Patricia A. Gabow
Patricia A. Gabow | |
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| Born | Patricia Anne Acquaviva January 1944 (age 80–81) |
| Education | B.S.Seton Hill College, 1965 M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1969 |
| Occupation(s) | Academic Physician, Medical Director, Denver Healh CEO |
| Years active | 1973–2012 |
| Organization(s) | Denver Health & Hospital Authority, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Known for | Model safety net healthcare system |
| Spouse | Harold N. Gabow (m. 1971) |
| Children | 2 |
| Honours | Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, 2004 |
Patricia Anne Gabow (née Acquaviva; born January 1944) is an American academic physician, medical researcher, healthcare executive, author and lecturer. Specializing in nephrology, she joined the department of medicine, division of renal diseases, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1973, advancing to a full professorship in 1987; she is presently Professor Emerita. She was the principal investigator on the National Institutes of Health Human Polycystic Kidney Disease research grant, which ran from 1985 to 1999, and defined the clinical manifestations and genetics of the disease in adults and children.
She served for two decades as CEO of Denver Health, an integrated public healthcare system in Denver, Colorado, where she implemented numerous business-based systems to streamline operations, improve patient care, and realize cost savings. In particular, her introduction of the "Lean" quality-improvement system, based on the Toyota Production System, earned her national recognition. She is the author of more than 150 articles and book chapters, four books, and has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, physician care, and leadership. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2004.