Appointed Member, Women in Leadership Advisory Council View the council →

Appointed as an Executive Advisor to the University of North Georgia Women in Leadership Program, supporting curriculum design, applied research, and industry insight.

Dr. Prerna S. Kahlon is a healthcare executive with over 24 years of experience in applying improvement science to deliver high quality clinical and operational outcomes at department, hospital and system level. In her various roles, she has driven the creation of an effective multi-disciplinary infrastructure for quality management by leveraging her clinical knowledge and experience with diverse hospital cultures; and complex organizations. Presently, she is Vice President, Quality and Process Improvement at Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia. Previously, she was Director, Quality Management and Performance Improvement at Boston Children’s Hospital. She also led hospital and system-wide Radiology quality efforts at Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare Boston. She has a Dental Surgery degree from Bangalore University, India and a Master’s in Public Health Administration from the Sawyer School of Management, Suffolk University, Boston. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality®; Certified Professional in Patient Safety™; a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and High Reliability certified trainer. She has also served as a member of the Boston Women's Leadership Council, the Board of Directors Quality Committee for Franciscan Children's Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts, the national Quality and Safety Leaders Committee for the Children’s Hospital Association, on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Association for Healthcare Quality. Dr. Kahlon was the Capstone Director; and advisor for the Harvard Medical School Southeast Asia Healthcare Leadership and China Hospital Leadership and Management programs from October 2017 through May 2020. Dr. Kahlon has presented at numerous national and international conferences; and is a co-author of numerous peer-reviewed publications in patient safety and healthcare quality.