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Karen Wolk Feinstein

Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD is president and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and its two supporting organizations, the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) and Health Careers Futures (HCF). Appointed as the Foundation's first president, Dr. Feinstein has become widely regarded as the national leader in healthare quality improvement and often presents at national and international conferences. She is the author of numerous regional and national publications on quality and safety; she was the editor of the Urban & Social Change Review, and she is the editor of the book Moving Beyond Repair: Perfecting Health Care. Additionally, she has served on the faculties of Boston College and Carnegie Mellon University, and taught at the University of Pittsburgh.