Kate Kellogg, MD, MPH

Dr. Kellogg is Vice President, Patient Safety & Infection Prevention for MedStar Health, and assistant professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She leads patient safety across the MedStar Health enterprise and oversees systemwide infection prevention operations, which included operational leadership of the COVID-19 infection prevention response. She is a board-certified attending emergency physician, and an attending emergency physician at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center ED in Washington DC. Dr. Kellogg’s background includes training in systems engineering, human factors, and patient safety. Prior to her current position, she served in several MedStar Health leadership roles including associate medical director, MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, assistant vice president ambulatory quality and safety, and assistant vice president safety. Her work on patient safety, emergency care, and systems-based risk mitigation has been funded by AHRQ and published in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Kellogg received her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry which included a human factors/system safety engineering research year. She completed residency in emergency medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and a Master of public health from Dartmouth College. Dr. Kellogg is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and a Certified Professional in Patient Safety.