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American academic physician, medical researcher, healthcare executive, and consultant

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Patricia Anne Acquaviva Gabow (born January 1944) is an American academic physician, medical researcher, healthcare executive, and consultant.
Specializing in nephrology, she began lecturing in the department of medicine, division of renal diseases, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1973, advancing to a full professorship in 1987; she is presently Professor Emerita.
She was the principal investigator on the National Institutes of Health Human Polycystic Kidney Disease research grant which ran from 1985 to 1999.
She served for two decades as CEO of Denver Health, an integrated public healthcare system in Denver, Colorado, where she implemented numerous business-based systems to streamline operations, improve patient care, and recognize cost savings.
In particular, her introduction of the "lean" quality-improvement system, based on the Toyota Production System, earned her national recognition.
She is the author of more than 150 articles and book chapters, and has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, physician care, and leadership.
She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2004.

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