Nikki Montgomery is a patient/family partner and the author of the Super Safe Kids patient safety curricula. A former educator, Nikki has earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English, along with a master’s degree in Educational Psychology, with research focused on informing and empowering parents of medically fragile children. She completed a graduate certificate in Patient Advocacy and serves on the board at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, where she is also on the safety committee and served as president of the hospital’s Patient and Family Partnership Council. In addition to her work at her local hospital, Nikki is part of the Global Patient and Family Advisory Board for the Beryl Institute, and she is the project coordinator for the Beryl Institute’s Patient Experience Policy Forum.
Nikki was awarded the honorable mention for the Patients’ View Impact Award, presented by the Patients’ View Institute and The Leapfrog Group.