John J. Nance, JD, is a founding member of the National Patient Safety Foundation and a thought leader on change in America’s healthcare system and improving patient safety and satisfaction. Mr. Nance is a world class speaker, consultant, author and regular contributor to ABC World News and Good Morning America. He brings a rich diversity of professional training and background to the quest of patient safety and medical practice improvement. His new book, Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care (Second River Healthcare Press, 2008), is reinventing the cultural foundations of healthcare and bringing clarity to the decade-long patient safety and quality care debate.

Mr. Nance is a native Texan who earned his Bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University (SMU) and his Juris Doctor degree from SMU School of Law before admission to the Texas bar. Installed as a Distinguished Alumni of Southern Methodist University in 2002, he is also a decorated Air Force officer-pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield. He is a Lt. Colonel in the USAF Reserve well known for his pioneering involvement in Air Force human factors flight safety education.

A best-selling author, Mr. Nance has 18 major books published (five non-fiction, 13 fiction), two of which, Pandora’s Clock and Medusa’s Child, were both made into major, successful two-part mini-series for NBC and ABC respectively.