Lucian Leape is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health, who has been active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error.[1] In 1994 he had an article, "Error in Medicine," published in JAMA, which called for the application of systems theory to prevent medical errors. In 1997, he testified before a subcommittee of the US Senate with his recommendations for improving medical safety.[2]

Leape earned the Eagle Scout award as a youth and has been recognized by the Boy Scouts of America as a Distinguished Eagle Scout.[3]

He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1959 after receiving an AB from Cornell University in 1952.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Lucian Leape". Harvard School of Public Health. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "Patient Safety Interview: Lucian Leape". World Health Organization. May 2007. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010.
  3. ^ "Distinguished Eagle Scout award recipients". National Eagle Scout Association. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
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