ECRI Leaders Named Among Becker’s Patient Safety Experts to Know
ECRI is proud to announce that President and CEO Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD, and Shannon Davila, Executive Director of Total Systems Safety, have been named to the Becker’s Hospital Review 2025 list of Patient Safety Experts to Know.
The annual list recognizes leaders across the U.S. who are driving meaningful improvements in care quality, reducing patient harm, and shaping the future of healthcare safety. This year’s honorees include executives from leading health systems, patient advocacy groups, federal agencies, and national quality organizations.
Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD
Dr. Schabacker leads ECRI’s global mission to advance healthcare safety through data-driven insights, smart system design, human factors engineering, and cultural transformation for the workforce. Under his leadership, ECRI has expanded to serve more than 70 countries. Two out of three healthcare providers in the U.S. and more worldwide rely on ECRI's expertise. He is a passionate, vocal advocate for patient safety, care accessibility, health equity and evidence-based medicine. Read more about Dr. Schabacker.
Shannon Davila, MSN, RN, CPPS, CIC, CPHQ, FAPIC
Shannon Davila leads one of the nation’s largest patient safety organizations – the ECRI and ISMP PSO – and she pioneered ECRI’s total systems safety program to prevent patient harm. Under her leadership, ECRI’s database of safety incidents has grown to the largest of its kind in the industry – with over 7 million events analyzed by ECRI. In 2024, she led a falls prevention collaborative involving 40 hospitals; spearheaded ECRI’s focus on preventing medical gaslighting; and launched the SALUTE program to improve care for veterans.
Becker’s recognition underscores the significant impact ECRI’s leaders are making to protect patients and improve healthcare systems. Read more about Becker’s patient safety honorees for 2025.
Contact Yvonne Rhodes, ECRI’s Director of Strategic Communications & Operations, at YRhodes@ECRI.org.
About ECRI
ECRI is an independent, nonprofit organization improving the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care across all healthcare settings. With a focus on technology evaluation and safety, ECRI is respected and trusted by healthcare leaders and agencies worldwide. For more than fifty-five years, ECRI has built its reputation on integrity and disciplined rigor, with an unwavering commitment to independence and strict conflict-of-interest rules. ECRI is the only organization worldwide to conduct independent medical device evaluations, with labs located in North America and Asia Pacific. ECRI is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ECRI acquired The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in 2020 to address one of the most prolific causes of preventable harm in healthcare, medication errors; then acquired The Just Culture Company in 2024 to transform healthcare workplace cultures – thus creating one of the largest healthcare quality and safety entities in the world. Visit www.ecri.org to learn more.