Awards & Honors
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 | |
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 |
17th 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 Dodds, MD
Program Director;
OB/GYN Residency Program, Ascension Health – Michigan Providence Southfield/Novi Hospitals
Associate Clinical Professor, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Adjunct Clinical Professor, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Lawrence R. Fischetti, PhD
Director of Behavioral Science
Family Medicine Residency Program,
Beaumont Hospital-Wayne
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Honoring Allen Silbergleit, MD, Phd
SEMCME is saddened by the loss of one of its founders, Allen Silbergleit, MD, PhD. Dr. Silbergleit was an extraordinary contributor to our organization and the greater medical community. He will be missed.
Trustee Emeritus
March 8, 1928 – October 23, 2021
- Founding Participant – Oakland Health Education Program (OHEP)
- OHEP Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Medical Education, July 2003
- Founding Member of SEMCME
- Chairman Emeritus of Surgery Committee
- Developed SEMCME surgery course curriculum
- Annual Resident Research Forum – sponsorship of multiple award-winning residen
- The Allen Silbergleit, MD, PhD Annual Lecture in Medicine and Surgery