Prominent health care leader to address patient safety at UCSF

Sir Liam Donaldson, MD -----

One of the world’s most prominent health care leaders will visit UCSF and share his insights on patient safety from a global perspective and the latest approaches to hospital safety and policy. The talk is open to the public.

WHO:  SPEAKER—Sir Liam Donaldson, MD, chief medical officer, United       Kingdom and founding director, WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety.
HOST—Robert Wachter, MD, professor of medicine, chief of the   medical service and chair of the patient safety committee at UCSF Medical Center.  An authority on medical mistakes, Wachter is author of the book “Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes.”

WHAT:  Lecture on “Patient Safety: A Global Challenge.”

WHEN:  Monday, August 28
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Cole Hall
513 Parnassus Avenue
UCSF Campus

SPONSOR:Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. 

CONTACT:To cover this event or arrange interviews, contact Vanessa deGier at 415-476-2557.