Title: Becoming the Best at Getting Better… What does it take?
Speakers: Gorette Amaral, MHS, Executive Administrator of SMCI
Date: November 10, 2026 from 12:00-1:00pm on ZOOM
Lecture Description: Gorette Amaral joined the Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement (SMCI) as Executive Administrator on September 8, 2026. Her lecture will review the Quality Improvement principles guiding SMCI and engage the audience in discussion on what it takes to “become the best at getting better” at SMCI and beyond.
Speaker Bio: As SMCI’s operations leader, Gorette partners with faculty, staff, and leaders across the Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health to advance SMCI’s strategy, strengthen the systems that support our work, and expand the Center’s impact across Stanford Medicine and beyond.
Gorette brings more than 20 years of experience in health care operations, performance improvement, and strategic planning. Throughout her career, she has focused on building the teams, management systems, and improvement capabilities that enable people to do their best work and create greater value for patients and the people who care for them.
Gorette earned a bachelor’s degree in Human Biology from Stanford University and a Master of Health Sciences from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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