Workforce Safety Director
Parkland Health
Coppell, Texas, United States
J.D. Buchert has been in healthcare for nearly 40 years, 35 with perioperative focus. He started as a combat medic in the US Army and later became an Army Nurse serving in sixteen combat missions where he was awarded a bronze star for heroism and a purple heart, among numerous other honors. J.D. works at Parkland Hospital in Dallas as the Workforce Safety Director where his primary focus is Workplace Violence Prevention. He is active on multiple shared governance councils and interdisciplinary committees including the Nursing Research, Quality, Leadership, Safe Environment and Preserving the Environment of Care to name a few. He is active in his community sitting on three non-profit boards of directors, and volunteering hundreds of hours a year to non-profit charities. JD currently sits on the National Board of Directors for Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and serves as president of the Texas Collaboration of Perioperative Nurses, and former three-time president of the Dallas AORN chapter. As a member of the Texas Nursing Legislation Action Committee, he focuses on the passage of surgical smoke evacuation legislation for Texas healthcare systems. J.D. has recently completed his fourth master’s degree and completes is his Doctoral studies August of 2026.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
1125 - Ambulatory Surgery Specialty Assembly Meeting/Education: Tackling WPV in the ASC
Sunday, April 12, 2026
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM CST