Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks, MD, MS, FACEP

Terry Fairbanks is Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, and of Community & Preventive Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo. He is a patient safety/Human Factors Engineering researcher, EMS Medical Director, and board certified emergency physician. He serves as an attending emergency physician in the adult and pediatric emergency departments at the University of Rochester Medical Center/Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY.

Dr. Fairbanks holds an advanced degree in human factors engineering/industrial systems engineering from Virginia Tech and uses this background to apply safety engineering techniques and research methodology to medical systems. He has received funding for patient safety-related research from the NIH, AHRQ, CDC, RAND Corporation, and several foundations including the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation (EMPSF) through the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. He is currently funded by an NIH K08 Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioEngineering.

Dr. Fairbanks is a 2008 graduate of the HRET Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship, and serves on national patient safety committees and advisory groups. He regularly presents his research and delivers lectures at national and international meetings, has served as an expert witness in patient safety/Human Factors Engineering cases, and serves as a consultant. Dr. Fairbanks has published over 70 journal articles, book chapters, and proceedings papers in the human factors engineering and medical literature.

In August 2010 Dr. Fairbanks will be Joining the MedStar Health System and the Georgetown University Department of Emergency Medicine to establish the National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare in Washington DC. This Center will be part of the MedStar Institute for Innovation, in association with the MedStar Health Research Institute, and the Washington Hospital Center. Recruiting will begin shortly for two human factors research scientists and a research coordinator. For further announcements as information becomes available, please visit www.nchfeh.org.

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