Mitchell L. Dvorak, MS, CAE

Mitchell L. Dvorak, MS, CAE, p4ps Associate Director, joined Partnership for Patient Safety in January 2003. Mr. Dvorak has extensive experience working with non-profit organizations in the healthcare and patient safety fields, including Consumers Advancing Patient Safety, the National Patient Safety Foundation, American Medical Association and the North Dakota Medical Association. His core competencies include professional association and non-profit management and program development.

Mr. Dvorak was active in establishing Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS), and named its founding Executive Director. CAPS is a consumer-led non-profit organization that envisions a healthcare system that is safe, compassionate and just. The mission of CAPS includes being a collective voice for individuals, families and healers who wish to prevent harm in healthcare encounters through partnership and collaboration. As founding Executive Director, Mr. Dvorak worked with the CAPS board to successfully secure initial funding, build the mission and agenda for the organization through consumer outreach, and manage all aspects of the organization’s launch in 2003.

His responsibilities are varied and extend to all aspects of management, fundraising and program development and implementation to support the infrastructure for and the missions of p4ps and Consumers Advancing Patient Safety.

While at the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), Mr. Dvorak coordinated and managed the NPSF’s first-ever patient safety awards program through a nationwide call for abstracts documenting successful practices that reduce healthcare errors or promote patient safety.

Mr. Dvorak studied Political Science/Public Administration as an undergraduate at the University of North Dakota and holds a graduate degree in Public Service Management from DePaul University. In 2005 he was awarded the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential by the American Society of Association Executives, the highest professional credential in the association industry.

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