David Mayer, MD, is Vice President of Quality and Safety for MedStar Health and is responsible for overseeing the infrastructure for clinical quality as well as designing and directing system-wide patient safety and risk reduction programs for MedStar and each of its entities. He has held numerous positions at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago, including co-executive director of the UIC Institute for Patient Safety Excellence, director of UIC Masters of Science Patient Safety Leadership Program, Associate Dean for Education, and Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Safety in Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Mayer also founded and has led the Annual Telluride International Patient Safety Roundtable and Patient Safety Student Summer Camp for the last eight years. In addition, he has significant experience in the private sector as director of Medical Affairs of the Hospital Products Division of Abbott Laboratories and was president and founder of Esurg Corporation. He regularly presents and writes on topics related to quality and safety, and has received grant funding from the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, the United States Department of Education, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.