Brian Kaminski, DO. Vice President of Patient Safety and Quality and Patient Safety Officer at ProMedica (Toledo, Ohio).
Dr. Kaminski is in his third year of leading an initiative at ProMedica dedicated to implementing high reliability organizational standards across the system's 12 acute care facilities. Under his leadership, the rates of serious safety events decreased by approximately 15 percent from 2014 to 2015. With Dr. Kaminski operating as vice president of patient safety and quality, Promedica Toledo Hospital received a Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades in 2014. Dr. Kaminski recently became the first ProMedica leader to earn the certified professional in patient safety credential, after passing a rigorous examination on patient safety science and application.