Kerin Torpey Bashaw, RN, MPH
Director, Accreditation, Quality & Safety
Kerin Bashaw joined Stanford Hospital & Clinics’ Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Department in May 2006. As Assistant Director, Kerin supports the Director and leads the Quality Managers in driving practice change and improving clinical outcomes across SHC. Programs and initiatives include inpatient, clinical service lines, and medical staff clinical departments.
Prior to this role at SHC, Kerin worked at Kaiser Permanente in Redwood City in a variety of Director roles including Quality Director, Assistant Director of Hospital Operations, and Clinical Services Director. Prior to Kaiser, Kerin worked at VA Palo Alto Health Care System for seven years in a variety of management and leadership roles.
Kerin completed her undergraduate education in Nursing at Georgetown University in 1987 and completed her Masters of Public Health in Health Care Policy and Research at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1990.