Vice President, Patient Safety and Quality, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Edward Seferian has served as vice president, patient safety and quality at The Johns Hopkins Hospital since February 2024. He joined Johns Hopkins from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he held various leadership positions in quality and safety, most recently as chief patient safety officer.

At Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Seferian led major quality and safety initiatives, including implementation of a 100% mortality review process and an effort to eliminate mislabeled lab specimens and retained surgical items. He co-created a weekly hospital Harm Report to promote transparency and learning and to recognize staff contributions to patient safety. As a pediatric intensivist, he provided patient care in the pediatric intensive care unit. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Seferian was at the Mayo Clinic, where he held various leadership positions, including pediatric quality director.

Recognized nationally for his work in patient safety and as a critical care practitioner, Dr. Seferian has served on a technical expert panel to develop a patient safety structural measure for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was named a fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and received two presidential citations from the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has co-led nationally recognized work to eliminate harm at the end of life and to advance goal-concordant care, and has co-authored the most recent Choosing Wisely guidelines in critical care medicine. In addition, he is co-investigator on a National Institutes of Health-funded research study to enhance safety incident reporting by front-line staff members.

Dr. Seferian received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Tufts University and a medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine and pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Chicago, where he also received a master’s degree in health studies.