Presented September 4th, 2024 at the APSF Stoelting Conference 2024 on “Transforming Anesthetic Care: A Deep Dive into Medication Errors and Opioid Safety”
ABOUT THE SPEAKER(S)
Gee Mathen
Director, Pharmacy Clinical Applications and Technical Services
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA
Gee Mathen is the director of pharmacy clinical applications and technical services at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Previously, as assistant director of pharmacy applications and technical services, he managed a team of Epic Willow pharmacy experts who had just completed a 3-campus implementation of Epic® and Omnicell®.
Mr. Mathen received his degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Houston. His numerous certifications include Epic Willow certification; EpicCare® Inpatient certification; EpicCare Inpatient Decision Support Master’s certification; Advanced Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; and Resiliency Engineering and Patient Safety. Mr. Mathen oversees the Technology, Inventory and Financial Teams for the Pharmacy at Texas Children’s. Mr. Mathen has been at Texas Children’s for 33 years and has a deep passion to improve the practice of Pharmacy by using technology.
Lauren Lobaugh, MD
Associate Professor,
Baylor College of Medicine.
Clinical Pediatric Anesthesiologist,
Texas Children’s Hospital,
Houston, Texas.
Lauren Lobaugh is an Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and a clinical pediatric anesthesiologist at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas.
She completed her residency at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital followed by a clinical anesthesia fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She then returned home to Texas for a faculty fellowship in Quality Improvement at Texas Children’s Hospital and continued as a staff anesthesiologist. She earned her Master’s degree in Applied Science in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2019.
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety remain a passion and integral part of Lauren’s career. She serves locally as the Director of Safety and Co-Chair of her department’s Quality Improvement Committee. She is the course director of two quality improvement electives at Baylor College of Medicine. Nationally, She serves as a member of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia’s Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee, Wake Up Safe, the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, and ASA’s Committee for Patient Safety and Education.
