Dr. Donald M. Berwick MD is a pediatrician who specializes in public health. Currently, he is President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.Dr. Berwick is a former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Before that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement a not-for-profit organization.Dr. Berwick's work focuses on the management of health care systems, with emphasis on using scientific methods and evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness research to improve the tradeoff among quality, safety, and costs.