Sara Singer

Sara Singer, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and Professor by courtesy at Stanford Graduate School of Business, has transformed understanding of healthcare organization and management. After earning her PhD in Health Policy/Management from Harvard and MBA from Stanford, she has built an extraordinary career combining academic research with practical healthcare improvements. As faculty director of Stanford's Health Leadership, Innovation, and Organizations (HELIO) Labs, she leads interdisciplinary collaborations across medicine, business, engineering, and law. Her pioneering research focuses on how organizational leadership and culture impact healthcare delivery innovations, patient safety, and care integration. She has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and developed crucial survey instruments for measuring healthcare organizational effectiveness. Her work has earned numerous accolades, including three consecutive Academy of Management best paper awards (2009-2011) and the 2013 Avedis Donabedian Healthcare Quality Award. Previously at Harvard, she directed multiple graduate programs and research initiatives, including the Safe Surgery 2015 initiative and the Harvard PhD in Health Policy Program. Currently, she directs the AHRQ-funded Engineering High Reliability Learning Lab, continuing to shape healthcare management through research on team dynamics, organizational design, and leadership development.