A Collaborative To Evaluate And Improve The Quality Of Surgical Care Delivered By The Military Health System

Affiliations

• ¹ Peter A. Learn ( [email protected] ) is associate chair of surgery for quality and patient outcomes, Department of Surgery, at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), in Bethesda, Maryland.
• ² Mollie J. Mullen is cochair of the Department of Defense National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Steering Panel, Directorate of Surgical Services, at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California.
• ³ Pierre F. Saldinger is chair of the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Queens, New York, and a professor of clinical surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York City.
• ⁴ Peter Kreishman is surgeon champion in the Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, in Tacoma, Washington.
• ⁵ Paul R. Cordts is deputy assistant director for medical affairs at the Defense Health Agency, in Falls Church, Virginia.
• ⁶ Clifford Y. Ko is a professor of surgery in the Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles Health System. He also serves as director of the Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care at the American College of Surgeons.
• ⁷ M. Margaret Knudson is a professor of surgery in the Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco Health System.
• ⁸ Eric A. Elster is chair of the Department of Surgery at USUHS.