International Academy of Quality and Safety (IAQS)
New ISQua Academy led by Dr David Bates
ISQua has established The International Academy of Quality & Safety (IAQS) 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. Membership of the Academy is one of the highest honours that an individual working in this area can receive.
Prof David Bates, President of ISQua from 2013-2015, will lead the Academy.
The 35 founding members of the IAQS were nominated and then elected by ISQua Experts and the Board in June 2018. Membership of the Academy is for life.
Rajesh Aggarwal, Professor of Surgery and Senior Vice President for Strategic Business Development and Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
René Amalberti, Senior Advisor, Haute Authorité de Santé (HAS), France
Hugo Eduardo Arce, Physician, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
G Ross Baker, Professor and Program Lead, University of Toronto Master of Science in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Canada
David Bates, Medical Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis, Information Systems, Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Chief Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA
Jeffrey Braithwaite, Founding Director, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Australia
Mark William Brandon, Chief Quality Officer and Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer, Estia Health, Australia
Gilbert Benjamin Buckle, Public Health Physician/Consultant Health Systems Strengthening, Ghana
Mohambry Nadasen Chetty, Chair, Independent Practioners Association Foundation, South Africa
Christine Dennis, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS), Australia
Michael Anthony Durkin, Senior Advisor on Patient Safety and Leadership, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London, UK
Ezequiel Garcia Elorrio, Director of Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety Department, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Director, Department of Health Care Quality and Patient Safety, Argentina
Carlos Hiran Goes De Souza, International Accreditation Manager, CHKS; Founder Accreditation Pathways Institute, United Kingdom
Michael William Gorton AM, Principal, Russell Kennedy Lawyers, Australia
David Greenfield, Director, Australian Institute of Health Service Management, Australia
John Helfrick, Senior Consultant for Partners Healthcare International, USA
Clifford Frederick Hughes, Professor of Patient Safety and Clinical Quality, Macquarie University, Australia
Yuichi Imanaka, Professor and Head, Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Kyoto University, Japan
Brian William Johnston, Health and Social Care Services Consultant, Australia
Janne Lehmann Knudsen, Danish Safety Authority, Denmark
Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey Felix Kwasi, Executive Director and Head, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Africa Region, Ghana
Lucian Leape, Adjunct Professor of Health Policy, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Sheila Leatherman, Professor, University of North Carolina , Gillings School of Global Public Health, USA
M. Rashad Massoud, Chief Medical and Quality Officer/ Senior Vice President University Research Co., LLC’s Quality and Performance Institute, Director,
USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project
Fiona Moss, Dean, Royal Society of Medicine, UK
Wendy Nicklin, Board Member, Health Insurance Reciprocal of Canada
Ronald Kim Oates, Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney School of Medicine, Australia
Bhupendra K Rana, Founding CEO, Quality and Accreditation Institute (QAI), India
Laetitia Rispel, Professor of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Enrique Ruelas, President and CEO, Qualimed, Mexico
William Ben Runciman, Chief Investigator, NH&MRC Program, Centre for Research Excellence Grants, Australia
Maria Rosa Sunol Sala, Professor Doctor, President of the Board of Trustees
Avedis Donabedian Institute (FAD) – Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Charles Vincent, NIHR Senior Investigator, Emeritus Professor Clinical Research, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Jennifer Zelmer, President, Azimuth Health Group, Canada
Eyal Zimlichman, Deputy Director General, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer, Sheba Medical Center, Israel