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