Summit Entries 2025
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Group Members and Department | Video and Q&A Link |
| An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care at Marshall OBGYN QI Project | Amy Smith, MD; Rachel Lee, MD; Micah Weaver, MD JCESOM OBGYN |
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| Analysis and Improvement of Postpartum Depression Screening in the Immediate Postpartum Period | Lauren Lipscomb, MD; Grace Montgomery, MD; Amber Wright, MD; Laura Florence, RN; Emily Sloane, MD JCESOM OBGYN |
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| Association between Compliance with Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Up-titration of Therapies for Heart Failure: A Quality Improvement Project | Rodrigo Aguilar, MD; Andenet Mengitsu, MD; Alhasan Albuzi, MD; Mohamed Shelig, MD; Carlos Rueda, MD JCESOM Cardiology and Internal Medicine |
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| Behavioral Emergency Response Team | Wendy S. Maynard, MSN-NA, FNP, RN MHN Saint Mary’s Medical Center Quality |
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| Benefit of Bundled Consents for Common Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit | Thomas Cassier, MD; Kelsie Roberts-Moore, MD; Alexandra Persily, MD; Kassidy Price, MD MHN General Surgery |
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| Breast Cancer Screening Improving Quality Measure Rates | Kaitlan Harvey, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD; Adam Franks, MD JCESOM Family and Community Health |
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| Bridging the Knowledge Gap Burn Scoring Systems and Mortality Risk in the Appalachian Population | Armein Rahimpour, MD; Pranav Balakrishnan, MBBS; Christina Arcand, MD; Jamie Anderson, MD JCESOM Surgery |
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| Clinician Firearm Interview Risks and Education (CFIRE Protocol) CAP QA/QI Project, Quality Improvement Phase | Alexander Iacono, DO; Sylvia Wajswol, DO; Mallory Morris, MD; Kristina Bryant-Melvin, MD MHN Psychiatry Dept. and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Dept. |
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| Closing the Gap: Improving Colonoscopy Together | Bassel Dakkak, MD; Andrew Ferguson, MD; Yasmeen Obeidat, MD; Mohamed Hammad; Mohammed El-Dallal, MBBCh, MD; M’hamed Turki, MD; Wesam M. Frandah, MD; Marc A. Subik, MD JCESOM Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology |
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| Colorectal Cancer Screening: Improving the Rate of Screening through Quality Improvement | Cassidy Woodrum, MS3; Jodi Biller, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; Chad Smith, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD; Kueitsung ‘Philips’ Shih, MPH; Adam M. Franks, MD JCESOM Family and Community Health and MHN Populaation Health |
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| Continuity of Care in the Pediatric Resident Clinic | Jessica Roth, MD; Kaitlin Angel, MD; Virginia Franklin, MS-4; Matthew Nudelman, MD, MS; Deborah Preston, BS ACRP-CCRC; Elizabeth Endicott, DO JCESOM Pediatrics |
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| Decreasing burnout for residents of an Inpatient Family Medicine Service | Fnu Pallavi, MD; Kueitsung ‘Philips’ Shih MPH; Carolyn Curtis, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD JCESOM Family and Community Health |
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| Development and Implementation of a Preventative Oral Health Fluoride Varnish Program at Marshall Pediatric Residency | Griffin Shoemaker MD, MPH; Ben Karabasz MD; Elizabeth Endicott DO; Jennifer Gerlach MD JCESOM Pediatrics |
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| Disposition for Pneumothorax | Rebecca Meyer, DO; Brad Muncy, MD JCESOM Surgery |
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| Does Skipping Routine Upper GI after Primary Bariatric Surgery Impact Recovery? | Aishwarya Vijay, MBA; Bethany Andrew; Momin Noor; Dontreyl Holsey; Yosuke Sakurai, MD; D. Blaine Nease, MD, FACS; Jenalee Corsello, MD; Semeret Munie, MD, FACS, FASMBS JCESOM and MHN Surgery |
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| Educational Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Echocardiograms | Mason Dial, MD; Vladimir Danailov, MD; Charles Price, MD; Daniel Jayasuriya, MD; Omar Al Metwali, MD; Eric Yu, DO; Jay Jensen, MD JCESOM Internal Medicine |
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| Effective Interventions to Prevent central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections in Medical ICU | Jiayan Wang, MD; Bezaye Milkias, MD JCESOM Internal Medicine |
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| Efficacy of Oral Misoprostol Versus Vaginal Misoprostol for Cervical Ripening Based on Body Mass Index (BMI) | Jennifer Caudill, MD; Leah Ching, MD; Laurel Thomas, MD; Emily Sloane, MD JCESOM and MHN OBGYN |
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| Empowering Children: The Role of Child Life Specialists in Reducing Hospital Stays Through Pill Swallowing Techniques | Chuchitra Thanigaivasan, BA, MS; Carleigh Cazad, BM, MT-BC; Jenny Yuhnke, BS, CCLS; Eva Tackett, MD MHN Medicine and Pediatrics, Child Life Advocacy |
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| Enhancing Diabetic Hgb A1c Control A Student-Driven Quality Improvement Approach | Lauren Baumgarten, MS-3; Rachelle Subik, PharmD; Ashley Beaty, MSN, RN-BC; Courtney Wellman, MD; Adam M. Franks, MD JCESOM Family and Community Health |
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| Enhancing Emergency Preparedness in Adrenal Insufficiency: A Quality Improvement Initiative | Hassan El Meedani, MD; Qi Li, MD; Henin Alsamarraie MD JCESOM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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| Enhancing Pulmonary Rehabilitation Utilization in Hospitalized COPD Patients Through Inpatient Screening and Referral Optimization | Anthony Workman, MD; Zakaria Alagha, MD; Abdul Muhsen; Z. Abdeen, MD; Saif Ghishan, MD; Muhammed Jumani, MBBS; Mark Bannon, DO; Mahmoud Abouzid, MBBCh; Syeda Ramsha Zaidi, MBBS; Eva Tackett MD. JCESOM Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
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| Enhancing Surgical Outcomes: A Quality Improvement Initiative on Suture Selection and Patient Education in Cesarean Deliveries | Paghunda Ehsan, MD; Kishan Fichadiya, DO; Elham Othman, MD; Joseph Casper, DO; Emiliya Apinova; Zareen Nisar, MD; Himanshu Rathore, MD; Alras Zahran, MD; Alex Somerville DO Holzer Health System Family Med |
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| Fall Risk Screening QI | Jacob Hesson, MD; Keiutsung “Philips” Shih, MPH; Adam Franks, MD JCESOM Family and Community Health |
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| Fibbing No More: A Tikosyn Protocol | Mackenzie Hamilton, DO; Adeniyi Ajenifuja, MD; Zachary Curtis, MD; Nihar Jena, MD; Khalid Abozguia, MD JCESOM Cardiovascular Medicine |
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| FOCUS: Fast Outcomes for Children’s Urine Samples: Improving Timing of Urinary Laboratory Results in Pediatric Oncology Inpatient Setting | Courtny Lewis, RN; Paul Finch, MD; Joshua Hess, MD MHN CHH Hoops Family Children’s Hospital |
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| From Gaps to Growth: Evolving Resident Research in Internal Medicine Residency Program | Joshua Eastman; Zakaria Alagha. MBBCh; Thomas Wright, MD; Victoria Watson, MD; Caleb Clark, MD; Stephen Roy, MD; Samson Teka, MD; Eva Patton-Tackett, MD JCESOM Internal Medicine |
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| Have You Heard? Dental Professionals Experience Higher Than Recommended Noise Exposure Limits During a Typical Workday. | Giselle Coo, DDS; Grace Joppachan, DDS; Julie Suarez, DDS; Raj Khanna, MD, DMD; Bobbi Steele, MPH, RDH, CTTS; Janna Thornsbury, MDH, RDH, NCTTP JCESOM Dentistry and Oral Surgery |
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| Implementation and Impact of the Hospitalist Card System on Patient Satisfaction and Understanding of an Academic Hospitalist Team | Bobby Jackson, MD; Caroline Morgan, MD; Leah Hahn, MS-4; Courtney Wellman, MD MHN Family Medicine |
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| Importance of Backup Long-Acting Insulin in Patients Using Insulin Pumps | Ali Ajmal, MD; Maria Luzuriaga, MD JCESOM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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| Improving Acute Migraine Treatment Through The Use Of A Standardized Migraine Cocktail Order Set | Briana Bodner, DO; Lindsay Littlehales, MD MHN Neurology |
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| Improving Communication in Surgical Teams to Enhance Patient Safety and Outcomes | Willie Kimler, MD; Peter-John Plummer, MBBS; Jentre Hyde, MD; Josh Keefer, MD; Sharday Young, MD; Christopher Castagno, MD; Karim Abdelgaber, MD JCESOM Surgery |
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| Improving Depression Screening Rates | Melissa Ashman-Brown, MD; Louis Whest, MD; Ryan Brown, MD; Kueitsung ‘Philips’ Shih, MPH; Courtney Wellman, MD; Adam M. Franks, MD JCESOM Family and Community Health |
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| Improving Diabetic Kidney Health Screening in Family Medicine: A Quality Improvement Project | Autumn Brittingham, MS III; Georgia White, MS III; Kueitsung Shih, MPH; Adam Franks, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD JCESOM Family and Community Health |
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| Improving Outcomes with Alterations to the Current Cerebral Spinal Fluid Order Set | Sydney Martin, MD; Gabrielle Conway, DO; Lindsay Littlehales, MD; Nathan Baisden, MD JCESOM Neurology |
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| Improving Patient Safety by Increasing Diagnostic Rates of Pleural Effusion with Frequent Fluid Analysis During Thoracentesis | Catherine Adams, MD; Ramsha Zaidi, MD; Mahmoud Abouzid MD JCESOM Pulmonary and Critical Care |
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| Improving Patient Safety by Optimizing Completion of Missing Documentation | Kendell McNeely, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD; Kris Abernathy, ABM; Judy Watters; Amy Lawrence; Adam Franks, MD JCESOM Family and Community Health |
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| Improving Resident preparedness for PCP Practice | Farah Alfarajat, MD; Matthew Nudelman, MD; Madison Anderson MD JCESOM Pediatrics and University of Wisconsin (Data Analyst) |
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| Improving the Management of Status Epilepticus in the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative | Fahim Barmak, MD; Mariam Shabih, MD; Hashim Inam, MBBS MHN Neurology |
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| Improving the newborn nursery hypoglycemia policy at Cabell Huntington Hospital | Genevra Addis, MD; Ayse Bulan, MD; Ayesha Khalid ,MBBS; Cynthia Massey, MD; Deborah Preston, BS, CCRC-ACRP; Lauren Rakes DO; Justin Spradling, MD; Lauren Tufts, MD; Jodi Plumley MD JCESOM Pediatrics |
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| Improving the quality of patient care after hospital discharge by improving the TCM hospital follow up show rates | Trenton Hayes, MD; Sarah Lackey, DO; Tiny Ramey, RN; Adam Franks, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD MHN Family Medicine |
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| Improving the Safety of Patients 50 Years Old and Older After Fractures An Ongoing Project | Richard Conway, DO; Mohammed Aamir Saiyed, MD; Kasey Stickler, MD; David Rupp, MD; Courtney Wellman, MD; Adam M. Franks, MD JCESOM Family and Community Health |
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| Improving Transition of care between Internal medicine residents | Bassel Dakkak, MD; Mikayla Myers, MD; Victoria Watson, MD; Bezaye Milkias, MD; Sinen Tadesse Zeleke, MD; Eva D. Patton-Tackett, MD JCESOM Internal Medicine |
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| Improving Vaccination Status of Pediatric Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease | Jaime Basham, DO, PGY-3; Rose Mary Ayoob, MD; Rita Mattar, MS4 JCESOM Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology |
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| Innovating Colon Cancer Screening: Leveraging Targeted Data and Clinical Approaches through FIT-DNA Bulk Mailings – A Pilot Study | Jodi Biller, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC MHN Population Health |
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| Keeping Focus of Prevention of Central Line Infections in the Pediatric Population | Michele Mcmaster, Rn, Bsn MHN CHH Hoops Family Children’s Hospital |
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| Management of Blood Pressure in High-Risk Appalachia with Hypertension Clinic A 2-year Follow-Up. | Izza Saeed, MD; Jay Jensen, MD; Brittany Messer, PharmD; Ellen Thompson; Kanaan Mansoor, MD; Katherine Steele, MS; David Taylor, MS; Joshua Wyner, MS MHN Cardiology and Pharmacy |
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| Non-Central Venous Catheter Venous Thromboembolism | Megan Hanshaw, RN, BSN, CPN MHN CHH HOOPS Pediatrics and PICU |
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| Nurse-Driven Pediatric Vascular Access Team | Kolton Webb, RN; Joseph Adkins, RN; Kaitlin Schaver, RN; Russel Houck, RN; Sebastian Proaño, MD. MHN CHH PICU |
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| Optimizing Medication Management: Reducing Costs through Recovery of Missing Medication Doses at a Regional Academic Medical Center | Allison Fisher, PharMD; BCCCP; Heather Horsley, CPhT; Stephanie Justice, PharMD; BCPS, CPEL MHN CHH Inpatient Pharmacy |
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| Perinatal Mental Health | Johnda Ray, RN; Talisha Franklin, RN; Laura Florence, RN MHN Maternity Center |
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| Psychiatric Care in Rural Appalachian Emergency Departments – A Five-Year Retrospective Study | Christopher Potts; Dakota May, MD MHN Psych |
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| Reducing Complications of Diabetes in Pregnancy through Education and Management: Macrosomia and Neonatal Hypoglycemia | Heather Freas, RN; Heather Brown, RN; Brittani Craft, RN; Angela Whitfield, RN MHN CHH Perinatal Center |
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| Reevaluating HRS Management: Expanding Norepinephrine Use Beyond the ICU | Khaled Al-baqain, MD; Said Sharawi, MD; Saif Ghishan, MD; Yanal Ash Shawareb, MD; Ibrahim Shanti, MD JCESOM Internal Medicine |
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| Retrospective Chart Review of Cesarean Hysterectomy Cases: Informing Evidence-Based Protocol Development for Improved Maternal Outcomes | Emma Nellhaus, MD; Emily Marsico, MD; Lauren Bauer, MD; Abigail Tubert, MD; and Emily Sloane, MD JCESOM MHN OBGYN |
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| The Impact of Draping Technique on Patient Satisfaction with Cataract Surgery | David Lee; Alex Dague; Vishal Verma, MD JCESOM Ophthalmology |
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| Utilization of Technology in Hospital Beds to Achieve High Reliability | Andrea Criss, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC MHN CHH Nursing, Quality teams of Falls and Pressure Injury |
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| Utilizing the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale(RASS) to Improve Sedation Monitoring in the PICU | Daniel Jayasuriya, MD; Reesha Bodiwala, DO; Matthew Schade, MD; Juan Sebastián Proaño, MD JCESOM Internal Medicine – Pediatrics |
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| Virtual Patient Education Utilizing Existing Resources to Implement a Successful New Service | Leigh Allen, RN, MSN-Ed, CNML MHN Saint Mary’s Medical Center Nursing |
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