Present-GS1-Healthcare-Clinical-Advisory-Committee

The GS1 Healthcare Clinical Advisory Committee was initiated in 2016 and had a formalised start in 2017
Present members (September 2021):
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Prof. Dr. Susan Moffatt-Bruce, Cardiothoracic surgeon, CEO of the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada; Professor of Surgery and BioMedical Informatics, Executive Director University
Hospital, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA (present chair of the
GS1 Healthcare Clinical Advisory Committee)

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Dr. Eric Hans Eddes, senior advisor ICHOM (July 2021); Previous functions: Gastro-Intestinal and
Oncological Surgeon, Deventer Hospital, the Netherlands; Director Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing,
the Netherlands

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Mr Keith Jones, Head & Neck surgeon, Clinical Director for Head, Neck, Ophthalmology and Plastic
Surgery, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, UK

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Prof.dr. Rainer Petzina, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Head of quality management, risk management and
patient safety, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Lorna Wilkinson, Chief of Nursing and Midwifery, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK

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Hennie Mulder, Operating Room Nurse and Quality & Safety Coordinator Máxima Medical Centre,
Veldhoven in the Netherlands; Vice-president & treasurer of the Dutch Organization for Perioperative
Care (LVO); editor of OK Operationeel/LVO Journal; chair GS1 Netherlands’ healthcare group on
traceability

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Dr. Bo Danielsen, DDS, MBA, MIL, Director School of Oral Health Care, University of Copenhagen,
Denmark; teaching member of the dental team since 1986, and has a long standing interest in
computer assisted learning and how the digital transformation can improve our lives

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Dr. Javier Sala Mercado, Cardiologist, Vice CMO & COO Model Institute of Cardiology, Córdoba,
Argentina; Director of the Cardiology Program, National University of Cordoba, Argentina. Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Physiology, Wayne State University, Michigan, USA; Member of the Solution Set
Oversight Committee of the American College of Cardiology, Washington DC, USA; Founder of the Lean
Institute Argentina

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Mr Sotiris Tsiafos - Tsiaras, Colonel Pharmacist, MSc Logistics & Supply Chain Management; Hospital
pharmacist and Hospital Supply Chain Supervisor at the 401 General Military Hospital of the Greek
Army in Athens, Greece. Recently was logistics specialist in the Greek national covid-19 vaccination
campaign task force.

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Dr. Kiyohito Tanaka, Gastroenterologist, Deputy Hospital President, Chief Information officer at the
Japanese Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. Recent was chief program director of UDI Utilization

Promotion Project in the Medical Institutions by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan.

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Dr. Gordana Kalan Živčec, MD, Specialist in Emergency Medicine; Founder of a private clinic for family
medicine, emergency medicine, anti-aging medicine (Master Doctor); Founder of Medico Veritas Ltd,
agency for facilitating communication between patient and medical providers Slovenia; former President
of Medical Chamber of Slovenia.

Former members:
➢ Dr. David Vaughan, Director of Quality and Patient Safety, Children’s Hospital Group comprising three
Dublin children's hospital; a Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician; member ISQua Board; previously
Executive Director and Clinical Director of Quality & Safety for Hamad Medical Corporation; Ireland
(2017 - 2019)
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Mr David Berridge, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Chief Medical Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust (LTHT), UK (2017 – retirement April 2021)