Charles Murphy, Jr., MD, CPPS
Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer

As chief quality and patient safety officer for Jupiter Medical Center, Dr. Charles Murphy, Jr., leads the hospital’s safety and quality initiatives.

Murphy comes to Jupiter Medical Center from Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Falls Church, Virginia, where he was chief patient safety officer. During his four-year tenure, he attained a 20 to 30 percent reduction in patient harm year over year and improved the hospital’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) safety culture scores. As executive leader for the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program, he expanded the program from 10 to 100 cases per year. He also spearheaded the development of a multidisciplinary shock team, increasing survival rates for patients in cardiogenic shock due to a severe heart attack.

Murphy earned his bachelor of science degree in biology with honors from Loyola University, New Orleans, and his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. He completed his general and thoracic surgery residency at Duke, and had a private cardiothoracic surgery practice for 17 years.

In 2013, Murphy became the associate chief patient safety officer for the Duke University Health System, where he also served as medical director of the cardiothoracic ICU. In 2014, he was selected as an American Hospital Association – National Patient Safety Foundation Safety Leadership Fellow. He has received numerous awards for innovations in treating cardiogenic shock and patient safety initiatives.

Murphy is a board member for the Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Critical Care, serves on the Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS) Critical Care Meeting Taskforce, and presents nationally on cardiovascular critical care topics. He is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the Society of Thoracic Surgery, Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Critical Care, American Society of Professionals in Patient Safety, and the American Association of Physician Leadership..

He has served as an assistant professor of general surgery and thoracic surgery at Duke University Medical Center. His research on topics in cardiothoracic surgery and patient safety has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks.