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Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks, MD, MS, FACEP
Center Director
Terry Fairbanks is
Director of the National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare,
part of the MedStar Institute for Innovation at MedStar Health in Washington DC.
He is a faculty member in the Georgetown University Department of Emergency
Medicine, and also maintains academic appointments as Adjunct Assistant
Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo,
and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Rochester.
Dr. Fairbanks is a patient safety/Human Factors Engineering researcher, board certified emergency physician,
and former paramedic and EMS Medical Director. He serves as an
attending physician in the Washington Hospital Center Emergency Department.
Dr. Fairbanks holds an advanced degree in human
factors engineering/industrial systems engineering from Virginia Tech and uses
this background to apply safety engineering techniques and research methodology
to medical systems. He has received funding for patient
safety-related research from the NIH, AHRQ, CDC, RAND Corporation, and several
foundations including the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation (EMPSF) through
the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. He is currently funded by an NIH K08
Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and BioEngineering.
Dr. Fairbanks is a 2008 graduate of
the HRET Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship, and serves on national patient
safety committees and advisory groups. He regularly presents his research and
delivers lectures at national and international meetings, has served as an
expert witness in patient safety/Human Factors Engineering cases, and serves as a consultant. Dr. Fairbanks has
published over 70 journal articles, book chapters, and proceedings papers in the
human factors engineering and medical literature.
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