All Star Physicians!

Based on Individual Achievement for their fundamental contributions to the contemporary understanding of the nature of medical errors and the extent of the patient safety problem, and for their tireless efforts to improve the safety and quality of care for all patients:

Lucian L. Leape, M.D.,

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.

Donald Berwick M.D., M.P.P.,

President and CEO of the Institute for Health Care Improvement, Cambridge, Mass.

Based on Research Achievement for their creative research initiatives which have led to dramatic improvements in the safety and quality of care:

Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D.,

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,

Baltimore, Md.

(Intensive Care Units)

Barry M. Farr, M.D.,

University of Virginia

(Infectious Disease)

Based on Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality for the creation of a highly successful case-based approach to educating practitioners, provider organization leaders, policy makers, and patients about patient safety issues:

Robert M. Wachter, M.D., and

Kaveh G. Shojania, M.D.,

The University of California at San Francisco,

San Francisco, CA.