New Academy Members
ISQua's International Academy of Quality and Safety (IAQS)
The International Academy of Quality & Safety (IAQS) was established in 2018 to recognise distinguished individuals who have made a significant contribution in the field of Quality and Safety in Healthcare. The Academy recognises excellence of leadership within research, academia or service delivery in quality and safety in healthcare.
The 35 founding members of the IAQS were nominated and then elected by ISQua Experts and the Board in June 2018.
An additional 20 new members were elected in May 2019
Emmanuel Aiyenigba, Improvement Advisor, Institute for Healthcare Improvement - Nigeria
Ahmed Salim Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean - Oman
Aziz Sheikh, Professor of Primary Care R&D, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh - UK
Paul Baltalden, Emieritus Professor, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Geisel School of Medicine - USA
Donald Berwick, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement - USA
Liam Donaldson, Professor of Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - UK
Carsten Engel, Deputy Chief Executive, IKAS (Danish Institute for Quality and Accreditation in Healthcare) - Denmark
Tejal Gandhi, Chief Clinical and Safety Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement - USA
Trish Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford - UK
Elma Heidemann, Healthcare Consultant, Former CEO of Accreditation Canada - Canada
Uma Kotagal, Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center - USA
Basia Kutryba, Senior Advisor, National Centre for Quality Assessment in Healthcare Agency, Polish Ministry of Health - Poland
Tingfang Liu, Professor, Institute for Hospital Management, Tsinghua University - China
David Mayer, Executive Director, MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety; CEO, Patient Safety Movement - USA
Takeshi Morimoto, Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Hyogo College of Medicine;
Vice-Director, Center for Clinical Research and Education - Japan
David Nash, Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University - USA
Eugene Nelson, Professor, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine - USA
Jacqui Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA) - South Africa
Shin Ushiro, Professor, Kyushu University Hospital
Japan Council for Quality Health Care - Japan
Albert W Wu, Professor and Director, Center for Health Services Outcomes and Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - USA
