Healthcare Leadership Track presents an introduction to the topic of patient safety. This presentation will briefly discuss the history of patient safety and lay the groundwork for the major concepts that encompass patient safety in the clinical environment.

Dr. Paull graduated from Duke University with degrees in zoology and medicine.  He underwent general surgical training at the New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center and cardiothoracic surgical training at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.  He received his master’s degree in Patient Safety Leadership from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  He is a Veteran of the United States Air Force.  He served as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Wright State University School of Medicine and the Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio.  From 2008 to 2018, he worked at the VA National Center for Patient Safety in Ann Arbor, Michigan, sequentially as Co-Director of Medical Team Training, Director of Patient Safety Curriculum, Director of Medical Simulation, Senior Medical Officer/Deputy Director, and as Acting Chief Officer.  He is the author of multiple publications on the topics of surgery, patient safety, team training, simulation, high-reliability healthcare organizations, and graduate medical education.  He is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University Schools of Medicine and serves as a Field Representative for the Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Program at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).