Leading Quality

Dr. Abraham Jacob, MD, MHA is the Chief Quality Officer for M Health Fairview, where he leads quality, safety, and improvement efforts across a multi-hospital system. He is also an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Jacob began his career as a combined internal medicine and pediatrics clinician and helped start the first Med-Peds primary care practice in the Twin Cities. He later built the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division and served as Chief Medical Officer at M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital, focusing on patient safety, quality, and experience. He holds an MD from the University of Toledo and an MHA from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and his work emphasizes building reliable systems, reducing harm, and developing improvement capability in healthcare.