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Allen Kachalia, MD, JD, in January was promoted to medical director of Quality and Safety for BWH. In this position, he will work to create and implement a hospital-wide strategy for reducing preventable complications and mortality. He will also continue to co-lead the hospital’s efforts on the National Patient Safety Goals related to improving anticoagulation practices with Karen Fiumara, RPh.
“I’m very excited to continue working with the wonderful team in the Center for Clinical Excellence that is focused on improving the care we deliver,” said Kachalia, who previously was associate medical director in the BWPO, where he worked on pay for performance initiatives.
Kachalia, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, joined BWH in 2003 as an associate physician. He will continue his duties as director of Quality for the Department of Medicine, where he also serves on the Hospitalist Service.
Kachalia earned his MD from Washington University in St. Louis, his JD from the University of Pennsylvania, and his BS from the University of California at Los Angeles.