Tracy Granzyk

Tracy Granzyk, MS, MFA is a writer, filmmaker and healthcare content developer has an award-winning portfolio of innovative healthcare stories for web, print and film aimed at increasing awareness on a culture of safety, health equity and patient engagement.

Tracy is currently represented by Dara Hyde at the Hill Nadell Literary Agency while at work on a creative nonfiction book based on a medical error that took the life of a 39-year-old mother of two young girls, and the health system that took a novel approach after killing her: They told the truth. Tracy is also an aspiring screenwriter for big and little screens, and recently completed a TV pilot inspired by The Good Wife, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos, set in present day medical legal culture where victims and villains are plentiful. Tracy also has three feature film screenplays in various draft forms.

By day, Tracy serves as the Director, Center for Healthcare Narrative at the MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety, and is faculty at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, and the Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety where her focus is creating a space for all to share their stories.

She is a Labrador Retriever rescuer and wrangler, a “cool aunt” to three nieces and a nephew all growing up too fast, and a lover of travel, adventure, and learning that is both mental and physical. You’ll most likely find her with friends or family, canine and human, in Chicago, LA, AZ or CO. Tracy can be reached via email (tgranz24@) on Twitter and Instagram (@tgranz) and on LinkedIn.