Scott Berns

As president and CEO of the National Institute for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ), Scott Berns leads initiatives aimed at driving change to improve children's health. He has extensive experience working to enhance the health of children and families across academic, clinical, nonprofit and public health settings. Scott is a recognized expert in quality improvement science and has published extensively. He is passionate about rapid quality improvement for child health, knowing that children's health cannot wait the decades that change often takes. Scott is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric emergency physician. He is a clinical professor of pediatrics and clinical professor of health services, policy and practice at Brown University. He is also co-founder of The Progeria Research Foundation, and serves as its chairman of the board. Scott received his bachelor and medical degrees from Boston University and earned his masters of public health degree from Harvard University.