DR . TEJAL GANDHI
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DR . TEJAL GANDHI
Tejal K . Gandhi , MD , MPH , CPPS , is president and chief executive officer of the National Patient Safety Foundation , the NPSF Lucian Leape Institute , and the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety . Dr . Gandhi was formerly the executive director of quality and safety at Brigham and Women ’ s Hospital , and chief quality and safety officer at Partners Healthcare . Dr . Gandhi ’ s research interests focus on patient safety and reducing error using information systems . In 2009 , she received the John M . Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for her contributions to understanding the epidemiology and possible prevention strategies for medical errors in the outpatient setting . Dr . Gandhi is a board certified internist and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School , and she is a Certified Professional in Patient Safety . She received her MD and MPH from Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health , and trained at Duke University Medical Center . Her undergraduate training at Cornell University was in biochemistry .
26 October 2015