Mark Graber, MD, FACP
Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine
5 Hitching Post
Plymouth,
MA
USA
02360
Biographical Sketch: Mark L. Graber, MD, FACP is a Senior Fellow at RTI International, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and President of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Dr. Graber is a national leader in the field of patient safety and originated Patient Safety Awareness Week in 2002, an event now recognized internationally. He is also a pioneer in efforts to address diagnostic errors in medicine. In 2008 he originated the Diagnostic Error in Medicine conference series, in 2011 he founded the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, and in 2014 he launched a new journal, DIAGNOSIS, devoted to improving the quality and safety of diagnosis, and reducing diagnostic error. Dr. Graber received the 2014 John M Eisenberg Award from The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum, recognizing individual achievement advancing patient safety.
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KEYNOTE: DIAGNOSIS - THE ULTIMATE TEST OF MEDICAL DECISION MAKING