 Thomas G. Zidel, MBA
President
Tom is president of Lean Hospitals, a consulting company, which provides consulting, facilitation and training to healthcare organizations. With more than 25 years of experience in Lean and Six Sigma implementation, he has guided many organizations on their Lean journey. He has dedicated the last ten years to working exclusively with healthcare organizations and is the author of the best selling book “A Lean Guide to Transforming Healthcare, How to Implement Lean Principles in Hospitals, Medical Offices, Clinics and Other Healthcare Organizations” which has been translated to Hindi and Korean as well. Tom has trained and/or mentored overa thousand healthcare professionals in the use of Lean and DMAIC methods and tools in many of our nations leading hospitals, including Yale New-Haven Health System, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Aurora Health Care.
Tom Zidel is a pioneer in Lean implementation in healthcare. His presentations and workshops are stimulating, energetic and applicable. His unique approach to Lean implementation allows organizations to sustain their Lean initiative by creating a Lean culture and developing in-house experts in both Lean and Six Sigma. In Tom’s most recent book presently in the process of publication “Lean Healthcare Reform, Saving Billions in Healthcare Costs”, he explains the key components and supporting elements necessary to create a truly Lean enterprise.
Tom has a passion for Lean and presents it as a viable solution to many of the issues facing healthcare today. His presentations are stimulating and provide insight into the need for Lean implementation in healthcare. His goal is to create a Lean culture in healthcare organizations that can sustain the Lean initiative on their own without the need for outside support.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the University of Hartford
- Master of Business Administration from Western New England College
- Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt
- Author of “A Lean Guide to Transforming Healthcare, How to Implement Lean Principles in Hospitals, Medical Offices, Clinics and Other Healthcare Organizations” and soon to be published “Lean Healthcare Reform, Saving
Billions in Healthcare Costs”
 Danielle Lavallee, PharmD, PhD
Senior Healthcare Consultant, Lean and Six Sigma
Danielle is a consultant and facilitator for Lean Hospitals, a consulting company that works exclusively with healthcare organizations. She has a wide range of project experience implementing both lean and six sigma principles. Danielle provides a level of expertise and experience that many organizations cannot support on an on-going basis. She is committed to providing healthcare organizations with the specific knowledge that allows them to successfully implement lean and six sigma methodologies to reduce costs, enhance revenue, and increase productivity.
Danielle was previously the Director of the Center for Medication Use and Outcomes Research at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Her work and research focuses on improving the efficiency of healthcare practices through the incorporation of lean principles. Her current research and practice is focused on pharmaceutical/health outcomes research and improving medication management services. She has extensive experience in the collection and analyses of data from surveys and clinical data sets.
Danielle holds a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Kansas and earned her Doctor of Philosophy from Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research at the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, and is a Lean Hospitals Certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
 Sam Hoskins, MA
Senior Consultant, Mistake Proofing
Sam has been a Productivity, Inc.-certified Mistake-Proofing trainer for over 11 years and has facilitated dozens of successful Lean and Mistake-Proofing events.
His wide-ranging career includes large plant maintenance for Underwriters Laboratories, and he was a Senior Customer Engineer for IBM. In addition, he was on faculty as an aviation technology instructor at Southern Illinois University.
Sam has extensive hands-on safety and manufacturing experience, spending nine years as a manufacturing quality engineer and most recently as Quality Manager for Dyno Nobel, an international explosives company. His projects included ergonomic and safety improvements to the workplace, machine reliability, various cost reductions, and of course, designing Mistake-Proofing devices, facilitating and training. Sam holds degrees in aviation maintenance, engineering, and an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems from Southern Illinois University and is an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. |
