Carole Hemmelgarn, MS

Senior Director

Executive Master’s Program for Clinical Quality, Safety and Leadership at Georgetown University

Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, is the director for the Executive Master’s program for Clinical Quality, Safety and Leadership at Georgetown University, and the senior director of Education for the MedStar Institute for Quality & Safety. Carole graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in speech communication.

She received a master’s degree in patient safety leadership from the University of Illinois Chicago, and a second master’s degree in health care ethics from Creighton University. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago for ten years teaching in their master’s program for patient safety.

Hemmelgarn is involved in patient safety work across the country. She sits on the Leapfrog Patient & Family Caregiver Expert Panel, Board of Quality, Safety and Experience at Children’s Hospital Colorado, Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Collaborative at Children’s Hospital Colorado, Clinical Excellence Council for the Colorado Hospital Association, and the Board of Directors for the Collaborative for Accountability and Improvement.