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

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