Patti A. Spaar, MS

Patti Spaar is a Senior Clinical Safety and Research Specialist at the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare. She is certified in Emergency Nursing and has a unique background in clinical nursing and quality and safety. As a systems safety analyst, she analyzes safety hazards and provides recommendations for mitigation of patient and provider concerns. She currently supports projects focused on safe medication administration and wide scale analysis of patient safety event reports. In addition, she is part of a multidisciplinary team working on determining how to best serve patients in the digital healthcare space. Through her prior clinical experience at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, as well as her time as Quality Coordinator, she has experience in engaging with clinicians and patients alike. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing from Stevenson University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. In her free time, Patti enjoys traveling, hiking, spending time with her family, and playing with her black Lab, Ruthie.