Kathryn K. Leonhardt

Dr. Kathy Leonhardt is the Principal Consultant for Quality & Patient Safety at Joint Commission International. She is a preventive medicine/public health physician with over 30 years of experience in public, private, and academic health care organizations.

Dr. Leonhardt has held leadership roles in quality, patient safety and patient experience. Her research and publications have included epidemiologic investigations, Phase III clinical trials and quality improvement projects, including an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded (AHRQ) project on patient advisory councils. Through the JCI Quality Management & Patient Safety Program, Dr. Leonhardt has led the education and training of 2,200 health care professionals from over 35 countries.