David Mayer, MD
Three New Board Officers and One New Member Elected to Serve Three Year Terms
The Maryland Patient Safety Center, the state’s official center for patient safety issues and education, is pleased to announce the election of David Mayer, MD, as the new Chair of its Board of Directors. Dr. Mayer is Corporate Vice President, Quality and Safety, for MedStar Health.
In addition to the election of Dr. Mayer, The Center is pleased to share additional updates to the leadership of the board:
- Barbara Epke, former Vice President with LifeBridge Health, will serve as vice-chair.
- Gerald Abrams, Founding Partner of Abrams, Foster, Nole & Williams, P.A. will serve as treasurer.
- Kelly Corbi, Chief Integration Officer with LifeBridge Health, will serve as secretary.
- Debra Illig, Vice President of Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety for Adventist HealthCare, has joined the board as its newest member.
They all began three-year terms on July 1, 2018.
Barbara Epke and Kelly Corbi
“We are thrilled to announce the new slate of board officers and our newest board member,” said Robert H. Imhoff, III, President & CEO of the Maryland Patient Safety Center. “We are grateful to Dr. Jim Rost for his leadership as departing board chair. The center has experienced a period of significant growth and increased participation over the past several years. We are fortunate to have an equally strong set of leaders stepping up to help lead our organization at this time and we are excited to continue to thrive as a proactive patient safety resource for health care institutions throughout Maryland and beyond.”
David Mayer, MD, is Vice President of Quality and Safety for MedStar Health. He is responsible for overseeing the infrastructure for clinical quality and its operational efficiency for MedStar and each of its entities. Dr. Mayer also designs and directs systemwide activity for patient safety and risk reduction programs. Prior to joining MedStar, Dr. Mayer held numerous roles at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago, Ill. His roles included co-executive director of the UIC Institute for Patient Safety Excellence, director of UIC Masters of Science Patient Safety Leadership Program, associate dean for Education, and associate chief medical officer for Quality and Safety Graduate Medical Education. Concurrent with his other roles, he served as vice chair for Quality and Safety for the Department of Anesthesiology, where he was an associate professor of Anesthesiology and director of Cardiac Anesthesiology.
About the Maryland Patient Safety Center
The Maryland Patient Safety Center brings together hospitals and healthcare providers to improve patient safety and health care quality for all Marylanders. The goal of the Patient Safety Center is making healthcare in Maryland the safest in the nation by focusing on the systems of care, reducing the occurrence of adverse events, and improving the culture of patient safety with organizations throughout the healthcare continuum. For more information, visit www.
