Gerry Cronin joined the Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in September 2010 as the Kaizen Promotion Office Manager where he coordinates the utilization of lean principles and tools throughout the center. Prior to CCM, Cronin was MGH’s operations manager overseeing eight in-patient and clinical areas for six years. Cronin has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering management and an MBA. He is a lean Green Belt and has been awarded a full scholarship to attend the Deming Immersion Program with the Deming Institute. Cronin regularly gives presentations on process improvement to nursing schools in the Boston area.