David J. Ballard

David is a global healthcare executive with demonstrated abilities for improving healthcare value and organizational financial performance while providing international thought leadership.

Prior to joining Mentice, David was Consultant and founding Head of the Mayo Section of Health Services Evaluation, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Emory University, and Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer of Baylor Scott and White Health, the largest health care system in Texas.

He was recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review for many years as one of 50 experts leading the field of patient safety and is a past President of the International Society for Quality in Health Care. Widely recognized as a global scholar in healthcare quality and value, his two books on healthcare quality leadership received Shingo Awards for their contributions to operational excellence in healthcare.

He received in 2008 the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the UNC School of Medicine and the corresponding recognition in 2019 of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He served for a decade on the boards of Baylor Scott and White The Heart Hospital, a highly innovative health care system-physician joint venture hospital, and of the Baylor Scott and White Health and Select Medical long-term care and rehabilitation services joint venture.

He co-founded in May 2020 Concentric Health Alliance, a supply chain company dedicated to the timely provision of low cost and high-quality Personal Protective Equipment, for which he serves as Chief Clinical Officer (https://www.concentrichealthalliance.com/about), serves as an Advisor for Pascal Metrics (the world’s leading health care harm measurement company dedicated to improving patient safety and operational efficiency), and is a member of the UNC Chancellor’s Global Leadership Council.