Marylois Lacey, RN
Deputy Quality Management Officer – Department of Veteran Affairs VISN 7
Dr. Lacey has a tenured history as a mental health practitioner and advocate. Her most recent experience is as the Quality and Patient Safety Consultant for Anesthesia, Eye, Dental and Operative Care Line(s) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Lacey was responsible for direct program coordination and evaluation of OIG, Joint Commission, National Hospital Quality Disease Specific Reporting Measures and External Peer Review Program. Dr. Lacey is also an advocate for Mental Health Parity and changing the face of health care disparities in the private, public and federal sector. To that end, she has surveyed psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities across the Southern and Mid-West Regions as a contractor for the Centers Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). In her role as CEO of Eastern Missouri Psychiatric Centers Dr. Lacey advocated for full practice authority for advanced practice nurses. She also served on the Governor’s Task Force for Mental Health to develop policies and processes to redesign access to Missouri’s mental health system. Dr. Lacey earned her BSN/FNP from the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Clinical Nurse Specialist/MSN from the University of Central Arkansas, and PhD in Health Systems from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She was awarded the Mary Reardon Cass Nursing Research Award from the University of Missouri St. Louis. Dr. Lacey will join the VISN 7 Quality and Patient Safety staff as the Deputy QMO February 13, 2022.
