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 |