Welcome to the Florida TQIP Collaborative. The Florida Committee on Trauma is leading the development of a Florida collaborative to improve the quality of care for trauma patients in Florida and link the trauma community to the Florida Trauma System Advisory Council.
Mission: The Florida TQIP Collaborative works collaboratively with all Florida trauma centers to provide careful analysis of statewide quality data to identify opportunities for improvement that will allow all Florida trauma centers to provide the highest quality of trauma care for its citizens and visitors.
Vision: The Florida TQIP Collaborative will strive to improve quality of trauma care to reduce morbidity and mortality while reducing healthcare costs of trauma care across all trauma centers in Florida so that Florida trauma centers are the nation’s leaders in trauma care.
Steering Committee
Position | Name | Institution |
Executive Director | Ralph Barker, MD | HCA Florida Blake Hospital |
FCOT State Chair | Peter Pappas, MD | University of Central Florida |
Level 1 TPM Representative | Candace Pineda | Memorial Health |
Level 1 TMD Representative |
Tracy Zito, MD
Gabriel Ruiz, MD (alt)
|
Orlando Health
University of Miami
|
Level 2 TPM Representative | Vacant | Vacant |
Level 2 TMD Representative |
Darwin Ang, MD
Joshua Hagan, MD (alt)
|
HCA Florida Ocala Hospital |
Pediatric Trauma Center TPM | Shakeva Swain | Nicklaus Children's |
Pediatric Trauma Center TMD | Keith Thatch, MD |
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital |
Trauma Registrar | Tabetha Harris | UF Health Gainesville |
Ex-Officio Chair | Nicholas Namias, MD | University of Miami |
Florida Dept. of Health |
Michael Leffler* | Florida Dept. of Health |
*Ex-Officio, non-voting role |
Education Sessions:
Additional Resources:
Governing Documents:
Stay tuned for more information and resources as the FL TQIP Collaborative progresses. If you have any questions regarding this initiative, please feel free to contact David Ebler, MD FLTQIP Executive Director at fltqip@floridacot.org.