1. JACK E. GARON, M.D.
961 South Park Terrace • Chicago, Illinois 60605 • (630) 726-3333 •
jeg101@aol.com
SUMMARY
A results-oriented and highly accomplished physician and corporate officer, with progressive leadership and administrative
experience in a healthcare system. Demonstrated accomplishments in clinical integration, quality, patient safety, and customer
focus. Experienced with care management across the continuum, physician alignment, and system strategy. A proven track record
of extensive and successful leadership experience in state and national organizations, utilizes diverse experiences, background,
knowledge, and a professional skill set to contribute to significant increases in revenue and business growth.
EXPERIENCE
Illinois Performance Excellence Examiner (Illinois Baldridge Awards)
Volunteer inspector 2014 – Present
Assessing awards applicants for the Illinois Performance Excellence annual awards. Applicants use the Baldrige Excellence Framework and its
Criteria for Performance Excellence, which is an integrated approach to key management areas including Leadership, Strategy, Customers,
Measurement and Analysis, Operations and Results.
MOUNT SINAI/SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM, Chicago, Illinois
Chief Medical Officer, 2008-2014
Held responsibility for clinical quality, graduate medical education, oversight of clinical leadership, medical staff credentialing development, and
discipline. Served as chairman of clinical leadership council, clinical quality committee, and graduate medical education committee, as well as co-
chair of executive patient safety committee. Oversaw 11 clinical departments, with clinical chairmen as direct reports. Mentor for developing
physician leaders
• Directed quality improvement changes, resulting in improved CMS core measures, with 94% of measures in top decile nationally within
three years, up from 48%.
• Integrated outpatient and transitional services into quality improvement, controlling readmissions and capturing insurance bonus payments
• Served as Clinical Quality Chairman directing efforts leading to 2011 IHA Quality Achievement Award for reducing hospital-acquired
infection and approaching zero defects.
• Pioneered physician lead for safety innovations, including fair and just culture and critical-event huddles.
• Served as physician lead for successful JCAHO inspection, resulting in one direct and three indirect Requirements for Improvement (RFI)
versus 11 and nine RFIs in 2008.
• Integrated physician and nursing reporting to unified clinical quality committee from independent siloed reporting structures.
• Successfully implemented customer service training for 200 physicians and 100 residents, including writing custom physician service
module, with dramatic double-digit improvements in physician-satisfaction scores.
• Established future leaders’ group to engage and mentor 40 newer staff physicians under age of 40.
• Managed and developed physician relations during successful hospital acquisition and medical staff integration.
• Resolved disruptive physician issues, including counseling, remediation, and termination of privileges.
• Mitigated risk via UIC 7 Pillars Grant, a federally funded program, through disclosure and other mechanisms.
• Enhanced patient compliance and reduced readmissions with Project Boost, a Northwestern grant-funded program, through teach-back
and patient engagement.
• Acted as executive sponsor for successful Meditech physician order management, documentation, and transition of care implementations
• Lobbied Congress with CAP, NAPH, and AHA.
Designated Institutional Official (ACGME), 2008-2014
Directed graduate and undergraduate medical education as chairman of GMEC committee. Oversaw 120 residents in five Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) accredited programs. Created new, independent internal
medicine residency.
• Stabilized accreditation, moving two programs off probation into good standing.
• Negotiated five-year, $16,200,000 student teaching contract, including $3,000,000 in capital.
Chairman of Pathology, 1998-2014

2. JACK E. GARON , M.D.
Directed staff of 95 with budget of $14,700,000, finishing 1.3% under budget. Provided service to 50 outpatient clinics with strong relations to
clinicians. Developed model departmental quality program.
• Oversaw growth of outpatient volume from 600,000 to 1,600,000 billable units over ten years, with proportional revenue growth.
• Contracted to provide pathology course for Scholl Podiatry School and Chicago Medical School.
• Established professional billing, generating up to $5,000,000 in system revenue annually.

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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Staff Pathologist, 1989-1998. Served as decision-maker for major equipment purchases in chemistry and hematology. Directed clinical chemistry
and blood bank. Created point of care testing program under supervision of laboratory.
SHERMAN HOSPITAL, Elgin, Illinois, Staff Pathologist, 1985-1989. Served as director of clinical chemistry and blood bank.
ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Sinai Research Institute
President, 2002-2005
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Staff
President, 1997-1999
Vice President, 1995-1997
Secretary, 1993-1995
Treasurer, 1992-1993
Sinai Medical Group
Medical Board of Governors, 1994-2006
AMERICAN BOARD OF PATHOLOGY CERTIFICATION
Cytopathology, 1996 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1985
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
PATHOLOGY RESIDENCY, LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL 1981- 1985
Blood Bank Fellow, Lutheran General Hospital 1985
EDUCATION
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, STRITCH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Chicago,
Illinois
M.D., 1981
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, Rock Island, Illinois
A.B., 1977
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
National Association of Public Hospitals
Fellow, 2011-2012
University of Illinois
Lean Six Sigma Healthcare Certification, 2010-2012
Outcome Engineering
Just Culture for Managers, 2011
Tulane University
TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer, 2012
Lutheran General Hospital
Pathology Residency, 1981-1985
Blood Bank Fellow, 1981-1985
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1989-2014
Bethany Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1990-1993
Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Illinois, 1985-1989
Community Hospital, Geneva, Illinois, 1985
COMMUNITY SERVICE
National Museum of Mexican Art, Board of Directors, 2013-2014

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Illinois Hospital Association
Medical Executive Forum, 2013-2014
Care Coordination Committee, 2011-2012
Illinois Society of Pathology
Board of Directors, 1999-2013
President, 2005-2006
President-Elect, 2002-2004
Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA)
Communications Committee, 2008
Chairman, Educational Resources Committee, 1998-2001
Educational Programs Committee, 1995-1998
College of American Pathologists (CAP)
Division Commissioner for Northern Illinois, 2007-2014
Federal and State Governmental Affairs Committee, 2006-2013
House of Delegates Representative, 2005-2014
Laboratory Accreditation Inspector, 1990-2014
State President’s Subcommittee, 2006-2007
Osler Institute, Pathology and Cytopathology
Review Courses Director, 1996-1997
Chicago Pathology Society
Vice President, 2000-2001
Censor, 1997-1999
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Chicago Medical School
Professor of Pathology, 2008-2014
Professor Practice of Pathology, 2003-2007
Associate Professor Practice of Pathology, 1993-2003
Assistant Professor (Affiliate), 1990-1993
Loyola Stritch Medical School
Teaching Staff, Sophomore Pathology, 1988-1989
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences
Contracted to provide Pathology Course for Chicago Medical School and Scholl Podiatry School, 2009-2014
Course Director for Scholl Podiatry Pathology Course, 2008-2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Scholl School of Podiatry
Pathology Course Director, 2008-2009
Chicago Medical School
Lecturer, Sophomore Pathology, 1990-2014
Pathology Clerkship Preceptor, 1989-2014
Honors Pathology Preceptor, 1989-2014
Mount Sinai Hospital
Designated Informational Officer, Pathology Residency Program, 2008-2014
Site Program Director, 1993-1998

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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Clinical Laboratory Management Review, 1998-2014
REVIEWER
International Journal of Gynecology, 2005-2014
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2000-2014
Clinical Laboratory Management Review, 1997-2014
Journal of Patient Safety, 2014
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Congressional Lobbying
National Association of Public Hospitals, 2010-2011 College of American Pathologists, 2008-2010
Cardiology and Other Therapeutic Drug-Monitoring Work Group
HCFA Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, 1998-1999
COMMITTEES
Medical Staff and Hospital Committee Chairs
Clinical Documentation, 2013-2014
Utilization Management, 2012-2014
Zero Defects, 2011
Clinical Quality (formerly Medical Staff Quality), 2010-2014
Clinical Leadership Council, 2008-2014
Graduate Medical Education Committee, 2008-2014
Medical Staff Quality Committee, 2008-2010
Point of Care Committee, 1996-2014
Medical Staff Quality, 2008-2010
Medical Executive Committee, 1997-1999
Tissue and Transfusion Committee, 1994-1999
Credentials Committee, 1994-1997
JCAHO Leadership Team, 1995-1996
Stat Blood Delivery CQI Project, 1994-1995
Bethany Hospital Ad Hoc Investigating Committees, 1991, 2001
Sinai Health System Board Committee Staff Member
Primary Care Workgroup, 2013-2014
ED Throughput, 2012-2014
Joint Conference Committee, 2013-2014
Executive Committee, 2012-2014
Quality Safety and Operations, 2008-2014
SHS Board, 2008-2014
Government and Public Policy Committee, 2009-2014
Quality and Operations, 2008-2014
Executive Committee, 2008-2014
Sinai Health System Committee Appointments
Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital Quality Committee, 2011
Government and Public Policy Committee, 2009-2014
Board Quality Review Committee, 2008-2014
Medical Executive Committee, 1992-2014
Hospital Quality Improvement Committee, 2005-2014
Sinai Health System Leadership, 2002-2014
Strategic Planning Retreats, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013
Long Range Planning Committee, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001
Blood Wastage Committee, 2001-2002
Professional Liaison QI Committee, 1997-2007
Perinatology, 1989-1994
Chicago Medical School (RFUHS) Committees
Leadership Curriculum Committee 2015
Chicago Medical School Strategic Planning, 2011
Faculty Executive Committee, 2008-2014
AFFILIATIONS
American Medical Association
Illinois State Medical Society
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
College of American Pathologists (CAP)
Illinois Society of Pathology
Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA)

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TELECONFERENCES , INVITED LECTURES , AND PRESENTATIONS
• Re-Imagining A Medical School in an Academically Rich City: The Chicago Story. J Tomkowiak, J Garon, T Hansen, J Zimmerman. GBA/GIP
meeting of AAMC. New York, New York. April 22, 2015.
• Culture of Safety Panelist. 2014 Patient Safety Summit, Laguna Nigel, California, January 11, 2014.
• Health Disparities and Sinai Health System. Medical Executive Forum, Illinois Hospital Association, May 15, 2013.
• Problems in Transfusion. Fourth Annual Hematology Oncology Symposium, Sinai Cancer Care Center, October 4, 2012.
• Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami: Bring Your Best Board. Webinar, Safetyleaders.Org, May 17, 2012.
• Does My Patient Have Thalassemia? Second Annual Hematology Oncology Symposium, Sinai Cancer Care Center, October 27, 2010.
• Addressing the Physician Shortage: Strategies and Tools to Help Physician Recruitment and Retention. Talent Management for Healthcare,
Human Capital Institute, Houston, Texas, April 19, 2010.
• CAP Team Leader Update Training. McDonald’s Hyatt Lodge, Oak Brook, Illinois, May 8, 2009.
• CAP Team Leader Training Workshop. Rush University Medical Center, May 2, 2008. The Placenta. 26th Annual Obstetrics and
Gynecology Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, June 17, 2005.
• Cytopathology. 25th Annual Obstetrics and Gynecology Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 2004.
• Cytopathology. Obstetrics and Gynecology Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, June 6, 2003.
• Cytopathology and Bethesda 2001. 23rd Annual Obstetrics and Gynecology Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 2002.
• Building Skills for Listening and Facilitating. CLMA Teleconference, May 9, 2001.
• Presentation Skills for the Reluctant Speaker. 1998 CLMA Annual Conference, August 22, 1998.
• Laboratory Management for Cytology and Stains, Artifacts, and Crystals. Osler Institute Cytopathology Review Course, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 8,
1997.
• General Glass Slide Review. Osler Institute Board Review Course, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 7, 1997.
• Laboratory Management for Cytology. Osler Institute Cytopathology Review Course, San Diego, California, Noember 9, 1996.
• Slide Review. Osler Institute Board Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, May 14, 1996.
• Fine Needle Aspiration Technique. Seminar, Department of Surgery, Chicago Medical School, September 28, 1995.
• Androgen-Induced Hepatic Adenoma. IRAP, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, November 20, 1989.
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Morphology. Fifth Annual Hematology Symposium, Lutheran General Hospital, September 14, 1985.
• Adult Neuroblastoma and the Differential Diagnosis of Adult Small Cell Tumors of Soft Tissue. IRAP, Cook County Medical Examiner's
Office, October 28, 1985.
• The 5q- Syndrome. IRAP, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, October 28, 1985. Tubular Variant of Medullary Carcinoma of the
Thyroid Presenting as a Neck Mass, IRAP, Hektoen Institute, April 23, 1984.
• Synchronous Presentation of Atypical Carcinoid and Peripheral Adenocarcinoma of the Lung. Presented at Illinois Registry of Anatomic
Pathology (IRAP), Hektoen Institute, October 5, 1982.
• Nasal Glioma. IRAP, Hektoen Institute, October 5, 1982.
ABSTRACTS
• Eosinophilic Gastritis: A Case Report. S. Sharma, P. Agrawal, J. Garon, A. Verma. American Journal of Gastroenterology The American Journal of
Gastroenterology (2007) 102, S156–S174.
• A Rare Case of Autoimmune Pancreatitis. S. Sharma, P. Agrawal, S. Singh, .J Garon, A. Verma. Am. Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol. 101(9)
Supplement; S254-255, September 2006.
• Impedance Measurements on Human Fetal Skin. E. Fayn, D. Zavitz, H. Chou, B. Cuneo, E.K. Dindar, T. Harper, J. Garon, D. Lipson, B.M.
Petrikovsky, M. Ovadia. Heart Rhythm 2(5) S43-44, May 2005.
• Spiral CT in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Pregnancy. Orhan, A., Kurzel, R.B., Garon J., Sibigtroth, N. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 101(4), April
2003.
• Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma. Society of Gynecologic Oncologists. Gokhan, K., Blankstein, J., Garon, J,
Arun, B., Ashfaq, R. (abstract), Miami, Florida, March 16-March 20, 2002.
• A Review of Atypical Glandular Cells of Undetermined Significance Above the Age of 40 (abstract). Rajan, S., Kang, H.S., Blankstein, J.,
Garon, J. Second World Congress – Controversies in Obstetrics-Gynecology and Infertility, Paris, France, September 6-9, 2001.

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• Utilization of Fresh Frozen Plasma (abstract). Garon, J., Okuno, T. Am. J. Clin. Path. 83(2):268, 1985.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
• Model Practice: Disclosure to the Board. J. Garon, K. Teitelbaum, S. Rossmark. Submitted for publication. J. Patient Safety, 2013.
• Accurate Preoperative Diagnosis of Ovarian Pregnancy with Transvaginal Scan. Natasha Gupta, Anu Gupta, Godwin Onyema, et al. Case
Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 2012, Article ID 934571, 4 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/934571
• Serum Water Analysis in Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia. S. Stosur, N. Liu, S. Rodrigues, C. Sandoval-Herrera, L. Mundt, J. Garon.
Clinical Laboratory Science, 2011; 24(2):99-104.
• The Novel H1N1 Outbreak: Lessons Learned. Garon, J.E., Ying, S.C., Monahan, H., et al. Laboratory Medicine, January 2010.
• Con: Licensure Unnecessary in the Clinical Laboratory. Garon J. Clinical Laboratory Management Review, 2006: 20(1):E3.
• Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma. Kilic, G., Gurates, B., Garon, J., Kang, H., Arun, B., Lampley, C.E., Kurzel,
R., Ashfaq, R. Eur. J. Gynaecol. Oncol., 2005; 26(3):271-4.
• Metastatic pure small-cell carcinoma of prostate. Venkatesh, P.K., Motwani, B., Sherman, N., Ying, S.C., Tilahun, E., Garon, J.E., Feldman,
L., Am. J. Med. Sci., 2004 November;328(5):286-9.
• Patient Safety and the Preanalytic Phase of Testing. Garon, J. Clinical Laboratory Management Review, 2004. 18:322-327.
• Sickle Cell Patient with an Acute Chest Syndrome and a Negative Chest X-Ray: Potential Role of the Ventilation and Perfusion (V/Q) Lung
Scan. Feldman, L., Gross, R., Garon, J., et al. Am. J. Hematology, 2003. 74:1-2.
• Monitoring Low Molecular Weight Heparins. Garon, J. Clinical Laboratory Management Review, 2003, January-February; 17(1): 47-50.
• Facilitating Meetings. Garon, J. Clinical Laboratory Management Review, 2002 July-August; 16(4): 215-223.
• Recent Advances in Parathyroid Disease and Parathyroid Hormone Assays. Garon, J., Liu, N. Clinical Laboratory Management Review.
2002 May – Jun; 16(3): 187-191.
• Wegener’s Granulomatosis Presenting as Subglottic Stenosis. Guerrero, M., Gall, E., Tilahun, E., Garon, J. J. Clin. Rheumatol. 2001;7:91-
96.
• Presentation Skills for the Reluctant Speaker. Garon, J. Clinical Laboratory Management Review, 1999 November-December; 13(6): 372
- 385.
• A New Generation of Thyroid Testing. Liu, N., Garon, J. Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory 8: 29-30, 1999.
• Resumes and Cover Letters: A Guide. Garon, J. Clinical Laboratory Management Review, 1995 July-August; 9(4): 304-310.
• Sciatic Entrapment Neuropathy by Tendonized Muscle - The Pyriformis Syndrome : A Case Report. Richardson, R.R., Garon, J., Sianis, G.J.
J. Neurol. Orthop. Med. Surg., 13:142-145, 1992.
• γδ T cells in Human Decidua. Kadanoff, R., Garon, J., Verp, M., Zilberstein, M. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol., 1993 March; 168(3 pt 1): 831-6.
POSTERS
• Improving OB Physician Alignment. Garon, J., Delves, D., Josephson, L. National Association of Public Hospitals Annual Meeting, June 26,
2012.
• Utilization of Fresh Frozen Plasma. American Society of Clinical Pathologists' Meeting, October 24, 1984.
BOOK REVIEWS AND LETTERS
• Laboratory Error (Letter to the Editor), J. Garon, CAP Today, July 2006.
• Principles of Clinical Laboratory Utilization and Consultation (reviewed in) Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med., 2000; 124:641.
PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS
• Mission-Driven, Hands-On. http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/membership/transformation/new/stories/garon_story.pdf, July 26, 2010.
• TY Stat. Understanding National Patient Safety Goal 2C: Clarity Brings Compliance. Critical Values 2009; 2:34-5.
• Premier, Inc., Press Release. Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Project Shows Any Hospital Can Achieve Positive Results, Regardless of Size,
Location, or Patient-Payer Mix, August 6, 2009. Forbes Online and other media outlets.