Darlene Tad-y, MD

SFHM, Medical Director, Patient Flow, University of Colorado Hospital; Vice President, Clinical Affairs, Colorado Hospital Association, UCHealth

As medical director of patient flow at University of Colorado Hospital, Darlene Tad-y, MD, SFHM, oversees efforts to optimize operational efficiency and ensure patients receive the right care, at the right time, in the right setting. She is also an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine where she is an academic hospitalist.

In her role with the Colorado Hospital Association, Dr. Tad-y is responsible for leading the statewide quality and safety initiatives in Colorado hospitals, overseeing workforce development including physician engagement, hospital emergency preparedness and innovation. She is a faculty member of CU’s Institute for Healthcare Quality, Safety and Efficiency; authored and co-directed the quality improvement curriculum and annual pre-course for the American College of Physicians; teaches for the Quality and Safety Educators Academy; and serves as an assistant editor at the Joint Commission’s Journal of Quality and Patient Safety. She serves on the board of the Society of Hospital Medicine and Colorado’s state health information exchange, CORHIO.

Dr. Tad-y earned her medical degree from St. George’s University. She completed her internal medicine residency at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn and a hospital medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins Bayview.