvard School of Public Health Alumni Award for Public Health Professionals.

Deputy Head, Division of General Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Allan.Okrainec [at] uhn.ca

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Dr. Okrainec’s clinical practice specializes in minimally invasive abdominal and gastrointestinal surgery his educational research lab is currently dedicated to developing and using telesimulation technologies to teach surgical skills in remote areas and resource-restricted countries

Assistant Professor and Course Director of the Humanitarian Crisis Simulation, University of Minnesota Medical Center

kesle002 [at] umn.edu

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Dr. Kesler is a practicing Critical Care physician and is especially interested in multidisciplinary and simulation based education as well as Ethics and End of Life issues in the Intensive Care Unit.

Coordinator and Head of Strategic Programs, WHO Patient Safety Project

kelleye [at] who.int

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Dr. Kelley has extensive experience working to improve health care quality internationally. He has published in the areas of health systems performance measurement and improvement, value for money in health care, cost and quality interactions and the clinical areas of pediatric infectious disease, respiratory illness, cardiac care and cancer survival.

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy and Global Health, Duke University Founding member, COHESIVE-India

manoj.mohanan [at] duke.edu

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Dr. Mohanan’s work with COHESIVE-India (Collaboration for Health System Improvement and Impact Evaluation in India) focuses on behavioral research and impact evaluation studies in India’s health sector, providing data useful for policy making. His research areas include causal effects of health shocks, quality of care in developing countries, impact of supply side incentives, and program evaluation in the health sector.

Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School's Division of Global Health Equity

kmate [at] IHI.org

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Dr. Mate oversees the development of innovative system designs to implement high-quality health care both in the United States and in resource-limited settings abroad. He advises numerous international initiatives aiming to strengthen health systems to improve delivery of HIV, tuberculosis, and maternal and child health services. Dr. Mate is an internal medicine physician by training.

Clinical Advisor, Lifebox Foundation, London
General Surgeon, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Affiliate Member, Ariadne Labs at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health

edwardfitzgerald [at] doctors.org.uk

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Dr. Fitzgerald’s work with the Lifebox Foundation, a global foundation founded by Dr. Atul Gawande, focuses on saving lives through safe surgery in low income countries. He was the previous President of the Association of Surgeons in Training. Dr. Fitzgerald’s interests lie in global surgery and public health, gastrointestinal disease, medical devices, patient safety, and medical education. He has over 100+ peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.

Research Assistant, International TB Centre & Global Health Programs, McGill University

Lekha.puri [at] mail.mcgill.ca

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Lekha Puri is currently a Research Assistant working for Dr. Pai. She recently graduated from McGill University with a B. Sc. in Honours Chemistry and plans to pursue further studies in both medicine and epidemiology.