Mary L. Salisbury, RN, MSN

Mary Salisbury, MSN, RN, is a Northeastern University Masters-prepared nurse commanding forty two years of continuous service in operative, critical care and emergency medicine with a current focus on patient and family centered safety in healthcare research.

As founder and president of The Cedar Institute, Inc, Ms. Salisbury provides services to both military and civilian healthcare organizations. A member of the original team working to translate the principles of crew resource management into healthcare, Ms. Salisbury remains a participating author and designer of the TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) learning and evaluation methodologies and Engagement Lead for DoD Patient Safety Solution Center.

Committed to the research and improvement science pursuit of, and the answer to, the powerful healthcare engagement questions, Mary encourages bold commitment to the question: “What if…?” and “What would it take to ensure all can engage in safe systems of healthcare excellence? To ensure all care is given by safe hands.”