Lucian Leape

Lucian Leape is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health, who has been active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error.^[1] In 1994 he had an article, "Error in Medicine," published in JAMA, which called for the application of systems theory to prevent medical errors. In 1997, he testified before a subcommittee of the US Senate with his recommendations for improving medical safety.^[2]

Leape earned the Eagle Scout award as a youth and has been recognized by the Boy Scouts of America as a Distinguished Eagle Scout.^[3]

He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1959 after receiving an AB from Cornell University in 1952.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lucian Leape". Harvard School of Public Health. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013.
^ "Patient Safety Interview: Lucian Leape". World Health Organization. May 2007. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010.
^ "Distinguished Eagle Scout award recipients". National Eagle Scout Association. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

External links

Dr. Leape's Testimony before a US Senate subcommittee
Leape, L L; Swankin, D S; Yessian, M R (1999). "A conversation on medical injury". Public Health Reports. 114 (4): 302–317. doi:10.1093/phr/114.4.302. PMC 1308490. PMID 10501129.

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[HarvardBio-1] "Lucian Leape". Harvard School of Public Health. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013.

[2] "Patient Safety Interview: Lucian Leape". World Health Organization. May 2007. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010.

[3] "Distinguished Eagle Scout award recipients". National Eagle Scout Association. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

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