May C. M. Pian-Smith, MD, MS
APSF Board of Directors APSF Committee on Education & Training APSF Patient Safety Priorities Advisory Group - Culture of Safety, Teamwork and Clinician Safety
May Pian-Smith, MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, and a senior obstetric anesthesiologist at Mass General Brigham (MGB). Until recently, she served as the MGB Enterprise Director for Anesthesiology Quality and Safety, leading synergies between 14 different hospital sites.
In addition to being a clinically-active expert, she is a grant-funded researcher in the fields of women’s health, education, communication, quality and safety, and safety culture; subjects on which she has published, and lectured nationally and internationally. Pian-Smith’s research that has been funded by the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) has focused on “speaking up” across hierarchical gradients, with the goal of improving education, enhancing the role and responsibility of all members of care teams, and supporting safety culture. She has advanced fellowship training in medical education (Harvard Medical School) and patient safety leadership (NPSF-AHA).
She currently serves on the Board of Directors for APSF, FAER, and for the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) as its Past President.
