The ASA/APSF Ellison C. Pierce Patient Safety Memorial Lecture is dedicated to recognizing the contributions to anesthesia patient safety of Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., MD, the APSF founding president. The Pierce Memorial Lecture on Patient Safety started in 2012. Dr. Pierce passed away in 2011, and the APSF Board of Directors created this eponymous lecture to honor his contributions to anesthesia patient safety.
We list here the previous APSF/ASA Pierce Patient Safety Memorial Lectures
2024
Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, MD, DPH: “Four Thousand Years of Safety Endeavors – Why Have We Not Reached Zero Patient Harm?”
2023
John H. Eichhorn, MD: “Integrating Behavior and Technology for Anesthesia Patient Safety”
2022
Karen B. Domino, MD, MPH: “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Perioperative Patient Safety”
2021
Angela Enright, OC, MD FRCPC: “Anesthesia Safety in an Asymmetrical World”
2020
Matthew B. Weinger, MD: “Is Safety Becoming the Poor Stepchild of Quality?”
2019
Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD: “Respectful, Trusting Relationships Are Essential for Patient Safety, Especially the Surgeon-Anesthesiologist Dyad”
2018
Robert A. Caplan, MD: “Sharpening Our Vision to Do No Harm”
2017
Robert K. Stoelting, MD: “Anesthesia Patient Safety: Closing the Gap Between Perception and Reality”
2016
Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD: “Safety Beyond Our Borders: Different But the Same”
