Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr Elliott Main is Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University in the Dunlevie Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine. His career has focused on large-scale quality improvement projects in California and nationally. Dr. Main founded and directed the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative for 16 years to 2023 and served as the Chair of the California Maternal Mortality Review Committee during those years. He has led successful state-wide projects to reduce complications from maternal hemorrhage and reduce first birth cesarean rates.
Nationally, Dr. Main was the co-founder and currently the lead for QI Implementation for AIM, the national project for supporting state Perinatal Quality Collaboratives in their efforts to reduce maternal mortality and severe morbidity. He has served or chaired national committees on Maternal Quality Measurement for ACOG, the AMA, The Joint Commission, Leap Frog and CMS. In 2024, he received the National Quality Forum/The Joint Commission John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for Individual Achievement.