Mary Reich Cooper, M.D., J.D.
Program Director, Healthcare Quality and Safety
Program Director, Operational Excellence
Associate Professor, Population Health
Jefferson College of Population Health
Thomas Jefferson University
Mary Reich Cooper MD JD has been Associate Professor of Population Health and
Program Director for Healthcare Quality and Safety and Operational Excellence at the
Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health since January 2016. She
also designed and inaugurated the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Leadership
(QIPS) program and the implementation of the Health System Science curriculum for
the Sidney Kimmel Medical College in the JeffMD curriculum. She is on the Board of
the American College of Medical Quality, the QTIP Editor for the American Journal of
Medical Quality, and a national speaker on patient safety, healthcare quality,
leadership, and social determinants of health.
Much of Dr. Cooper’s career has been leading healthcare quality and patient safety
for academic medical centers and affiliated organizations. She has numerous
publications and grants, and her interests are large-scale change and health policy.
