Paul Barach

Paul Barach, MD, MPH, Maj (ret.) is a double boarded anesthesiologist and critical care physician physician-scientist, a public health researcher and physician leadership development educator. He trained at the Massachusetts General Hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Dr Barach is senior scientist at Medical University of Graz, Professor at Sigmund Freud University, visiting professor at Milan Polytechnic, Italy, and faculty at Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health.Paul is an elected member of the lead honorary society the Association of University Anesthesiologists. Dr. Barach is deeply committed to translating research into strategies for systems strengthening, patient safety, health protection and disease prevention. Paul has more than 25 years of experience as a practicing physician and physician executive in the military and in academic medical centers and integrated delivery systems. He is a formally trained health services researcher, with advanced post graduate training in advanced medical education and assessment methods from the Harvard Medical School Josiah Macy Program medical education, lean six sigma, quality improvement and lean techniques at Intermountain Healthcare. He has had additional training in epidemiology and statistics including both methodological as well as applied HTA research. Prior to that he spent 5 years in the military and was involved in team training, leadership and simulation work. Paul has an extensive track record of improving interprofessional training, health service and medical education delivery in Europe, Australia, US, and GCC. He is honorary Professor, University of Queensland School of Medicine; Professor, Sigmund Freud University, Austria, and Visiting Professor at the National Cancer Center in Seoul Korea. He has worked as board member of the NMBE Innovation Center, advisor to the ABMS, ACGME and as associate dean at a lead academic medical center. His experience includes health service policy, funding, accreditation, and planning, program development, monitoring performance and improving operational service delivery. He led the Patient Safety Commission for the World Society of Intravenous Anesthesia, and is on board member of the International Academy of Health and Design, and has advised the UK CQC, Canada Accreditation Canada, Australian Clinical Excellence Commission, Norwegian UKOM, Singapore MOHH agency, Jordan Hakim agency, Pakistani Punjab HealthCare Commission, Bahamas Ministry of Health, Oman Medical Speciality Board, WHO and many US Patient Safety agencies in Florida, Massachusetts, Illinois and more. Theories and ideas he has helped shape and provided research findings for, are now in common use as a result of his work: TeamSTEPPS, surgical team training, human factors tools, multi-method, triangulated approaches to research, governance of health systems, and interprofessional learning and culture change to achieve safe and reliable outcomes. His work has led to over $14,000,000 in federal competitive grant funding from the US NIH/AHRQ, EC FP-7, Australian NHMRC and Norwegian Federal Agencies. His work has been cited >122000 times (H=54), he served as Editor of the British Medical Journal Safety and Quality and is Associate Editor of Pediatric Cardiology. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and 5 books. He has presented at or chaired international and national conferences, workshops, symposia and meetings on more than 500 occasions, including over 60 keynote addresses. His books include Surgical Patient Care Improving Safety, Quality and Value, Case Studies in Patient Safety Foundations for Core Competencies, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care Outcomes Analysis, and Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.