Tara Cohen
Director, Surgical Safety and Human Factors Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Tara Cohen is listed as Director, Surgical Safety and Human Factors Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Tara is scheduled to speak at 2027 ACGME Annual Educational Conference on 27 February 2027.
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About
Dr. Tara Cohen is the Director of Surgical Safety and Human Factors Research in the Department of Surgery, Director of Simulation Research in the Department of Simulation and Interprofessional Education, and a research scientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In 2017, she earned her doctorate in human factors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Her research interests involve proactive approaches to patient safety through potential threat identification. Dr. Cohen has published her work in a number of peer-reviewed journals including Anaesthesia, the American Journal for Medical Quality, the Journal for Patient Safety, the Journal for Medical Systems and the Journal for Healthcare Quality. She currently serves as the Secretary for the Society of Surgical Ergonomics and is the Co-Chair for the International Symposium on Human Factors in Health Care.
Upcoming
2027 ACGME Annual Educational Conference 24 February 2027 – 27 February 2027
- SES107: Breaking Silos: Human Factors as a Foundation for Leadership Education Speaker · 27 February 2027
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Tara at events on B2DB.
- Abhita T. Reddy Pediatric Otolaryngologist · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 1 shared session
- Nell Forman Pediatric Anesthesiologist · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 1 shared session