Awards & Honors
18th Annual Excellence in Medical Education Leadership Award
The Excellence in Medical Education Leadership Award is given to recognize those individuals with outstanding contributions and unwavering commitment to the success of SEMCME.
Robert Flora, MD, MBA, MPH
Chief Academic Officer/VP of Academic Affairs
McLaren Health Care
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Clinical Professor of Osteopathic Surgical Specialties
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, MD, FAAP, FAIM
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Wayne State University School of Medicine & Wayne Health
Health Equity & Justice in Medicine & Healing Between the Lines
Global Health Alliance (GHA) & Global Urban Health Equity (GLUE)
Implicit Bias Training Advisory Taskforce, State of Michigan
CUGH, ACAIM, ACIMP, ACP, AAP, SGIM, IAM
Heidi Kromrei, PhD
Designated Institutional Official
Director, Medical Education
Trinity Health Oakland
2020-2022 SEMCME President
Pictured with SEMCME Executive Director, Michael Geheb
The 7th Annual Michigan Summit on Quality Improvement & Patient Safety
| 2022 Winners of Live Stream Slide Presentations | |
| 1st Place Resident Certificate $500 |
Alaa Taha, MD, PGY 1 Overutilization of Amylase and Lipase Testing in Acute Pancreatitis Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital |
| 2nd Place Resident Award Certificate $400 |
Mohammed Ershad, MBBS, PGY 2 Prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to patients with acute asthma exacerbation discharged from the Emergency Department Detroit Medical Center |
| 3rd Place Resident Award Certificate $300 |
Verisha Khanam, MD, PGY 3 Improving Resident Error Reporting – A Qi Initiative Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital |
| QI Scholar Award Certificate $500 |
Jacob Im, MD Development of a Post-Graduate QI Curriculum; A Tale of Two Cases Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine |
| 2022 Winners of Voice-Over PowerPoint Presentations | |
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1st Place Resident Certificate |
Striving For Early Discharges by Streamlining the Coordination and Staff Medicine Team Efficiency: High-Value Care-Patient Care Basel Abdalazeem, MD, PGY 2 McLaren Flint Faculty Sponsor: Kavitha Kesari, MD, MS, FACP |
| 2nd Place Resident Award Certificate $200 |
Standardizing Treatment of Inpatient Asymptomatic Hypertension: A QI Initiative Trishya Reddy, MD, PGY 2 Ascension Providence, Wayne State University Internal Medicine Faculty Sponsor: Vesna Tegeltija, MD, MBA |
| 3rd Place Resident Award Certificate $150 (Tied) |
Reducing Surgical Site Infections After Cesarean Birth in Obese Patients Using a Post-Operative Abdominal Pannus Retractor: A QI Project Jessica Montgomery, MD, PGY 2 St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Faculty Sponsor: Brian Popp, MD |
| 3rd Place Resident Award Certificate $150 (Tied) |
Improving ICU Transition of Care: A QI Initiative David Samrah, MD, PGY 1 Ascension Providence Rochester, Wayne State University Internal Medicine Faculty Sponsor: Zain Kulari, MD |
| 1st Place Fellow Award Certificate $250 |
A Performance Improvement Initiative Targeting Adherence to Sepsis Power Plan and Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2021 Guidelines Anas Riehani, MD, Fellow Wayne State University School of Medicine Faculty Sponsor: Zahia Esber, MD |
| Honorable Mention | Impact of a Quality Improvement Initiative on Naloxone Co-Prescription for Patients on Opioids in a Primary Care Clinic Jamila Asif, MBBS, PGY 2 Beaumont Hospital Dearborn Faculty Sponsor: Insaf Mohamma, PharmD, BCACP |
| Honorable Mention | Improvement for Dysphagia Screen Compliance as part of ED Code Stroke Performance Metrics at Henry Ford Macomb Thomas Leitzsch, DO, PGY 3 Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Faculty Sponsor: Jason Muir, DO |