William (Bill) Gilbert, MD, is currently the regional medical director for women’s services for Sutter health in the Sacramento-Sierra region and a clinical professor within the department of OB/GYN, university of California, Davis. Dr. Gilbert graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from Westminster College and received his M.D. from University of Missouri. After completing his residency at Georgetown University he went on to a Dreyfus Foundation Fellowship at King’s College Hospital in London followed by a fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at UCSD. His clinical practice is in the area of high-risk pregnancies and his research interests are in the areas of birth trauma, cerebral palsy, and amniotic fluid volume regulation. He has received multiple teaching awards for teaching medical students and residents.
The development of the CMQCC is crucial if we are going to be able to decrease the maternal death rate to levels seen elsewhere in the developed world.
Learn how Bill Gilbert of Sutter Health System Sacramento created a multi-disciplinary committee “Quality of care on Labor and Delivery” for program development to improve patient outcomes and safety.