About CHPSO
Mission
Dedicated to eliminating preventable harm and improving the quality of health care delivery in California hospitals.
Vision
CHPSO will lead California to provide the nation’s safest and highest quality hospital care.
Management
Executive Director: Rory Jaffe, MD MBA.
Doctor Jaffe has extensive experience in both clinical care and health system leadership. Prior to becoming Executive Director of CHPSO, he was Executive Director of Medical Services for the University of California system. In this role, he served as the senior physician in the system, which included oversight of quality of care at the five academic health systems and the ten student health centers. He also has served on a number of Federal and State advisory committees, and is currently the co-chair of the California Privacy and Security Advisory Board.
CHPSO Board of Directors
The CHPSO Board is comprised of hospital chief executives, chief medical officers, quality directors, consumer representatives, and prominent leaders in patient safety. This Board is an actively engaged and enthusiastic group who share the CHPSO mission and vision.
Officers
Chair: Glenna Vaskelis, President and Hospital Administrator, Sequoia Hospital
Chair-Elect: Roger Seaver, CEO, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital
Past Chair: Steven Packer, MD, President and CEO, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Secretary/Treasurer: Helen Macfie, PharmD, FABC, Senior Vice President, Performance Improvement, MemorialCare Medical Centers
President: C. Duane Dauner, President, California Hospital Association
Directors
Linda Bradley, RN, JD, CEO, Centinela Hospital Medical Center
Warren Browner, MD, MPH, CEO, California Pacific Medical Center
Sang-ick Chang, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Alameda County Medical Center
Barbara Crawford, RN, MS, Vice President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Kenneth Kizer, MD MPH, Kizer & Associates, LLC
John Mesic, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Integrated Quality Services, Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region
David Perrott, MD, DDS, Senior Vice President and Medical Director, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
Nancy Pratt, RN, MS, Senior Vice President, Clinical Effectiveness, Sharp HealthCare
Azhar Qureshi, MD, Senior Vice President, Community Health, St. Joseph Health System
Richard Rawson, President and CEO, Adventist Health/Hanford Community Medical Center
John Tangredi, President and CEO, ExpensAble Corporation, Quality Care Committee member at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Orange, and member of the board for The Todd Anglin Home for Children
Advisers
Arthur Sponseller, CEO, Hospital Council of Northern and Central California
James Barber, CEO, Hospital Association of Southern California
Steven Escoboza, CEO, Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties
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