Thom WalshThom is a High Reliability Organization expert at Safe & Reliable Healthcare. Known as an excellent teacher and mentor, he draws on extensive clinical, research, and consulting experience to help people and organizations create greater value in healtcare. His clinical career as an Orthopedic Physical Therapist spanned private practice and academic settings, including the development and launch of a multidisciplinary spine center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He earned a Ph.D. in Health Policy from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, where he continues to teach. His writing on ethical leadership, patient-reported outcome measures, healthcare costs and utilization, and shared decision making has appeared in numerous publications, including the BMJ, JAMA, Spine, The Journal of Healthcare Management, Forbes, The New American Foundation, and The Atlantic. Thom also enjoys ultramarathon trail races and volunteers with a search and rescue unit in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department. Read More Read Less