Quality Council and related committees

Quality Council

Carl Gold, MD, MS
Chair of Neurology Quality Council, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences

Laurice Yang, MD, MHA
Associate Chair of Neurology Quality Council, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences

Zach Threlkeld, MD
Associate Chair of Neurology Quality Council, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences

The Neurology Quality Council was launched in September 2018. The Quality Council meets quarterly and serves as an advisory group for the overall direction of improvement work in the department.

Shefali Dujari, MD

Jason Francis, DNP, MBA, RN

Lia Franco, MD

Olga Goldberg, MD

Neelam Goyal, MD

Francesca Heinzmann

Heather Hickman BSN, RN

Karen G. Hirsch, MD

Sung Dave Jeon, MD

Aaron Kaplan, MD

Katie Kvam, MD

Sheneé Laurence, MPH, BSN, RN, CPHQ

Yi Li, MD, PhD

Heather Ma, MD

Christina Mijalski, MD

Rebecca Miller-Kuhlmann, MD

Josey Quiroz

Sarada Sakamuri, MD

Neil Schwartz, MD, PhD

Yuen So, MD, PhD

Chitra Venkat, MBBS, MD, MSc

Jessica Walter, MD

Janet Wei, RN, MPH

Bryant Wong, BS, MPA

Katherine Xiong, MD

Neurology Care Review Committee

Chitra Venkatasubramanian, MBBS, MD, MSc, FNCS
Chair of Neurology Care Review Committee, Clinical Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences

The Neurology Care Review Committee meets quarterly to review clinical cases for opportunities to continuously improve quality, safety, and experience for patients and families. The Care Review Committee focuses on the continuum of care received by neurology patients in the hospital and clinics. Findings from the Committee are reported to the Neurology Quality Council. Systems opportunities identified from the Committee are reported to the Neurology Quality Council. The Committee contributes content to the Stanford Healthcare Care Improvement Committee (CIC) for annual report to the MEC and the Board of Directors.

Elizabeth Fox, CNS, AGACNP-BC

Carl Gold, MD, MS

Olga Goldberg, MD

Karen G. Hirsch, MD

Kathryn Kvam, MD

Sheneé Laurence

Jessica Leroux, BSN, RN

Frank M. Longo, MD, PhD

Christina Mijalski, MD

Lawrence Recht, MD

Neil Schwartz, MD, PhD

Brian J. Scott, MD

Zachary Threlkeld, MD

Tara Torabi, MD

Jessica Walter, MD

Gregory J. Wong, MD

Laurice Yang, MD, MHA

SHC Tri-Valley Neurology Quality Committee

Shefali Dujari, MD
Director of Neurology Quality at SHC Tri-Valley, Clinical Assistant Professor Neurology & Neurological Sciences

The Neurology Quality Committee at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley was established in 2021 and meets bimonthly with the goal of ensuring high-quality care for all Neurology patients treated at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. The committee is led by Shefali Dujari, MD, Heather Hickman, BSN, RN, and Megan Akacsos, BSN, RN and includes a multidisciplinary team with representatives from nursing leadership, the Neurology service, Emergency Department service, Intensive Care service, and Medicine Hospitalist service.”