Peter B. Angood, MD FRCS(C) FACS FCCM
Vice President & Chief Patient Safety Officer

Dr. Peter Angood is the inaugural Chief Patient Safety Officer and a Vice President for The Joint Commission and Co-Director of the Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety. A relatively new initiative, the Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety primarily focuses on the development of multi-organization collaborative relationships oriented towards Patient Safety and to the development, dissemination and implementation of solutions for improving care related to recognized Patient Safety problems. Dr. Angood is also a lead for the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center for Patient Safety Solutions, a component of the WHO Alliance for Patient Safety that was designated to the Joint Commission. The WHO Alliance for Patient Safety is a multi-level international initiative focused on improving global Patient Safety. In addition to these activities, Dr. Angood oversees the annual development of the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals and other related safety initiatives.

Prior to joining the Joint Commission, Dr. Angood accrued 25 years of academic and clinical experience. He received his medical degree from the University of Manitoba in Canada and completed his training in General Surgery at McGill University in Montreal, as well as fellowship training in Trauma Surgery and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. After initially practicing with hospitals of McGill University, Dr. Angood was subsequently recruited into faculty and hospital administrative positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University and at Washington University in St. Louis. Most recently he is Professor of Surgery, Anesthesia, and Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Canada), the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Angood has a history of active committee involvement with numerous professional medical societies and recently served as the 2005 President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, a 13,000-member international organization. He is the author of approximately 120 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, editorials and book chapters. Dr. Angood’s research interests have addressed leading-edge clinical care problems, patient safety, injury prevention, benchmarking, outcomes management, resource utilization, health services, medical education, advanced medical and telemedicine technologies and the utility of simulation technology for surgical training.