Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA, MS-Eng, FACMI

Dr. Corrigan received her bachelor’s degree in social services from Syracuse, an MBA from the University of Rochester, and a master’s degree in industrial and operations engineering and a PhD in health services organization and policy from the University of Michigan. She served with the Physician Payment Review Commission in Washington, the Group Health Association of America, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, where she helped create the widely implemented Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set performance measures. She was a principal researcher at the Center for the Study of Health System Change, executive director of the President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, and Senior Board Director for the Institute of Medicine Board on Health Care Services, which produced the “To Err is Human” and “Crossing the Quality Chasm” reports. She is now President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Quality Forum, and her election to the College recognizes these influential activities and contributions.