P. Daniel Patterson

P. Daniel Patterson, PhD, MS, MPH, NRP, FAEMS, is the James O. Page Professor of emergency healthcare worker safety and an associate professor in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine with a secondary appointment in the Department of Community Health Services and Rehabilitation Science.

Dr. Patterson studies safety in emergency care settings with special emphasis on safety culture, fatigue, shift work, sleep health, teamwork, medical errors and adverse events, and clinician injury in the prehospital EMS setting. Collaborations have led to creation of reliable and valid safety measurement tools and establishing base rate data for key indicators of EMS safety, fatigue, and sleep health. He has led multi-disciplinary teams in evidence reviews and experimental studies testing novel interventions to improve safety and sleep health, and mitigate workplace fatigue. His research is informed by immersion in the EMS setting as a paramedic clinician.