Sheldon Horowitz, MD
Sheldon D. Horowitz is Special Advisor to the President of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. He is the Principal Investigator and Medical Executive for Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP). He has played a leadership role in ABMS initiatives on physician competence, maintenance of certification, assessment/improvement of physician practice performance and patient safety.

Dr. Horowitz received his AB degree from UCLA and his MD degree from the UCLA School of Medicine. He completed a pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and a pediatric immunology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison. He is board certified in pediatrics and allergy & immunology.

Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH
Darren A. DeWalt is assistant professor in the division of general internal medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is board-certified in pediatrics and internal medicine. Dr. DeWalt led the IPIP design team and is currently Director of Evaluation for the IPIP program. Dr. DeWalt is a former Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He completed his residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at UNC where he also served as chief resident in internal medicine. He received his medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Peter Margolis, MD, PhD
Peter Margolis is a Professor of Pediatrics and Co-Director of the Center for Health Care Quality at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Margolis obtained his MD from New York University and his pediatric training at the University of Colorado, where he also served as Chief Resident in Pediatrics. He subsequently spent three years in the National Health Service Corps in Rochester, NY, and Los Angeles, CA before pursuing a fellowship in clinical epidemiology. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he also earned his Ph.D. in Epidemiology. In 1994, Dr. Margolis was named a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Faculty Scholar at UNC where he also served on the faculty between 1991 and 2005.

In 2006, Dr. Margolis joined Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to create a new center focused on Health Care Quality. His work encompasses the application and study of quality improvement methods in a broad range of areas including primary and sub-specialty care and public health settings to improve the health outcomes of children, families and communities.

Dr. Margolis leads the IPIP National Quality Improvement Team. He provides direction for improvement activities, reliability, spread and innovation.