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Paul N. Uhlig, MD, MPA, FACS

Cardiothoracic Surgeon, and Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita.

Dr. Uhlig received his MD degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, served his residency in general surgery with additional training in general thoracic surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School in Boston, his cardiothoracic surgery residency at Indiana University, and was a research fellow in cardiovascular physiology at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Uhlig was the Thoracic Surgery Foundation scholar-in-residence at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and is past co-chair of the health policy committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Dr. Uhlig is an internationally recognized expert in patient safety, high reliability healthcare teamwork, and patient and family involvement in care. The cardiac surgery team he led at Concord Hospital, Concord Hew Hampshire, received the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Award, the highest honor in patient safety awarded by the Joint Commission and National Quality Forum.

Dr. Uhlig has given presentations on patient safety and high reliability teamwork at academic health centers and health systems across the US including Stanford, Harvard, Mayo, Kaiser, Cleveland Clinic, University of California San Francisco, Duke, University of Pittsburgh, and Johns Hopkins. He has given invited addresses for the Boston Surgical Society, National Health Policy Forum, Manitoba Provincial Patient Safety Conference, and Ontario Hospital Association; and was awarded a King James IV professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Scotland) for contributions in patient safety. His research concerns understanding the social processes that underlie clinical practice culture, and how these can be transformed to meet evolving needs of patients, practitioners and society.

Dr. Uhlig and his wife, Anna Nelson Uhlig, have four sons and live in Wichita, Kansas.