<p>Erick Ridout, M.D. is blessed to be the dad to two amazing kids, granddaddy to three</p><p>extraordinary grandsons and two granddaughters, and currently serves the babies, their families,</p><p>and the caregivers in the Newborn ICU in Southwestern Utah, Newborn ICU in Honolulu,</p><p>Hawaii, and as Vermont Oxford Network Faculty. Additionally, Colonel Ridout proudly served in</p><p>the United States Army for 23 years, including 11 years as the State Surgeon, Nevada Army</p><p>National Guard. He was among the first Army Medical Corps Officers to become a Lean Six</p><p>Sigma Green Belt and has applied the learned principles in relentlessly eliminating patient, staff,</p><p>and organizational harm in all of its forms. He has lectured Nationwide on Just Culture, Harm</p><p>Reduction, Value Added Care, and Servant Leadership. He passionately believes all patients and</p><p>care givers deserve to experience care delivery free of harm. To that end, he seeks to influence</p><p>MEDICINE to embrace the principles of servant leadership and team-based family-centered</p><p>care, to send all members of the care team home each day feeling Safe, Valued and Loved</p><p>returning to the bedside fully engaged with heart and mind all the while seeking to only do for</p><p>the patient and never to the patient.</p>