2nd Annual Vijay Babu Rayudu
Quality & Patient Safety Day Program
Vijay Babu Rayudu
Michael Handler, MD
Keynote Speaker
11:30 a.m. – Lunch (Theater C)
12:00 p.m. – Keynote Speaker, Michael Handler, MD (Theater C)
1:00 p.m. – Photos / Break
1:30 p.m. – Student Oral Presentations (Theater C)
3:15 p.m. – Break
3:30 p.m. – Resident Poster Presentations (Medical School Lobby)
5:00 p.m. – Presentations Conclude
Quality & Patient Safety Day Program
Oral Presentations
Submitted by: Students
Presenters:
Title:
Isadore Tarantino, PGY4
Lawrence Dall, MD
Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): How Effective is
the Modified Mallampati Scoring Method?
Rohit Saha, PGY4
Ryan Eckert, PGY4
Jennifer Bequette, MD
Lawrence Dall, MD
Baseline Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes in Quality Improvement
and Patient Safety (QIPS) Among Years 2-6 Students
Peter Everson, PGY4
James Bogener, MD
Judy Kratz, RN
Jennifer Stallbaumer, RN
Jonathan Dubin, MD
Creating an Efficient Instrument Tray and Drape Pack for Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery
Seenu Abraham, PGY3
Peter Vayalil, PGY4
Sagar Patel, PGY4
Jeffrey Hackman, MD, FACEP
Lawrence Dall, MD
Polypharmacy and Distinctive Demographics of Congestive Heart Failure Patients
Failure Patients
John Loftus, PGY4
Nial Castle
Sandy Peterson
Lawrence Dall, MD
Antibiotic Stewardship: Improving Antibiotic Utilization in
Hospitalized Patients
Evan Martin, PGY4
Mudassar Zia, MD
Rebecca Pauly, MD
Lawrence Dall, MD
Spreading Awareness of Advance Directives by Surveying Patients
Knowledge and Beliefs the Impact on Documentation of Their
Wishes
Jeffrey Klott, PGY3
Haley Merrill, MD
Rajesh Rangarajan, MD
Jonathan Dubin, MD
Post-Fracture Pain Management: Do Orthopaedic Surgeons
Adequately Design, Explain and Document Pain Control Regimens
for Post-Fracture Patients
Rohit Saha, PGY4
Lawrence Dall, MD
Evaluation of Bronchiectasis in Patients with Autosomal Dominant
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Naman Agrawal, PGY1
Kent Buxton, PGY1
Matthew Decker, PGY1
Christian Lamb, PGY1
Hafsa Lodhi, PGY1
Katie Payne, PGY1
Jeffrey Wiegers, PGY1
Steven Waldman, MD
Influence of Interpreters on Emergency Room Interactions
2nd Annual Vijay Babu Rayudu
Quality & Patient Safety Day Program
Posters
Submitted by: Residents
Presenters:
Andre Arsenault, MD
Hema Pamulapati, MD
Alexandra Roman, MD
Rakesh Ponnapureddy, MD
Govind Pandopatam, MD
Suzanne Miller, MD
Title:
Increasing the Use of Aspirin for Primary Prevention in Continuity Clinic
Akshit Sharma, MD
Aly Abdelrahman, MD
Komal Piryani, MD
Ali Someili, MD
David Wooldridge, MD, FACP
Reem Mustafa, MD
Sarah Blake, DO
Audrey Bearden, MD
Yazan Ghanem, MD
Amanda Harrell, DO
Rhea Bhargava, MD
Bhaskar Bhardwaj, MD
Reed Cope, MD
Shehabaldin Alqalyoobi, MD
Sood Kisra, MD
Ata Bajwa, MD
John Foxworth, PharmD
Nurry Pirani, MD
David Wooldridge, MD
Reem Mustafa, MD
Improving Compliance of Guideline-Recommended Screening Measures of Health Maintenance
TMC-HH Clinics: A QI Project
Hema Pamulapati, MD
Alexandra Roman, MD
Andre Arsenault, MD
David Wooldridge, MD
Reem Mustafa, MD
Hospital Acquired Anemia: An Under-Reported and Preventable Problem
Sood Kisra, MD
Saiprasad Narsingham, MD
Samrat Patel, MD
Mihir Brahmbhatt, MD
Asha George, PGY4
Vritti Gupta, MD
John Foxworth, PharmD
Evaluation of the Reporting Process of the Tests Pending at Discharge in an Academic Hospital
Nathan Sanderse, MD
Hisham Elsherbiny, MD
Mazen Shobassy, MD
Sean Doran, MD
Brett Bartels, MD
Hani El-Halawany, MD
Mir Fahad Faisal, MD
Sashidhar Manthravadi, MD
Hassan Salameh, MD
Aref Bin Abdulak,, MD
Ajay Sekhon, PgCert
Reem Mustafa, MD
David Wooldridge, MD
Improving Medication Reconciliation Completion in a Residents’ Primary Care Clinic
Raj Shah, MD
Felicia Ratnaraj, PGY4
Aditya Gutta, MD
Natasha Mathew, MS
John Foxworth, PharmD
David Wooldridge, MD
“Eating Smart” Education in a Safety Net Hospital Population
Raj Shah, MD
Beenish Ahmed, PGY4
Neha Husain, PGY3
Kirbi Yelorda, PGY3
Hima Veermachaneni, PGY3
Aditya Gutta, MD
Reem Mustafa, MD
Efficacy of Colorectal Cancer Screening Education via CDC Pamphlet Versus Inflatable Colon
Raj Shah, MD
Kristin Gillenwater, DO
Reem Mustafa, MD
An Extension of the Residents as Teachers Curriculum: A Resident Led Docent Approach
Raj Shah, MD
Kristin Gillenwater, DO
Reem Mustafa, MD
David Wooldridge, MD
Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Safety Net Hospital: Development and User Testing
of a FIT Algorithm
M. Abu Ghanimeh, MD
Nathan Bammes, MD
Talha Farid, MD
Dany Jacob, MD
Aditya Gutta, MD
Mohamed Omer, MD
Daulath Singh, MD
Roomana Ahad, MD
Emily Tylski, DO
Residents Primary Care Clinic Patients’ Hand-Off: Quality Improvement Project to Improve
Transition of Care
A Gard
David Wooldridge, MD
Kristen Gillenwater, MD
Amgoud Masoud, MD
Reem Mustafa, MD
Udit Bhatnagar, MD
Zaheer Ahmed, MD
Gurminder Dhillon, MD
Joshua Weir, DO
Mohannad Abu Omar, MD
Mohammed Ansari, MD
Arooge Towheed, MD
Sibghat Tul Llah, MD
Abdullah Abdelrazaq, MD
Sola Kim, MD
Reem Mustafa, MD
Nurry Pirani, MD
Jeff Hackman, MD
David Wooldridge, MD
Tobacco Cessation Quality Improvement Pilot Project
2nd Annual Vijay Babu Rayudu
Quality & Patient Safety Day Program
Clinical Vignettes
Submitted by: Students & Residents
Presenters:
Title:
Arooge Towheed, MD
Udit Bhatnagar, MD
Aref Bin Abdulhak, MD
John Foxworth, PharmD
Diabetes Treatment Goals in the Elderly: Are We Too Aggressive? Lessons from a Case Report
Arooge Towheed, MD
Sibghat Tul Llah, MD
Salman Khan, MD
Bhaskar Bhardwaj, MD
John Foxworth, PharmD
Mollaret’s Meningitis: A Diagnosis with Which Every Physician Should be Familiar
Reid Waldman, PGY2
Steven Waldman, MD, JD
Melanoma In-Situ in a Small Pox Vaccination Scar: A Case Report to Highlight the Importance
Monitoring Burns and Scars to Improve Patient Safety