Center for Quality and Patient Safety Team

Leadership

Vanessa Shorte, Associate Vice President of Quality and Safety

Vanessa Shorte, associate vice president of quality and safety, joined Seattle Children’s in November 2019. She partners with the vice president; chief quality and safety officer; and associate chief medical officer (quality and safety) to oversee and implement the quality strategic plan and actively collaborate with leadership, providers, faculty, researchers and other stakeholders to sustain an effective organizational structure intended to reliably optimize the quality of care delivered across the Seattle Children’s enterprise. Her leadership at the Center for Quality and Patient Safety contributes to our organization’s strategic imperative and to the center’s work to ensure safe, equitable care and optimal experiences for patients and their families.

Department Directors

• Dale Landis, senior director, Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance
• Tee Mirisola, director, Infection Prevention
• Erin Alberda, interim director, Patient Safety and Medication
• Annie Tsai, interim director, Workforce Health and Safety

Medical Faculty

• Yasaman Fatemi, MD, MSHP, associate director, Infection Prevention
• Lizabeth Martin, MD, associate director, Medication Safety
• Darren Migita, MD, medical director, Clinical Effectiveness
• Kristina Toncray, MD, associate chief safety officer, Patient Safety
• Jessica Warner-Grant, MD, PhD, medical director of event review on patient safety
• Danielle Zerr, MD, MPH, medical director, Infection Prevention and Control