Arthur Kanowitz

Dr. Kanowitz is an Emergency Physician who has spent the last 16 years of his 47-year career in emergency medicine, working to improve patient safety during airway management. He is currently the chair of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s Airway Safety Workgroup, is the founder of the Airway Safety Movement and is the co-chair of the Society for Airway Management’s Coalition for Unplanned Extubation (UE) Awareness and Prevention. He is also on the Board of Advisors for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. He retired from clinical practice in emergency medicine when he was appointed by Governor Hickenlooper to serve as the Emergency Medical and Trauma Services (“EMTS”) Medical Director for the State of Colorado from April 2008 to March 2017. Dr. Kanowitz has served on numerous regional, state and national committees and councils and is diversely published in medical literature.