Lisa Yerian, MD is the Medical Director of Continuous Improvement in the Division of Medical Operations and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. She received a BS from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and a medical degree from the University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Yerian completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology and a fellowship in gastrointestinal and liver pathology at the University of Chicago. She joined the staff of the Cleveland Clinic in 2004, where she serves as director of the hepatopancreaticobiliary service in the Department of Anatomic Pathology. In 2009 she was appointed Section Head of Surgical Pathology, and through her work in surgical pathology she developed an interest in using performance management through application of process improvement and business management tools and principles. She now leads the application of continuous improvement tools and concepts throughout the Cleveland Clinic as the Medical Director of Continuous Improvement in the Division of Medical Operations. In 2012, Dr. Yerian was elected to the Cleveland Clinic Board of Governors/Medical Executive Committee. Dr. Yerian has authored over 20 book chapters and 60 published manuscripts. She has directed several national and international courses in liver and gastrointestinal pathology and in continuous improvement. Affiliations: Director, Hepatobiliary Pathology; Medical Director, Continuous Improvement, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Amirsys Publications:

• Diagnostic Pathology: Transplant Pathology
• Diagnostic Pathology: Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic