Mary Naylor, PhD, RN, Professor in Gerontology, Director of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Dr. Naylor is the Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology and Director of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Since 1989, Dr. Naylor has led an interdisciplinary program of research designed to improve the quality of care, decrease unnecessary hospitalizations, and reduce health care costs for vulnerable community-based elders. Dr. Naylor is also the National Program Director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program, Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine in 2005. She also is a member of the RAND Health Board, the National Quality Forum Board of Directors and chairs the Board of the Long Term Quality Alliance. She was recently appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Dr. Naylor received her MSN and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.S. in Nursing from Villanova University.