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An ambassador is a Patient Safety Movement Foundation volunteer appointed for a special assignment; bringing together key stakeholders in healthcare to help us achieve ZERO preventable patient deaths. Ambassadors are connectors, facilitators and key champions around a specific patient safety challenge.
In 2016, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation announced the emergence of regional networks across the country and the world. This initial group of localized network leaders, called Regional Network Chairs, aided the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s outreach efforts by facilitating connections to more hospitals, healthcare technology companies, partners, and patient advocates than ever before!
In 2020, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation is working to expand its current group of volunteers through the emergence of Patient Safety Movement Ambassadors, both geographically and on a more local level.
Are you passionate about patient safety and want to help us make a difference? Yes!
We invite YOU to become an Ambassador to help us raise awareness around our mission of achieving ZERO preventable deaths.
Has your local hospital joined the Movement?
Are your local associations and professional societies plugged in?
Do you know someone who has lost a loved one due to preventable causes in a hospital setting?
We need all types of people across the world to become Ambassadors to bring other people and organizations into the fold, connecting the dots. If you are interested in the opportunity to serve or if you’d like to partner up with an ambassador with the same focus or passion, please complete this form. The Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s objective is to expand and reach Ambassadors across the world, therefore your participation is fundamental.
“Thanks to Joe, I aspired to do something similar in Taiwan. I wrote to ask if I can be a Regional Network Chair for Taiwan…… with the toolkit provided by the Foundation, I introduced the mission to get to zero preventable deaths by 2030. This is a great example of unifying the healthcare ecosystem which reflects the mission proposed by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.” -Dr. Mingi Chan Liao, Founder & President, Taiwan Patient Safety Culture Club; Ambassador, Taiwan
Find a comprehensive list of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s Ambassadors below.
Domestic Ambassadors
| First Name | Last Name | State | APSS Challenge |
| Brian | Warren | AZ | |
| Steve | Yun | CA | |
| Art | Kanowitz | CO | Airway Safety |
| Howard | Bergendahl | FL | Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care Patient Safety Curriculum |
| Edwin | Loftin | FL | |
| Sara | McMannus | IL, IA | Sepsis: Early Detection & Treatment of Sepsis |
| Elizabeth | Kaveny | IL | |
| Soojin | Jun | IL | |
| John | Gobron | MA | |
| Katherine | Manseau | NM | |
| Alexis | Gersten | NY | |
| Sarah | Knowles | OH | Healthcare-Associated Infections Pain Management: Monitoring for Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression Person & Family Engagement |
| Linzey | Vox | OR | Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care Patient Safety Curriculum |
| Tzachi | Litov | OR, WA, ID, MT, WY | |
| Billy | Oglesby | PA | |
| Karen | Reynolds | SC | |
| Douglas | Dotan | TX | |
| Charles | Murphy | VA, MD, DC | Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care |
| Maureen | Robbins | VA |
International Ambassadors
| First Name | Last Name | Region | APSS Challenge |
| Julio | César Tuseddo | Argentina | Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care |
| Heon-Jae | Jeong | Asia | |
| Anca | del Rio | Austria and Switzerland | Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care Person & Family Engagement |
| Abdalla | Ibrahim | Bahrain and Egypt | |
| Jane | Sun | Canada | |
| Eugene | Tuyishime | East Africa | Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care Medication Management: Drug Shortages Airway Safety: Safer Airway Management Sepsis: Early Detection & Treatment of Sepsis Cardiopulmonary Emergencies: Systematic Prevention and Resuscitation of In-hospital Cardiac Arrest Obstetric Safety |
| Tea | Kareli | Georgia | |
| Kai | Zacharowski | Germany | Patient Blood Management |
| Javier | Davila | Mexico | |
| Luis | Torres Torija | Mexico | |
| Paloma | Maripiha | Mozambique | |
| Anup | Upreti | Nepal | |
| Esteller | Mbadiwe | Nigeria | |
| Matiur | Rahman | Pakistan | |
| Zaheer | Ahmed | Pakistan and United Arab Emirates | Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care Cardiopulmonary Emergencies: Systematic Prevention and Resuscitation of In-hospital Cardiac Arrest Medication Errors Patient Safety Curriculum |
| Joyce | Alumno | Philippines and the ASEAN Region | |
| Nawarh | Faran | Saudi Arabia | Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care |
| Bharat | Monteiro | Singapore, India and Malaysia | |
| Nicolas | Zaballos | Spain | |
| Mingi | Chan Liao | Taiwan | |
| Melih | Elcin | Turkey | |
| Ehi | Iden | West Africa | |
| Samer | Ellahham | United Arab Emirates | |
| Elizabeth | Nkumbula | Zambia | |
| Dingani | Moyo | Zimbabwe |
