2015
Event Information
Monday, June 8, 2015, 3:30PM - 5:30PM
LK230A, 2nd Floor, Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC)
Abstracts
Our first symposium received 57 abstracts for the event.
Judging & Planning Committee
The judges and planning committee dedicated their time and effort into organizing our first successful symposium.
Terry Platchek, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Fellowship Director of the Clinical Excellence Research Center
Terry Platchek, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and serves as the Fellowship Director of the Clinical Excellence Research Center. He is also the Medical Director for Performance Improvement at Stanford Children’s Health. His career focuses on using Lean operations engineering to improve quality, safety, cost, appropriateness and service in healthcare delivery. Dr. Platchek is co-author of the book Advanced Lean in Healthcare and he is specifically interested in the education and engagement of physicians in improving healthcare delivery systems and the development of innovative models for delivering higher value healthcare.
Dr. Platchek has been active nationally and internationally in promoting physician engagement in Lean healthcare management. He has advised health care systems across the Unites States and Australia on performance improvement, including the Departments of Health in Victoria and Western Australia which have adopted junior doctor healthcare redesign programs using a continuous improvement model.
Dr. Platchek was educated at Georgetown University (BS – Biology, Government) and the University of Michigan (MD). He completed his residency training in the combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics program at the University of Michigan, followed by a Chief Residency in the Department Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases. Currently, he practices medicine as a Pediatric Hospitalist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Photos by Norbert von der Groeben Photography
- Laurence Katznelson MD, Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
- Alexis Reeves, RN, CPHRM, CLNC, Director, Patient Safety
- Deena Dudas, BSN, RN, Consultant, Patient Safety
- Diane Steinberg, PhD, Program Manager/Education Specialist, Graduate Medical Education
- Jie Li, PhD, Program Manager/Education Specialist, Graduate Medical Education
- Lauren Destino, MD, Clinical Professor, Pediatric
- Lisa Shieh, MD, Clinical Professor, Medicine
- Nancy Piro, PhD, Program Manager/Education Specialist, Graduate Medical Education
- Nita Srinivas, MD, Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases
- Paul Maggio, MD, Associate Professor, Surgical Critical Care
- Ruth Fanning, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesia Pain Medicine
- Sam Shen, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine