Second Annual South Carolina Patient Safety Symposium: Every Patient Counts! PDF Print E-mail

March 25 – 26, 2009

Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center


Symposium 2008Featured Speakers:

James Philip Bagian, MD, PE
Director, VA National Center for Patient Safety, Former Chief Flight Surgeon & Medical Consultant to the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board

Timothy B. McDonald, MD, JD
Chief Safety & Risk Officer for Health Affairs, University of Illinois, Professor, Anesthesiology & Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

David B. Mayer, MD
Associate Dean for Curriculum, Director of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Co-Director of the Institute for Patient Safety Excellence at the UIC College of Medicine

Gerald B. Hickson, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine


Patient Safety Awards

SCHA is now accepting nominations for the 2009 Lewis W. Blackman Patient Safety Champions Awards

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Symposium attendeesHotel Reservation Information:

SCHA has a room block at the Hilton Columbia Center and the Hampton Inn for March 24 & March 25, 2009. The room cut-off date is Feb 24, 2009. To book a
room at the Hilton (924 Senate St, Columbia, SC), call 803.744.7800, and request the group rate for the S.C. Hospital Association ($149 a night, king standard or double queen). To book a room at the Hampton Inn (822 Gervais St, Columbia, SC), call 803.231.2000 and ask for the group code HOS ($139 night a night, King standard or double queen).


More information:

For more information, please contact Kimberly Hubbard at (803) 744-3557 or by
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