Healthcare Session with Paul
Wednesday, April 25th, 11:00 pm– 12:00 noon

Presenter:  Paul N. Uhlig, M.D., MPA

Overview:
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About this presenter:
Paul Uhlig is a cardiothoracic surgeon. He is a nationally recognized authority on healthcare culture and social architecture, healthcare teamwork, care process innovation, and patient safety. His professional interest concerns the use of social science to study and reconfigure clinical care processes.

Dr. Uhlig is Vice President for Clinical Quality and Innovation at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, OH and associate professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Prior to coming to Cincinnati, Dr. Uhlig was a member of the Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, and, from 1999-2004, was associate professor of surgery at Dartmouth Medical School.

In October 2002, Dr. Uhlig and the cardiac surgery team he led from Dartmouth, from Concord Hospital, Concord, NH, received the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Award for System Innovation given by the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. This award was for developing the Concord Collaborative Care Model, a method of collaborative practice based on human factors science, with active involvement of patients and families in all aspects of care and decision making.

Prior to joining the Dartmouth faculty, Dr. Uhlig practiced cardiothoracic surgery in Wichita, KS, where he was the founding president of the Central Plains Regional Health Care Foundation. In February 2000, Dr. Uhlig and Pat Hanrahan of Wichita received the Mary M. Gates award of the United Way of America for their work replicating Project Access, a community-centered program of care for the uninsured.

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