John Toussaint
MD
Executive Chairman
Catalysis Inc.
John Toussaint, MD is an Internist and one of the foremost figures in the adoption of organizational excellence principles in healthcare. He founded Catalysis a nonprofit education institute in 2008.Catalysis has launched peer-to-peer learning networks, developed in-depth workshops, and created many products – including books, DVDs and webinars. Catalysis sponsors the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit each year – both in the U.S. and in Europe.
He has published articles in major medical journals such as Health Affairs and JAMA and in major business journals such as Harvard Business Review. He has written three award winning books chronicling the journey of many organization on the journey to enterprise excellence. He continues to be a student of building excellence into healthcare operations. He has learned from over 220 organizations in 19 countries transferring this knowledge into articles and books and to executive teams around the world.