Steven Chinn, DPM, MS, MBA, FACHE, CJCP, CPHQ, CPPS

Steven Chinn has more than 35 years of clinical and senior management experience in acute care, behavioral health, ambulatory, and integrated delivery care settings. He is currently the Clinical Operations Manager, Occupational Health Center for Stanford University. In his previous role as Chief Accreditation/Regulatory Officer, he oversaw Stanford Health Care’s accreditation, regulatory, and licensure compliance programs. He is a Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine.

Dr. Chinn has extensive hands-on experience with quality management, patient safety, risk management, medical staff affairs, infection control, and health care inpatient and outpatient operations. He serves as an education faculty member and provides educational presentations on hospital and ambulatory accreditation standards, performance improvement, patient safety, high reliability, and medical staff issues. He also serves as a consultant working with healthcare organizations throughout the United States, including academic medical centers, community and rural health organizations, United States Department of Defense, Veteran Health Administration, and NASA. He has also conducted consultations and educational programs in Europe.

Dr. Chinn was formerly a Joint Commission surveyor for the ambulatory, hospital, behavioral health care, and network programs, as well as a health plan evaluator for the California Department of Corporation.

Dr. Chinn earned his Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine from the California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco, CA. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, and his Master of Podiatric Surgical Education, California College of Podiatric Medicine in San Francisco, CA.