Surgical Safety Institute

Checklist. Communication. Teamwork

In surgery and in the air, the work can seem routine, yet the overall job is highly complex and unpredictable. Stress and fatigue can affect performance. And there's the challenge of working with a team of people, any one of whom could make a mistake that could ultimately end in loss of life. Then again, a member of the team could also detect an error while it can still be fixed and save the day.

May 4, 2009: Dr. Richard Karl's dynamic presentation "Forty Years in Operating Rooms and Cockpits" at the Annual Cancer Symposium for the Society of Surgical Oncology is made available. To listen to the presentation and see the slides click here

July 31, 2010, 8:15 am

News:

May 4, 2009
Dr. Richard Karl's dynamic presentation "Forty Years in Operating Rooms and Cockpits" at the Annual Cancer Symposium for the Society of Surgical Oncology is made available.

March 26, 2009
Surgical Safety Institute becomes federally certified as a Patient Safety Organization.

February 27, 2009
Dr. Richard Karl's article on Aviation and Medical Safety is published in the January Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

January 11, 2009
Airlines go two years with no fatalities

October 15, 2007
USF Health: Applying airline safety standards to the OR

September 24, 2007
Founder, Richard Karl M.D., featured in Newsweek

April 2007
SSI Founder Richard Karl MD's article on safe surgery in the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons

December 1, 2006
Surgical Safety Institute interviewed in Maclean's, Canada's Weekly News Magazine, December 4, 2006 issue

November 10, 2006
Surgical Safety Institute Recipient Of Tampa Bay Technology Forum Award

October 31, 2006
What Pilots Can Teach Hospitals About Patient Safety
- Surgical Safety Institute cited in New York Times article

October 16, 2006
Surgical Safety Institute Nominated For Emerging Technology Company of the Year award by the TBTF

Advisory Board

Brian E. Currie

Attorney at Law
Taylor, Day & Currie

Bruce L. Gewertz, M.D.

Surgeon-in-Chief
Chair, Department of Surgery
Vice-President for Interventional Services Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California

Capt. Rob Haynes

Pilot
Southwest Airlines

Colleen Jakey, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of South Florida
Bay Pines VA Medical Center

Richard C. Karl, M.D., F.A.C.S,

Chairman Emeritus, Department of Surgery University of South Florida, College of Medicine
Senior Member, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Physician Safety Officer, Moffitt Cancer Center

John & Martha King

Co-chairmen & co-owners
King Schools, Inc.

Gail L. Malloy, CNIII

Clinical Educator
Operating Room
Bayfront Medical Health Care

William Taggart

The University of Texas
Human Factors Research Project