Nancy Szaflarski RN, PhD, FCCM
Program Director, Quality Outcomes
Dr. Nancy Szaflarski has been with Stanford Hospital & Clinics since 2005 and is responsible for developing and directing quality improvement and safety initiatives and clinical research focused on improving quality and safety outcomes through innovation.
Prior to her position at SHC, Dr. Szaflarski completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the UCSF Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care and conducted clinical research on ICU physiological complexity at the Center for Surgical Computing in the Department of Surgery at Stanford University. Her peer-reviewed publications have focused on physiological complexity, diagnostic reasoning and clinical monitoring. She is a licensed acute care nurse practitioner in the field of critical care medicine and has been faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing where she led the Adult Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Program.
Dr. Szaflarski has held multiple leadership roles in the Society of Critical Care Medicine and is a current member of the editorial board for the journal, Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Szaflarski has a Doctor of Philosophy Degree from the UCSF School of Nursing, a Master’s Degree in Nursing from Arizona State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the University of Illinois. She is a fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.