Steven Chinn, DPM, MS, MBA, FACHE, CJCP, CPHQ, CPPS
Dr. Steven Chinn has more than 30 years of clinical and senior management experience in acute care, behavioral health, ambulatory, and integrated delivery care settings. Currently, Dr. Chinn is a Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine. His focus is high reliability implementation and medical error reduction.
Dr. Chinn has extensive hands-on experience with quality management, patient safety, risk management, medical staff affairs, infection control, and health care operations. He has previously served as Accreditation/Regulatory Officer at Stanford Health Care, chief quality officer roles in the Kaiser Permanente and Veteran Health Administration systems. He has also served as a faculty member providing educational presentations on hospital and ambulatory accreditation standards, performance improvement, patient safety, high reliability, and medical staff issues. He has provided consultation services throughout the United States and in France for academic, public, community and children medical centers, United States Department of Defense, Veteran Health Administration, and NASA.
Dr. Chinn was formerly a Joint Commission surveyor for the hospital, ambulatory, behavioral health care, and network programs, as well as a health plan evaluator for the California Department of Corporation.
Professional Experience
Interim Director, Occupational Health Services, Stanford Medicine, Stanford, CA
Chief Accreditation/Regulatory Officer, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA
Patient Safety Officer, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA
Administrative Director, Quality Management and Accreditation & Regulatory Affairs, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA
Assistant Administrator, Quality and Safety, and Corporate Compliance Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA
Chief, Quality Management, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Director, Performance Improvement & Compliance Officer, Ardent Health Services-Fremont, Fremont, CA
Chief Operating Officer, HealthTech Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
Vice President & Dean for Clinical Affairs, California College of Podiatric Medicine & Pacific Coast Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Surveyor, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Faculty Appointments
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Clinical Faculty, Department of Orthopedics, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Professional Certifications
Certified Joint Commission Professional (CJCP)
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)
Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE)
Education
Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine, California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Master of Business Administration, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Master of Podiatric Surgical Education, California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco, CA