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Robert M. Wachter, MD is the Lynne and Marc Benioff Professor of Hospital Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, Associate Chairman of UCSF’s Department of Medicine, and Chief of the Medical Service at UCSF Medical Center. He has published 200 articles and 5 books in the fields of quality, safety, and health policy. He coined the term “hospitalist” in a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article, served as the first elected president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and edits the field’s main textbook. He is generally considered the academic leader of the hospitalist movement, the fastest growing specialty in the history of modern medicine.
He is also a national leader in the fields of patient safety and healthcare quality. He is editor of AHRQ WebM&M, a case-based patient safety journal on the Web, and AHRQ Patient Safety Network, the leading federal patient safety portal. Together, the sites receive more than 1 million unique visits each year. His book on medical errors, Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes, now in its fourth printing, received glowing reviews and has been a national bestseller. Dr. Wachter has discussed patient safety on Good Morning America, PBS’s NewsHour, CNN’s American Morning, CBS Sunday Morning, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and Imus in the Morning and been quoted in virtually every major newspaper and news magazine. He received one of the 2004 John M. Eisenberg Awards, the nation’s top honor in patient safety. In 2005, Modern Physician magazine named him one of the 30 most influential physician-executives in the United States.
He is also a national leader in the fields of patient safety and healthcare quality. He is editor of AHRQ WebM&M, a case-based patient safety journal on the Web, and AHRQ Patient Safety Network, the leading federal patient safety portal. Together, the sites receive more than 1 million unique visits each year. His book on medical errors, Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes, now in its fourth printing, received glowing reviews and has been a national bestseller. Dr. Wachter has discussed patient safety on Good Morning America, PBS’s NewsHour, CNN’s American Morning, CBS Sunday Morning, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and Imus in the Morning and been quoted in virtually every major newspaper and news magazine. He received one of the 2004 John M. Eisenberg Awards, the nation’s top honor in patient safety. In 2005, Modern Physician magazine named him one of the 30 most influential physician-executives in the United States.
