Marty B. Scott

Dr. Scott is senior vice president and chief quality officer for Meridian Health. He completed his undergraduate work at David Lipscomb College in Nashville and earned his medical degree at the University of Louisville. Dr. Scott served as a pediatric resident at the University of Louisville Affiliated Hospitals and Kosair Children’s Hospital. He was selected for fellowship training in pediatric critical care at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Mercer University School of Medicine.

Dr. Scott served as vice president for patient safety and quality initiatives at Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, and held clinical responsibilities in the pediatric intensive care unit there. While at MUMC, he was director of patient safety and quality for the George and Marie Backus Children’s Hospital and the Women’s Health Institute. Dr. Scott joined Wake Forest Baptist Health as vice president of Brenner Children’s Hospital in October 2010, and as a leader in children’s health care and administration, Scott served as Brenner’s senior administrative executive.

With a career-long focus on quality in health care, Dr. Scott has led initiatives that reduced medication errors and events of patient harm. He is a certified patient safety officer and holds Six Sigma Black Belt certification for quality control expertise.