Yan Xiao, PhD Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Information Systems Director, Research in Patient Safety PhD, Human Factors 410-328-7179 yxiao@umaryland.edu
Experience & Interests	Yan Xiao, PhD, is associate professor (tenured) of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Information Systems at University of Maryland Baltimore County. Yan Xiao earned a PhD in Industrial Engineering (Human Factors) from University of Toronto. Dr. Xiao directs research in patient safety as part of Program in Trauma. He is also Associate Director for Research, Center for Advancement in Patient Safety at University of Maryland, as part of University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Xiao is principal investigator of three consortium projects funded by National Science Foundation on coordination in mission-critical settings. He consulted for Nortel Networks, GE Medical Systems, and Aethon. His previous research was sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NASA, and Army Research Institute, and National Patient Safety Foundation. He published over 50 journal articles and over 100 conference proceeding articles. His recent publications are in /Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Journal of America Medical Informatics Association, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Journal of American College of Surgeons, Management Science /and/ Administrative Science Quarterly/. Dr. Xiao is associate editor of /IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, Part A/, and on editorial board of /Human Factors/.  He has been on review panels for the federal agencies such as National Science Foundation, NASA, and Department of Defense. His research interests include team performance, video-based performance measures and education, coordination studies, asynchronous communication and computer supported cooperative work.
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