Meet Our Team

Karen Aydt Curtiss, Founder
In 2005, Karen’s father, Bill Aydt, passed away after suffering a dozen preventable medical errors following a lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. A few months later, her husband, Sandy, nearly succumbed to errors in routine surgery and in his care afterward.

Fueled by grief, anger and regret, Karen spent the next three years researching how she, as their advocate, could have been better informed and prepared to prevent the medical errors that took her father’s life and jeopardized her husband’s.

The result is CampaignZERO with just the kind of quick information and checklists Karen wishes she and her family had when they sat bedside – so hopeful – yet so uninformed about common hospital hazards that work against safe care for all patients. CampaignZERO is Karen’s way to transform her family’s tragedies into better outcomes for others.

Christina Galoozis is a journalist who keeps us up-to-date on all new developments in patient safety. She runs CampaignZERO‘s Twitter feed and constantly updates the website with fresh information supporting the family members of patients, as well as all the professionals in our wide network of patient safety activists. Christina is passionate about preventing medical error and passionate about learning from others’ stories. Christina is never too busy to read all the comments visitors leave on our site and always finds the time to respond to inquiries. E-mail Christina.


Marsha Engle is a senior marketing executive specializing in product innovation. She has launched and managed dozens of multi-million-dollar consumer brands for Fortune 500 companies. We are lucky to have Marsha at the helm for sourcing the best antimicrobials and other products needed to protect patients. She works closely with our suppliers to ensure that the products we suggest are truly effective and affordable. Stay tuned for new products she is developing for CampaignZERO too! E-mail Marsha.

• What’s the Harm in Health Care?

  One-third of all hospital patients are harmed or killed by accident every year in American hospitals -- about 13 million patients.

  
  Preventable hospital accidents claim almost 300,000 lives -- equal to 3 jets crashing every single day of the year in America, with no survivors.

  
  Most of these deaths and injury are among older patients, and most result from a strained health care system seriously short on nurses and other critical resources.
  

• Our Solution

  CampaignZERO offers simple explanations about how common hospital hazards occur and easy checklists to help families safeguard their loved ones' care in the hospital.

• Why Checklists for Families?

  Every patient needs a family member or friend with them in the hospital -- yet few of us are prepared for this important role.

  
  Our simple little checklists can be a big help.

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