Genius Grant recipient Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., is next VITALS speaker
Dec. 6, 2023
Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., FCCM, of University Hospitals joins the next VITALS | Visionary Health Leadership in Action, NEOMED’s monthly health leadership speaker series supported by University Hospitals. The program is noon Thursday, Dec. 14, via Zoom.
Dr. Pronovost will discuss leading with love.
About Dr. Pronovost
Chief clinical transformation officer at University Hospitals Health System and professor in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Management at Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Pronovost is a world-renowned patient-safety champion, physician executive, critical care physician, and prolific researcher with more than 1,200 peer-reviewed publications. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, an innovator who has founded several technology companies, and a thought leader informing U.S. and global health policy.
Dr. Pronovost’s transformative work leveraging checklists to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections has saved thousands of lives and earned him national acclaim. This life-saving intervention has been implemented across the U.S., and as a result, central line-associated infections that used to kill as many people as breast or prostate cancer have been reduced by 80 percent. In recognition of this innovation, his highest-profile accolades include being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine and receiving a coveted MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant.”