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