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Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

Leadership Academy Program Directors and Faculty

Julia Kim, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality Leadership Academy
Chief, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Academic Quality and Safety
Medical Director, Ambulatory Quality, Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Health Policy & Management
Johns Hopkins University
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Dr. Julia Kim, M.D., M.P.H. is Chief of the Eudowood Division of Pediatric Academic Quality and Safety, Medical Director of Ambulatory Quality for the Johns Hopkins Children's Center,  Associate Professor, and Principal Faculty of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. Her clinical and research interests focus on pediatric quality improvement (QI) and patient safety, patient engagement and medication safety, and improving preventive health services delivery to children in the primary care setting. Dr. Kim has been elected for two terms to the American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee for the Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, where she also serves as the director for pediatric patient safety. Dr. Kim also serves as co-director of the Academic Pediatric Association Quality and Safety Improvement Scholars Program. She received her pediatric and chief residency training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and completed fellowship training in General Academic Pediatrics, Comparative Effectiveness Research, and Preventive Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She received QI and Patient Safety training from the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute including her Lean Sigma Green Belt Certificate. 

Samantha Pitts

Samantha Pitts, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality Leadership Academy
Assistant Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
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Dr. Samantha Pitts, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and principal faculty of the Armstrong Institute. Her research focuses on improving patient safety and the delivery of evidence-based care in ambulatory settings through implementation of team-based models of care, including the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), and the use of health information technology. She is the Champion of a CUSP team in General Internal Medicine and a former Scholar of the Patient Safety and Leadership Academy. Dr. Pitts completed her internal medicine residency at the University of California San Francisco, where she focused on primary care and evidence-based medicine. She subsequently received her MPH in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley and completed fellowship training in General Internal Medicine and Comparative Effectiveness Research at Johns Hopkins.

Program Manager:

Chardae Gilchrist

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