Christopher Landrigan

Christopher Landrigan is Chief of General Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, Director of the Sleep and Patient Safety Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and holds the William Berenberg Professorship of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He founded the Harvard Work Hours, Health, and Safety Group and chairs the PRIS Network, a multi-center collaboration of over 100 pediatric hospitals.

• Haverford College (1991)
• Mount Sinai Medical School (1995)
• Harvard School of Public Health (2000)

His research focuses on epidemiology of medical errors, resident work hour regulations, and patient safety measurement tools. He pioneered the I-PASS handoff program to reduce communication failures in healthcare. His recent work explores family-centered safety reporting, deimplementation of overused monitoring, and sleep science in clinical settings.

Key trends in his 15 most recent articles include family-centered safety interventions, multi-center pediatric research, work hour reform, and electronic health communication systems. He has authored over 150 publications and received multiple unspecified awards for research and innovation.

• Developed I-PASS handoff program
• Founded PRIS Network
• Advocated for patient safety policy changes
• Conducted sleep and fatigue studies
• Integrated family perspectives into safety systems
• Evaluated medical device overuse in pediatrics