Dr. Leonard is a Principal at Pascal Metrics Inc. and co-leads its Clinical Group with Dr. Allan Frankel.

 

Dr. Leonard has been Physician Leader for Patient Safety at Kaiser Permanente and a Faculty member at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). 

 

An honors graduate of the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Dr. Leonard did his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at Harvard’s Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, with fellowship training in cardiac anesthesia.  He was a practicing anesthesiologist for 14 years with the Colorado Permanente Medical Group, where he was Chief of Anesthesia, Chief of Surgical Services, and Chairman of the Board of Directors. 

 

In 1999, he helped Kaiser forge a collaborative relationship with Dr. Robert Helmreich’s Human Factors Research Project to work on the application of human factors teamwork and communication training. 

 

For the past several years, he has taught extensively throughout the Kaiser system and outside organizations in high-risk areas such as surgery, obstetrics, critical care and others to enhance safety.  At the IHI, he has been active in several domains, including the Patient Safety Officer Training Course, Transforming Care at the Bedside, the Safer Patients Initiative in the United Kingdom, and Patient Safety Scotland.

 

In addition to teaching and lecturing widely, Dr. Leonard recently wrote a book on patient safety, Achieving Safe and Reliable Healthcare, in collaboration with Dr. Allan Frankel from Partners Healthcare and Terri Simmonds of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.