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Dr. Pellegrini is professor and chair emeritus, department of surgery, University of Washington, Seattle. He is Past-President, ACS, and Vice-Chair, The Joint Commission.

Posts by Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS, FRCSI(Hon), FRCSEng(Hon), FRCSEd(Hon):

• We need to talk: Study highlights effort to overcome language barriers in surgical patient care
• I COUGH provides blueprint for sustainable quality improvement
• Recommendations pour in as surgeons navigate COVID-19 pandemic
• Improving professionalism among physicians and surgeons
• Joint Commission resources available to detect, prevent workplace violence
• Revisiting To Err Is Human 20 years later
• New Speak Up campaign focuses on patients’ rights
• Retained foreign bodies and wrong site surgery continue to be a challenge
• Looking forward – November 2019
• JAMA Surgery “Viewpoint” misrepresents Joint Commission’s role in the opioid epidemic
• Joint Commission to start reporting on high rate of C-sections, adds new standards
• Retained foreign bodies: Can we stem the tide?
• 2018 Eisenberg Award winners include Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Pediatric hospital uses postoperative care bundle to reduce SSIs in cardiac patients
• Joint Commission focuses on strategies to detect, prevent drug diversion
• Study aims to improve handoff process to stem incidence of workplace violence
• Joint Commission reinstates individual physician mechanical thrombectomy volume eligibility requirement
• Sentinel Event Alert focuses on developing a reporting culture by learning from close calls
• Study on value of accreditation falls flat on methodology, patient focus
• Joint Commission case example addresses wrong site surgery