The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) clinical and administrative perinatal centers are located within the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System. This brings together academia, clinical research, and advanced clinical services in one location. UIC APC has had a continuous record of providing of exemplary professional education for our network hospitals and beyond.

Jonathan Cohen, MD, MS, FASA, is an anesthesiologist at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida and an associate professor at the University of South Florida. He is board certified in both anesthesiology and critical care medicine and holds a Master of Science degree in Patient Safety Leadership from the University of Illinois. At Moffitt, he has been the patient safety officer of the anesthesiology department since 2012, the vice chair of the perioperative safety committee since 2017 and has been the recipient of Moffitt’s Excellence in Safety Award for two consecutive years. He has been an invited speaker on the topics of patient safety and naloxone administration at several national meetings, including the annual meetings of the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA), the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF). Dr. Cohen is currently a member of the ASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Editorial Board and the ASA Committee on Patient Safety and Education.

Gerald Maloney, DO, MS, is board certified in emergency medicine and medical toxicology, and practices at the Cleveland VA Medical Center. A recent graduate of the Master of Science in Patient Safety Leadership program at UIC, Dr. Maloney is active in general patient safety and medication safety measures at UIC, and designed a pilot program on diagnostic error for medical students at Case Western Reserve University. He is most interested in the role of HIT in patient safety, especially AI as a tool to reduce medication and diagnostic errors.