Steve Chafe, Patient Safety Expert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Chafe, Patient Safety Coach

Steve Chafe has over 18 years of military experience and currently serves in the U.S. Air Force Reserve as a C-130 Instructor Pilot, Assistant Director of Operations, and he facilitates the Crew Resource Management program for the 440th Airlift Wing. He has brought this same intense CRM training to over 700 physicians, nurses, and other health professionals at hospitals throughout the country including The University of Missouri, Provena Health System, University of California—Irvine, and the Mount Carmel Health System. In addition, he is also qualified to conduct Risk Assessments and Hardwired Safety Tools workshops.

Mr. Chafe's flying experience includes more than 400 combat sorties in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa. He was hired by American Airlines in 2001 and is qualified in the MD-80 aircraft.

Steve Chafe received a Bachelor's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering and was commissioned into the Air Force from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. Mr. Chafe was awarded a scholarship from the Air Force Institute of Technology to pursue a Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering with a focus on process improvement and human factors. He then was assigned to the Air Education and Training Command as a Flight Test Program Manager and Test Director.

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