Paul Sharek

Paul Sharek serves as the Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer, as well as Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Safety at Seattle Children's since November 2018. In addition, Paul holds the position of Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington and Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University, where Paul previously served in various roles including Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics from 1998 to 2018. Paul's earlier experience includes serving as Medical Director at the Center for Quality and Clinical Effectiveness and Chief Clinical Patient Safety Officer at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Academic qualifications include a Doctor of Medicine from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Pomona College.