Quality & Safety Initiatives
Our Team
The Quality Improvement (QI) Committee is led by the Department’s QI Team and includes representatives from every division with expertise and interest in continuous quality improvement. The committee provides participants with a forum for sharing QI projects, learning QI methodology from each other, and brainstorming solutions to shared challenges. Committee members collaborate to address the Department’s dimensions of quality, including safety, effectiveness, and efficiency, as well as patient-centered, equitable, and timely care. Involvement of house staff and fellows is encouraged and seen as instrumental in their education.
Daniel Taupin, MD, MHQS
Vice Chair, Quality
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Dr. Taupin is a board-certified Infectious Disease specialist practicing in both inpatient and outpatient settings at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He earned his medical degree and completed his residency at New York University Langone Medical Center. Following this, he pursued fellowships in Infectious Diseases and Patient Safety and Quality at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
In 2021, Dr. Taupin obtained a Master’s degree in Healthcare Quality and Safety from Harvard Medical School. He joined Jefferson in 2022 as the Associate Quality Officer for the Department of Medicine and was appointed Vice Chair of the department in 2024. His professional focus includes conducting comprehensive analyses of adverse events to advance patient safety throughout the department.
Siri Chintapalli, MHA
Siri is the Quality Improvement Coordinator for the Department of Medicine. She has a Master of Healthcare Administration degree from Rutgers University and is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. She joined Jefferson in April 2024.
Improvement Committee
Cardiology: Yair Lev, MD
Endocrinology: Eric Shiffrin, MD
Gastroenterology: Richard Denicola, MD
Hematology: Ruben Rhoades, MD
Hospital Medicine: Jenny Wang, MD
Infectious Diseases: Daniel Taupin, MD, MHQS, & Elizabeth Braden, MD
Internal Medicine: Sean Hurt, MD, Kenneth Lau, MD & Alaina Chodoff, MD
Nephrology: Hasan Arif, MD
Pulmonary: David Oxman, MD & Gautam George, MD
Residency: Alexis Wickersham MD
Rheumatology: Marta Bean, MD