Quality, Safety and Outcomes Committee
The Quality, Safety, and Outcomes Committee was established as a committee by the EAST Board Directors on July 11, 2018. The committee has been charged with identifying major challenges to EAST members with respect to identifying and achieving quality as it pertains to EAST's Core Strategic Goals. The committee has been directed to develop recommendations related to how EAST might be able to assist members with effecting quality in trauma and emergency surgical critical care in organizations and for patients.
Committee members are appointed by the President with approval by the Board of Directors. Committee member terms are three years. All terms begin in January and conclude in January in the year specified in "term ends".
Members
Melissa M. Boltz, DO, MBA, FACS, Chair- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Carlos H. Palacio, MD, FACS, Committee Vice Chair- McAllen Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jeffrey H. Anderson, MD, Committee Member- Temple University Health System in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Rachel D. Appelbaum, MD, Committee Member- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Shuntaye D. Batson, MD, MS, FACS, Committee Member- University of Mississippi Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Nicole M. Bedros , MD , Committee Member- Baylor University Medical Center Dallas in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Vicki J. Bennett, MSN, RN, Committee Member- Banner Health in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
William M Brigode, MD, Committee Member- John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Alexander S Canales, MD, Committee Member- Allegheny Health Network in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Christopher J. Dente, MD, Committee Member- Emory University/Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Phillip Dowzicky, MD, Committee Member- The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Science in Chicago, IL
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Meagan E Evangelista, BS, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Dina M. Filiberto, MD, Committee Member- University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Michele Fiorentino, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Brian L Frank, MD, Committee Member- Geisinger-Community Medical Center in Scranton, PA
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Lane L. Frasier, MD, MS, Committee Member- University of Cincinnati in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Dina Galaktionova, DO, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
John P Gaspich, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Melissa A Hornor, MD, Committee Member- Loyola University Medical Center in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Chelsea Horwood, MD, Committee Member- Baylor Scott and White, Dallas in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Charles Kung Chao Hu, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCP, Committee Member- Dignity Health in Chandler , AZ
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH, Committee Member- Massachusetts General Hospital in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Phillip Kim, MD, MBA, Committee Member- Hartford Healthcare in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Michelle Kincaid, MD, Committee Member- OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus, OH
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Jordan M. Kirsch, DO, Committee Member- Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Ariel Knight, MD, Committee Member- Stanford University in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Caitlyn R. McCall, MD, Committee Member- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Patrick McGrew, MD, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Ian McKinley, MD, Committee Member- University of Chicago in Chicago, IL
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Andrew J. Medvecz, MD, MPH, Committee Member- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- Nishant Merchant, MD, Committee Member
- Hartford Healthcare in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Rachel Rodriguez, MD, MS, FACS, Committee Member- Indiana University Health in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Victoria Schlanser, DO, Committee Member
- in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Sawyer G. Smith, MD, MBA, Committee Member- University of California Davis in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Tandis Soltani, MD, Committee Member- University of Michigan in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
- Alan J. Sori, MD, Committee Member
- Saint Joseph's University Medical Center in North Haledon, NJ
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Jill R. Streams, MD, Committee Member- Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Mary F. Stuever, DO, FACS, Committee Member- Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in APO, AE
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Jessica E. Taylor, MD, Committee Member- University of Florida College of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/17/2026
David Turay, MD, PhD, Committee Member- Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
- Term ends 01/18/2025
- Michael Wandling, MD, MS, FACS, Committee Member
- The University of Texas at Houston in Houston, TX
- Term ends 01/18/2025
Cassandra Q. White, MD, FACS, Committee Member- University of Florida in Jacksonville, FL
- Term ends 01/17/2026
- John Yerxa, MD, Committee Member
- Ryder Trauma Center-UMH-Jackson Health in ,
- Term ends 01/16/2027
Alva J. Bethurum, BS, Ex Officio- Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, TN
- Term ends 01/17/2026
Jennifer L. Hartwell, MD, FACS, Ex Officio- University of Kansas in Kansas City, KS
- Term ends 01/23/2026
Cheryl K Zogg, MD, PhD, MSPH, MHS, Ex Officio- Duke University School of Medicine in ,
- Term ends 01/18/2025