Maryland Patient Safety Center

Board of Directors

Chair

Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks, MD, MS, FACEP, Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer, MedStar Health 

Members

  • Robert Atlas, MD, Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mercy Medical Center

  • Andrea Augustine, MPH, CHES, Director of Education and Community Engagement, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington D.C.

  • Sen. Malcolm Augustine, Maryland State Senate, District 47

  • Shamonda Braithwaite, Deputy Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers

  • Marcia Boyle, Founder, Immune Deficiency Foundation; Patient Advocate

  • Theodore Delbridge, MD, MPH, Excutive Director Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMMS)

  • Badia Faddoul, DNP, RN, CCRN, CPHQ, Sr. Director of Quality and Safety, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group

  • Kevin D. Heffner, President & CEO, LifeSpan Network

  • Carolyn Heithaus, Vice President & CFO, CalvertHealth

  • Debra Illig, Vice President, Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety, Adventist HealthCare

  • Allen Kachalia, MD, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Director Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

  • Theressa Lee (ex officio), Director, Center for Quality Measurement and Reporting,  Maryland Health Care Commission

  • Jeanette Nazarian, MD, Vice President of Medical Affairs/Chief Medical Officer at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center

  • Stephanie Peditto (ex officio), President and CEO, Maryland Patient Safety Center

  • Michael Anne Preas MS, RN, CPHQ, CPPS, CIC, FAPIC, Vice President of Quality Management, University of Maryland Medical System

  • Deneen Richmond, President Luminis Health Doctor’s Community Medical Center

  • Emil Sidawy, PharmD, MS, BSC, Medication Safety Officer and Program Director, Adventist HealthCare

  • Rhonda Malone Wyskiel, RN, MSN, EDAC, Principal, Health Care Sector, Hord Coplan Macht