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Summit Award Winners 2026

The Office of Graduate Medical Education is pleased to announce the winners of the 13th Annual Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Poster Presentation.

Award

Project

Program

Team Members

Outstanding Medical Student Quality Improvement Award

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Tobacco Cessation Counseling in Primary Care

MUSOM & MHN Family Medicine

Kara Piechowski, PharmD, MD Candidate; Kueitsung “Philips” Shih, MPH; Adam Franks, MD

Outstanding Medical Student Patient Safety Award

Increasing Functional Screening Rates in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project

MHN Family and Community Health

Sydney Smith, MS III; Kathleen O’Hanlon, MD; Beth Ramey, RN; Ashley Beaty, MSN RN-BC; Kueitsung “Philips” Shih, MS; Courtney Wellman, MD; Adam M. Franks, MD

Outstanding Resident Patient Safety Award

Improving the Safety of Patients 50 Years and Older After Fractures: An Ongoing QI Project

MUSOM Family and Community Health

Sarah Lackey, DO; Pallavi, MD; Richard Conway, DO; Beth Ramey, RN; Becky Edwards, RN; Kasey Stickler, MD; David Rupp, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD

Outstanding Resident Quality Improvement Award

Assessing and Improving Resident Physician Comfort in the Management of Menopausal Symptoms Through Educational Intervention

MUSOM OBGYN

Lauren Lipscomb, MD; Rachel Price, MD; Lauren Bauer, MD; Emily Sloane, MD

Marshall Health Network Outstanding Quality Improvement Award

Utilization of Technology in Hospital Beds and Leadership Engagement to Achieve High Reliability

MHN CHH 2 North, 4 North

Andrea Criss, DNP, RN, NEA-BC; Sara Adkins, RN; Mandy Blackburn, BSN, RN

Marshall Health Network Outstanding Patient Safety Award

Pediatric Fall Prevention

MHN CHH

Megan Hanshaw, BSN, RN, CPN

CMO’s Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Project

Improving Departmental Quality Scores in Family Medicine Through a Multidisciplinary QI Initiative

MHN CHH

Louis A Whest, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD; Rachele Subik, PharmD; Kueitsung “Philips” Shih, MS, MHP; Tiny Beth Ramey, RN; Chadwick Smith, MD; Christopher Schafer, MSHI; Adam M. Franks, MD

Vice Dean’s Award for Best Integrated/Sustainable Quality Improvement Project

Improving Timely Completion of Missing Documentation Through Quality Improvement

MUSOM Family Medicine

Mitchell Stanley, DO; Kendell McNeely, MD; Morgan Stickler, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD; Kris Abernathy, ABM; Judy Watters; Adam Franks, MD

Frank D. Shuler, MD, PhD, Program Award

Department of Family & Community Health