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Director, SPEAK UP Program
Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement
Renée Byfield is a clinical leader, specializing in obstetric and newborn care. She is currently the Director and national speaker with the Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement, SPEAK UP Implicit and Explicit Racial Bias Program. Ms. Byfield is dedicated to teaching professionals to disrupt, dismantle, and eradicate racism.
At New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medical Center, Ms. Byfield became Patient Safety Administrator for the obstetric service where she led quality improvement and perinatal patient safety initiatives and sat on the Perinatal Maternal Mortality Review board. She developed and launched interdisciplinary simulation drills and team training as an AHRQ TeamSTEPPS master trainer. She has been a nurse educator in both academic and hospital settings. At Temple and Drexel University Nursing schools in Philadelphia, PA, Ms. Byfield taught in the undergraduate and master programs. She has held obstetric educator roles at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital and Weill Cornell.
As a Senior Manager of Clinical Program Development at the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) she co-authored and facilitated development of both the Perinatal Orientation and Education Program (POEP) and the Neonatal Orientation and Education Program (NOEP), 3rd and 4th editions and the Obstetric Patient Safety (OPS) Program focused on postpartum hemorrhage management utilizing simulation-based training.
She has held Nurse Manager positions at Temple University Hospital and Kaiser Permanente Georgia outpatient for OB/GYN, Urogynecology, and Perinatal Quality and Safety.
In 2018, Ms. Byfield was selected by the March of Dimes, as a Georgia Nurse of the Year Finalist receiving an Excellence in Nursing certificate. She is passionate about the positive impact that mutual respect and team collaboration has on patients, their families, and the community we serve.
Disclosure: No financial relationships or conflicts of interest
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM CDT