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Mark S. Kirschbaum joined UW Hospital and Clinics in 2006 as vice president for quality and satisfaction. His previous experience in management, education and clinical positions included four years as director of care improvement at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, and two years as executive director of quality measurement and analysis at Allina Hospitals and Clinics, both in Minnesota.

Kirschbaum began his career as a pediatric intensive care nurse and subsequently held positions with progressive leadership positions for nearly twenty years for Children's Health Care in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Kirschbaum is a summa cum laude graduate of the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a BA in nursing. He later earned a MS in nursing sciences, pediatric nursing, from the University of Illinois, and a PhD in nursing from the University of Minnesota. He has held teaching posts at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and the University of St. Thomas Center for Health and Medical Affairs, and has numerous professional presentations and publications to his credit.

Kirschbaum has been involved in local improvement as a Baldrige examiner with Wisconsin Forward and Minnesota Council for Quality.