Brent C. James MD

Dr. James is the Vice President for the Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research at Intermountain Healthcare and is known internationally for his work in clinical quality improvement, patient safety, and the infrastructure that underlies successful improvement efforts, such as culture change, data systems, payment methods, and management roles.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine and participated in many of that organization’s seminal works on quality and patient safety. He holds faculty appointments at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and the University of Sydney, Australia, School of Public Health. Through the Intermountain Advanced Training Program in Clinical Practice Improvement (ATP), he has trained more than 1,500 senior physician, nursing, and administrative executives, drawn from around the world, in clinical management methods, with proven improvement results (with 14 “daughter” training programs now running in five countries).

Dr. James received his medical degree from the University of Utah and completed his General Surgery residency at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1978 – 1979. Additionally, he completed his Master’s degree of Biostatistics at the University of Utah in 1984. He is board certified in Surgery