Eleni Tsigas

As a preeclampsia survivor myself, I am a relentless champion for the improvement of patient and provider education and practices, for the catalytic role that patients can have to advance the science and status of maternal-infant health, and for the progress that can be realized by building global partnerships to improve patient outcomes. I am a voting member of the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Healthcare and a partner in its AIM initiative. I have served as a technical advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO), am a member of the PRE-EMPT Technical Advisory Group and Knowledge Translation Committee (funded by the Gates Foundation), served on the Hypertension in Pregnancy Task Force and now on the Pregnancy and Heart Disease Task Force created by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), as well as similar task forces for the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) and Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative (FPQC). I am frequently engaged as an expert representing the consumer perspective on preeclampsia at national and international meetings, and as a spokesperson in various public speaking venues. I was honored to deliver The Jim & Midge Breeden Lecture as part of ACOG's 2012 Annual Clinical Meeting President's Program. I have facilitated several research initiatives that have been initiated and enabled by patient participation, have published in numerous peer reviewed journals, and have written for and secured media coverage in national consumer magazines, as well as newspapers, radio and online. Before becoming the Executive Director of the Preeclampsia Foundation, and more recently named as CEO, I served a variety of volunteer capacities for the organization, including six years on the Board of Directors, two as its chairman. I worked with dedicated volunteers, board members and professional staff to lead the Foundation to its current position as a sustainable, mission-driven, results-oriented organization.