Karin Larson-Pollock

Chief Quality Officer of the Puget Sound Region at Swedish Health Services

Karin is passionate about optimizing analytics and process improvement to foster value-driven care across the care continuum. Prior to this role, Karin served almost a decade at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, most recently as the Executive Director, Chief Quality & Analytics Officer. In her role, Karin led value-driven change strategy and architecture - including care process transformation, reporting and benchmarking analytics, quality systems and structures, operational excellence (Lean/Six Sigma) and Care Management/Utilization Management.

Dr. Larson-Pollock graduated from The University of Montana with a degree in Business Administration/Marketing and a minor in German. After serving as a Small Business Advisor with the U.S. Peace Corps in Kenya, she returned to the U.S. for graduate studies, receiving a Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University Medical School, a Masters in Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and more recently a Certificate in Business Analytics from Harvard University’s Business Analytics Program. Prior to her role with Providence, Karin served as Vice President of Operations at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.