Robert J. Laskowski

President and CEO
Christiana Care Health System
501 West 14^th Street
P.O. Box 1668
Wilmington, DE 19899
(302) 428-2570
rlaskowski@christianacare.org

Education/Certification

Education

• 1970-74 B.A., University of Pennsylvania (U. of PA)
• 1974-78 M.D., University of PA School of Medicine
• 1981-83 M.B.A., Wharton Graduate School of Management,
  University of PA (Health Care Administration)
• 1982 New England Epidemiology Institute (Summer Program)

Certification

• American Board of Internal Medicine, Certified 1981,
  Recertified 1993, 2000, 2003
• Geriatric Medicine (ACP), Certified 1988, Recertified, 1998, 2008

Licensure

• Pennsylvania
• Delaware

Professional Experience

• April 2003 – Present, President and Chief Executive Officer
  Christiana Care Health System

Academic Appointments

• April 2010 – present, Senior Fellow, Jefferson School of Population Health
  Thomas Jefferson University
• January 2004 – present, Professor of Clinical Medicine
  Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Medical College
• July 2001 – January 2003, Associate Professor of Health Evaluation Sciences
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  Penn State University College of Medicine
  
• June 2000 – January 2003, Associate Dean for Medical Education
  Penn State University College of Medicine
• September 1999 – June 2001, Professor of Clinical Health Evaluation Sciences
  Penn State University College of Medicine
• January 1995 – June 2001, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
  Penn State University College of Medicine
• January 1995 – June 2000, Assistant Dean for Medical Education
  Pennsylvania State University/College of Medicine

Previous Positions:

• November 1997 – January 2003, Chief Medical Officer, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health
  Network, Allentown, PA
• January 1995 – November 1997, Senior Vice President, Clinical Services
  Lehigh Valley Hospital
• July 1986 – December 1994, Group Medical Director and President
  Northeast Permanente Medical Group (CT), P.C.
  Associate Regional Medical Director
  Northeast Region, Kaiser Permanente
  Vice President
  Northeast Permanente Management Corporation
  
• 1984 - 1986 Faculty Associate, Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania
• 1981 - 1983 Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics,
  University of Pennsylvania

Recent Publications/Books & Publications

• Laskowski, R: The Current Status of Outcomes Management: and the issue of Well-Versus Ill- Defined Pathways to Quality Improvement, Current Medicine, 1997, Vol. 1, pp 109-111.
• Young, M.J., Laskowski, R.J., Sussman, E.J., How a Community
• Teaching Hospital is Changing to Better Serve Its Community, Academic Medicine, Vol 73, No. 5, May, 1998, pp. 488-493.
• Hotvedt, Martyn O, Laskowski, R.J., Establishing Priorities for Hospital Education, The Journal of Continuing Education in Health Professions, Vol 22, No. 3, Summer 2002, pp.181-186.
• Mawji, Zubina, Stillman, Paula, Laskowski, Robert, Karoly, Elizabeth, Capuano, Terry, Sussman, Elliot, First Do No Harm: Integrating Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, Vol. 28, No. 7, July 2002.

Grants

• September 1995, Pool Trust Health Care Trust, funding for Strategic Plan for Medical Education at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Medical Education in a Community Model of Care, $1.7 million - 3 years.
• September 1999, Pool Trust Health Care Trust, funding for Strategic Plan for Education at Lehigh Valley Hospital, A Medicine in the Community: Learning to Serve and Innovate, $2.4 million - 3 years.

Honors & Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa, University of Pennsylvania, 1973
• B.A., summa cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1974
• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1978
• Mosby Book Award for Academic Achievement, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1978
• Paul K. Weatherly Award Recognizing Excellence, Delaware Technical & Community College (also Keynote Speaker at Commencement Ceremony), 2006
• The Boy Scouts of America 2010 Citizen of the Year Award, 2010

Professional Membership

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Alpha Omega Alpha
• American College of Physicians (Fellow)
• Society for General Internal Medicine
• American Medical Society
• American Geriatrics Society
• Gerontological Society of America
• Fellow, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
• Association for Health Services Research
• American College of Physician Executives
• American Public Health Association
• Medical Society of Delaware
• Delaware Academy of Medicine
• American Medical Association
• Academy Health
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American College of Healthcare Executives