Paul M. Schyve, M.D.
Senior Advisor, Healthcare Improvement
Paul M. Schyve, M.D. is Senior Advisor, Healthcare Improvement at The Joint Commission. From 1993 until 2011, Dr. Schyve was Senior Vice President; from 1989 until 1993, he was Vice President for Research and Standards; and from 1986 until 1989, he was the Director of Standards at The Joint Commission. Prior to joining The Joint Commission, Dr. Schyve was the Clinical Director of the State of Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
Dr. Schyve is certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is a Founding Advisor of Consumers Advancing Patient Safety, the Chair of the Ethical Force Oversight Body of the Institute of Ethics at the American Medical Association, a former Trustee of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Health Information Technology.He has served on numerous advisory panels for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Schyve has published in the areas of psychiatric treatment and research, psychopharmacology, quality assurance, continuous quality improvement, health care accreditation, patient safety, health care ethics, and cultural and linguistic competence.
Dr. Schyve received his undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He completed his medical education and residency in psychiatry at the University of Rochester, and has subsequently held a variety of professional and academic appointments in the areas of mental health and hospital administration, including as Director of the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago.
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