Dr Mary Elizabeth Geary
Empaneled Consultant for Quality Improvement Service
Professional Experience:
Dr. Geary has an extensive background in nursing and healthcare quality. She has held a variety of nursing roles throughout her career including bedside nurse, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, infection control practitioner, patient safety officer, clinical assistant professor and senior leader for Quality at multiple healthcare systems. Dr. Geary has taught quality management principles to nursing and medical students, as well as facilitating their process improvement projects. She previously received two sigma theta tau awards, “Excellence in Nursing Mentorship” and “Excellence in Nursing Research”. Dr. Geary has given quality management and patient safety presentations for conferences throughout the United States and internationally.
She presented at the European Academy of Nursing Science in Dublin, Ireland as well as a conference in Shenyang, China. Additionally, Dr. Geary was a course presenter for the “Hamad Medical Center Quality Academy” in Doha, Qatar, and the “Information Management in Healthcare Quality” course in Cairo, Egypt.as a conference in Shenyang, China. Additionally, Dr. Geary was a course presenter for the “Hamad Medical Center Quality Academy” in Doha, Qatar, and the “Information Management in Healthcare Quality” course in Cairo, Egypt
Consulting Expertise
Hospital and Health System Consultation Include:
- UPC KU Leuven psychiatrie, Leuven, Belgium
- Lisbon Portugal
- Hamad Medical Center, Doha, Qatar
- Dr. BL Kapur Memorial Hospital, New Delhi , India
- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Yoseftal Hospital, Eilat, Israel; Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- Hospital CIMA, San Jose, Costa Rica
- Shanghai Seventh People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China; Zhoushan Hospital, Zhoushan, China; People’s Hospital of Liaoning, Liaoning, China;
- International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan
- Mafrag Hospital , Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital, Can Tho, Vietnam
- Humanitas Centro Catanese di Oncologia, Rozzano, Italy
- Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Fernandez, Buenos Aries, Argentina
Areas of Expertise
- Patient Safety Culture
- Organization Quality Management
- Infection Prevention, Process Improvement and Action Planning.
- Project Management, Accreditation Compliance
- Measurement and Analysis of Data, Group Facilitation.
- Researcher/ Publication/ Presenter
Industry Expertise
- Healthcare Systems, Healthcare Departments, Specialty Clinics, Inpatient Rehabilitation.
- Leadership/ Senior Administration
- Medical Staff Structure/ Committees
- External Regulatory Agencies
- Accreditation/ Certification Program
Education
- Doctorate Of Philosophy of Nursing, FL, US
- IHI Patient Safety Officer Training, MA, US
- Master Of Nursing, OR, US
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, FL, US
Professional Memberships and Certifications
- Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society American Nurses Association Certified 1995 - CPHQ
Former Employers
- Joint Commission International (JCI)
- Healthcare Systems in US (Florida, Texas, Alabama and Oregon