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Conference Agenda
This year’s highly anticipated conference centers around understanding the full story of your audiences by fusing the cutting-edge capabilities, data, and technologies transforming healthcare.
Wednesday, February 5th
11:00 am–12:00 pm - Breakout Sessions
Safety & High Reliability
Elevating Excellence: Transforming Patient Safety, Quality, and High Reliability Through Provider Engagement and Leadership
Elevating Excellence: Transforming Patient Safety, Quality, and High Reliability Through Provider Engagement and Leadership
Breakout Sessions- Alana Newman | Manager, Patient Safety | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Carmen Gonzalez, MD, MSHQS | Chief Patient Safety Officer | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Safety Summit
Alana Newman
Manager, Patient Safety
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Carmen Gonzalez, MD, MSHQS
Chief Patient Safety Officer
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Alana Newman
Manager, Patient Safety
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Alana Newman is the Manager of Patient Safety at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Chief Quality Office. She earned her Master of Public Health and Master of Social Work degrees from Tulane University. Currently, she oversees a team of patient safety specialists, serves as a liaison to physician representatives in Patient Safety Quality Officer Program, and manages numerous institutional quality and safety strategic initiatives along with the institution’s safety event reporting system. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, she collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team to establish a dedicated testing site on campus and served as an operations manager for employee vaccine clinics. Alana has a passion for conceptualizing initiatives in safety, quality improvement, and health equity and she is often recognized for her collaborative skills and ability to unify efforts across a variety of roles and departments in her organization.
Carmen Gonzalez, MD, MSHQS
Chief Patient Safety Officer
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Carmen Esther Gonzalez, MD, MSHQS, is a practicing board-certified professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine with clinical expertise in oncologic emergencies and the Chief Patient Safety Officer at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Gonzalez’s administrative expertise is in patient safety and organizational development. Dr. Gonzalez is certified in Quality Medicine by the American College of Medical Quality and obtained a Master of Science in Healthcare Quality and Safety degree at Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Gonzalez currently leads the Patient Safety Quality Officer Program. She co-leads various institutional safety/quality initiatives, including High-Reliability Organizing, the Tiered Readiness Briefing, the Patient Safety Officer on-call, the Actionable Findings Vigilance Unit and the Patient Safety Incident Command at MD Anderson Cancer Center.In 2024, Dr. Gonzalez was recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the 90 Patient Safety Experts to Know.