2024 Seminar Series

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Mondays, 4:30-6:00 PM EST

All seminars are held in person in IOE 1680 and streamed via Zoom. Open to all, no RSVP required.

Seminars are also recorded and may be shared upon request.

08/26/24N/A (No class)
09/02/24N/A (Labor Day Holiday)
09/09/24Reducing emergency department crowding and delays
Flyer | Recording | News item

Amy Cohn, PhD
• Arthur F. Thurnau Professor,  Industrial and Operations Engineering, U-M
Faculty Director, Center for Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety, U-M
Chief Transformation Officer, Michigan Medicine
09/16/24Enhancing emergency support for teenagers in mental health crisis
Flyer | News item

Andrew Fine, MD, MPH
Senior Associate Physician, Pediatrics – Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
09/23/24Mitigating the cognitive overload placed on healthcare workers
Flyer | Recording

Elizabeth Harry, MD
• Chief Well-Being Officer, Michigan Medicine
09/30/24Coordinating care for older adults, caregivers, and providers
Flyer | Recording

Grace Jenq, MD
• Clinical Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Michigan Medicine
10/07/24Providing ICU-level care within an emergency department
Flyer

Benjamin Bassin, MD
• Associate Medical Director of Survival Flight, Michigan Medicine
• Medical Director of Emergency Critical Care Center, Michigan Medicine
• Director of Technology and Intellectual Property Development, Michigan Medicine
• Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Michigan Medicine


Cemal Sozener, MD, MSE
• Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology, U-M Medical School
• Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Michigan Medicine
10/14/24N/A (Fall Study Break)
10/21/24Student-only session
10/28/24Delivering high-quality healthcare within rural communities
Flyer

Jim Molloy
• Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer, Ochsner Health System
11/04/2410th Annual Center for Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety Symposium
5:00-7:00 PM in the North Campus Research Complex
11/11/24Sarah Reeves, PhD, MPH
• Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Michigan Medicine
• Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Michigan Medicine
• Director, Child Health Evaluation and Research Fellowship, Michigan Medicine


Eric Scott, PhD
• Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Michigan Medicine
11/18/24Andrew Hickok, MPH
• Program Manager, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Michigan Medicine
11/25/24Student-only asynchronous session
12/02/24Building more resilient healthcare supply chains
Flyer

Mark Van Sumeren, MBA
• Strategic Advisor/Board Observer, LogicSource, Inc.
• Managing Director, Health Industry Advisor LLC
• Chair, Crown Health Care Laundry Services, Inc.
• National Advisory Board – Congenital Heart Center, Michigan Medicine
12/09/24Student-only session

This seminar series is presented by the U-M Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) and the U-M Center for Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety (CHEPS). Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi-disciplinary, systems-engineering approach. 

For additional info, please contact [email protected].

Photographs/screenshots and video taken at this event may be used to promote CHEPS, the College of Engineering, and the University of Michigan.