| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| Improving the Tracking of Tobacco Cessation Education and Perioperative Tobacco-use Among Patients and Their Parents at a Single Preoperative Clinic | Michael Green, M.D. Anesthesiology/Pediatric Anesthesiology |
| Increasing Daily Physical Activity after ED Discharge for Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment | Loryn Fridie, PA-C Emergency Medicine |
| Identifying Barriers in Sepsis Bundle Compliance | Jeremy Torrisi, M.D. Emergency Medicine (Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital) |
| TBD | Ettaib Elmarabti, M.D. Medicine/Chief Resident |
| From Overload to Optimization: Improving Physician Documentation Workflows | Aliza Cook, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine |
| Improving Communication about Medications at Hospital Discharge | Kirsten Homma, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine |
| Improving POCUS Competency in the WCM Internal Medicine Residency Program | Jennifer Huang, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine |
| Improve Use of Patient Navigators to Increase Palliative Care Referrals for Oncology Patients with Cancer Pain and to Decrease Subsequent Avoidable ED and Hospital Readmissions | Anna Goehring, M.D. Medicine/Geriatric Medicine (Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital) |
| Coordinating Multidisciplinary Efforts to Reduce 30-day Readmission Rate of Sickle Cell Patients | Dolcine Dalmacy, M.D. Medicine/Hospital Medicine (Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital) |
| Reducing Overutilization of Lower Extremity Dopplers and TTE with Bubble in Stroke Rule Out | Sofya Kostanyan, M.D. Medicine/Hospital Medicine (Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital) |
| Implementation of Diagnostic Stewardship to Reduce Inappropriate Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus PCR Testing | David DiTullio, M.D. Medicine/Infectious Disease |
| Using Epic to streamline care for patients received Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) | Yesha Malik, M.D. Medicine/Infectious Disease |
| Building a Multidisciplinary Chronic Respiratory Failure Service | Michael Aboodi, M.D. Medicine/Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
| Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of 23.4% Sodium Chloride Administration via midline or Peripheral IV in Neurocritical Care Unit | Kaitlyn Twomey, MPAS, PA-C Neurology/Neurocritical Care |
| Improving Early Childhood Vaccination Rates in the Post-Pandemic Era: A Quality Improvement Approach | Allison Gorman, M.D. Pediatrics/General Pediatrics |
| Pediatric Foreign Body Emergency Pathway: a Multidisciplinary Collaboration to Standardize Care and Improve Patient Safety | Melissa Rose, M.D. Pediatrics/Gastroenterology & Nutrition |
| Decreasing Time to Administration of "STAT" Antibiotics in Inpatient Pediatrics | Tatyana Kopp, D.O. Pediatrics/Neonatology (Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Queens) |
| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| Facilitating Complex Cancer Care Delivery in the Ambulatory Setting: A Pilot Project of Day Hospital Administration of Chimeric Antigen Receptor Tcells for Hematological Malignancies | Anna Alperovich, M.D. Medicine/Hematology & Oncology |
| Reduction of Excessive Laboratory Draws in Teaching Hospital Setting | Kevin Bachrach, M.D. Medicine/ Chief Resident |
| Improving Care Transitions between an Academic Medical Center and Affiliated Nursing Home | Emily Coskun, M.D. Medicine/Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine |
| Building the Brooklyn Bridge: Improving Outpatient Follow Up of Patients with Alcohol Associated Liver Disease | Saamia Faruqui, M.D. Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology (WCM-Brooklyn Methodist) |
| "C"s the Day: A Quality Improvement Project | Fiona Gispen, M.D. Medicine/Infectious Disease |
| Using Point-of-Care HA1c Measurements to Improve Diabetes Control Among Black and Hispanic Patients at WCIMA | Cecilia Nicol, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine |
| Rapid Response Team: A Standardized Approach | Stephanie Sirna, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine Bryan Keane, RN NYP-Department of Nursing |
| Buprenorphine Beyond Discharge: A Quality Initiative for Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use Disorder | Maeve Ward, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine (Hospital Medicine) |
| Improving Adherence to Sepsis Protocols in the Emergency Department at Night | Christopher Hennessy, M.D. Emergency Medicine |
| Implementation of an Obstetric Specific Fall Risk Tool to Decrease the Incidence of Maternal Falls Throughout the Obstetric Department | Shanna Sapienza, RN NYP-Department of Nursing |
| Improving Utilization of Office Hysteroscopy in HT5 OB/GYN Clinic | Cynthia Arvizo, M.D. Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Alexandra Cohen Hospital (ACH) Newborn Hyperbilirubinemia QI Project | Cynthia Isedeh, D.O. Pediatrics/Newborn Hospitalist |
| Community Hospital to Academic Center PICU: Standardizing Communication and Escalation Pathways | George Ru, M.D. Pediatrics/Critical Care (WCM-Brooklyn Methodist) |
| Prostate Cancer Radiology Pathology Quality Improvement Program | Elisabeth O'Dwyer, M.D. Radiology |
| Analysis and Prevention of Misadministration in Radiology | Sridhar Vatti, M.D. Radiology (WCM-Brooklyn Methodist) |
| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| Guided Heart Failure Education During Home Visits | Shudhanshu Alishetti, M.D. Medicine/Cardiology (WCM-Brooklyn Methodist) |
| Connecting Art & Medicine | Emily Finkelstein, M.D. Medicine/Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine |
| Utilization of Discharge Checklists to Decrease Length of Stay | Ashwin Kelkar, M.D. Medicine/Chief Resident |
| Improving the Provider-Domain of the Patient Experience on the Hospital Medicine Service | Paul Martin, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine (Hospital Medicine) |
| Is More Better? Will Going from 4 to 288 Glucose Readings a Day Make A Difference In Glycemic Outcomes In Women With Gestational Diabetes? | Rachel Stahl, R.D., C.D.N. Medicine/Endocrinology |
| A Quality Improvement Project to Screen, Risk Stratify, and Manage Patients with NonalcoholicFatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) | Ilan Weisberg, M.D. Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology (WCM-Brooklyn Methodist) |
| Implementation Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Screening in Inflammatory Arthritis Clinic: Insights from a Quality Improvement Project at a Tertiary Rheumatology Center | Jeong Min (April) Yu, M.D. Medicine/Rheumatology |
| Improvement of Documentation of Home Intravenous Antibiotic Orders Of HSS | Michael Henry, M.D. Infectious Diseases (HSS) |
| Perioperative Management of Patients Taking Long Acting GLP-1 Agonists | Marissa M Weber, M.D. Anesthesia/Regional Anesthesia |
| Increasing Emergency Department Patient Care Quality Experience in Chinese Patients | Pon-Hsiu Yeh, M.D. Emergency Medicine |
| Reducing Pressure Injuries in the Pediatric Inpatient Population | Ariel Rudd, M.S.N., M.B.A., R.N. NYP Department of Nursing |
| Delirium Screening in Non-ICU Patients | Karolina Walichnowska, R.N., D.N.P. NYP Department of Nursing |
| Infographic Postoperative Instructions and Medications | Laura Kim, M.D. Obstetrics & Gynecology (WCM/NYPQ) |
| A Protocol to Target Transfusion of the Most Appropriate Blood Products Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pediatric Patients | Kelly Haque, M.D. Pediatrics/Pediatrics Critical Care Medicine |
| Reduction of Peanut Allergy in High Risk Infants Through Early Onset Peanut Introduction | Miriam Samstein, M.D. Pediatrics/Allergy Immunology |
| Implementing a Clinical Pathway for Symptom Somatic Disorders in the Inpatient Pediatrics Setting | Georgina Hartzell, M.D. Psychiatry/Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Multidisciplinary Verbal De-Escalation Initial and Refresher Training Sessions in Emergency | Maria De Pena-Nowak, M.D. Psychiatry/Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) |
| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| Implementation of a Prenatal Anesthesia Education Program to Improve Health Equity, Increase Access, and Assess the Impact on Maternal Anxiety and Postpartum Depression | Jason White, M.D. Anesthesiology |
| Improving Patient Portal Enrollment for Adolescent Patients & Proxies | Jonathan Elias, M.D. Cornell Medical Associates |
| Using Tele-paramedicine to Conduct In-home Fall Risk Reduction After Emergency Department Discharge: Preliminary Data | Lynn Jiang, M.D. Emergency Medicine |
| Chart Smarter, Not Harder: Improving Mortality with Documentation | Elijah Douglass, M.D. Medicine/Hospital Medicine |
| Sustainable Strategies for CAUTI Reduction at WCMC | Manjinder Kandola, M.D. Medicine/Chief Resident |
| Improving Outcomes with NIRS in Monitoring Peripheral Perfusion during Peripheral Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Cardiac Support in Adult and Pediatric Population | Monika Tukacs, B.S.N., R.N. NYP Department of Nursing |
| Improving Communication in Neonatal Emergencies by Establishing a Neonatal Resuscitation Team (NRT) in a Community Hospital setting | Johanna Calo, M.D. Pediatrics |
| Prevention Nephrotoxin-related Acute Kidney Injury (NAKI) – an SPS/CHA Effort | Anuradha Gajjar, M.D. Pediatrics/Nephrology |
| Transitions of Care Evaluation and Glycemic Management to Reduce Readmissions and Achieve Inpatient Blood Glucose Goals- (TEAM-Glucose trial) | Jessica Snead, Pharm.D. Pharmacy/Internal Medicine |
| Measurement Based Care in the Child OPD | Alma Spaniardi, M.D. Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| Simplified Preoperative Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment Model Adaptation to Same-Day Admit Surgical Patients | Shelby Badani, M.D. Anesthesiology/Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine |
| Medical Malpractice: Breaking the culture of Silence to Improve Physician Wellbeing and Patient Care | Lucy Willis, M.D. Emergency Medicine |
| Improving transitions of care for older adults in an ambulatory geriatrics clinic to reduce 30-day readmissions | Kelly Cummings, M.D. Medicine/Geriatric Medicine |
| Reducing falls among patients with cancer at NYP/Weill Cornell Medicine | Christine Garcia, M.D. Medicine/Hematology & Oncology German Rodriguez, R.N. NYP Nursing |
| Using Clinical Decision Support Tools to Increase Defibrillator Deactivations in Dying Patients | Ramsey Khalil, M.D. Medicine/Chief Resident |
| Study of Telemedicine via Virtual Video Visits in Symptom Monitoring and Management of Cancer Patients Treated with Systemic Therapies in Brooklyn | Uqba Khan, M.D. Medicine/Hematology & Oncology (WCM-Brooklyn Methodist) |
| Management of risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease after transplant | Emily Schonfeld, M.D. Medicine/Gastroenterology |
| Botox for Sialorrhea in the NeuroICU | Judy Ch'ang, M.D. Neurology/Neurocritical Care |
| In Vitro Fertilization Treatment Care Coordination | Feruza Esanova, R.N. NYP Nursing |
| Virtual Field Testing | Paul Petrakos, D.O. Ophthalmology |
| Kangaroo Care to Improve Parent Satisfaction and Decreased Depression/Anxiety Associated with NICU Hospitalization | Emily Echevarria, M.D. Pediatrics/Neonatology |
| Using Self-Reporting Event System to Identify Potential Social Determinants of Health in Safety Events in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | Megan Toal, M.D. Pediatrics/Pediatric Critical Care Medicine |
| Improving Access to Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Care for Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer | Vivian Bea, M.D. Surgery/Breast Surgical Oncology (WCM-Brooklyn Methodist) |
| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| Assessing Medical Understanding of a Chinese Population at NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital | Pamela Tieu, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine (Hospital Medicine) |
| Development of a Pediatric to Adult Transition Clinic for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes for Continuity of Care | Tiffany Yeh, M.D. Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism |
| Weill Cornell Medicine Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative | Andrea Betesh, M.D. Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology Mary Steszewski, R.N. NYP Nursing |
| Pediatric Acute Asthma Exacerbation Clinical Pathway Development In a Regional Hospital | Kalliope Tsirilakis, M.D. Pediatrics (WCM/NYPQ) |
| Discharge Optimization to Reduce the Rate of Unplanned Readmissions for Pediatric Patients with Neurologic Conditions | Jamie Lee Palaganas, M.D. Pediatrics/Neurology |
| Understanding perceptions and knowledge of monitored anesthesia care (MAC) | Priscilla Nelson, M.D. Anesthesiology |
| Optimized Follow Up for Patients Discharged from the Emergency Department after Abdominal Imaging | Matthew McCarty, M.D. Emergency Medicine |
| Outpatient Cervical Ripening for Low-Risk Pregnant Women: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay and Improve Patient Satisfaction | Malavika Prabhu, M.D. Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Enhanced Recovery after Surgery for Cesarean Delivery: A Quality Improvement Initiative | Robert White, M.D. Anesthesiology |
| A multidisciplinary, multimodal quality improvement initiative to reduce time to antibiotic administration in pediatric oncology patients with fever and neutropenia | Nicole Gerber, M.D. Emergency Medicine/Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
| Using Clinical Decision Support in Electronic Medical Record to Improve Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Prescription Rates in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure | Ozan Unlu, M.D. Medicine/Chief Resident |
| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| CT Angiography-Guided Protocol for Severe Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding | David Wan, M.D. Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| The feasibility of Using a Cloud-based Diabetes Management Application to Optimize Review of Glucose and Insulin Data and Inform Treatment Decisions in the Outpatient Setting | Gwendolyne Jack, M.D. Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism |
| Improving Antibiotic Stewardship of Patients with Reported Penicillin and Cephalosporin Allergies on Medicine Floors at NYP-WC and LMH campuses | Rebecca Berger, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine (Hospital Medicine) Harjot Singh, M.D. Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
| Improving Identification and Management of Early Hypoglycemia in High-Risk Neonates | Vargabi Ghei, M.D. & Priyanka Tiwari, M.D. Pediatrics/Newborn Medicine |
| Can A Discharge Check List Decrease Unnecessary Readmissions and Improve Patient Satisfaction | Arabella Stock, M.D. & Amelia Burke N.P. Pediatrics/Cardiology |
| Improving Opiate Prescribing Patterns in Spine Surgery | Jatin Joshi, M.D. Anesthesiology/Pain Management |
| Longitudinal assessment of post-burn skin grafts to assess the quality of burn center care | Philip Chang, M.D. Surgery/Trauma, Burns, Acute and Critical Care |
| Congestive Heart Failure Management at Home Use of Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) | Tanya Mighty, M.S.N. NYP Nursing/Social Work & Care Coordination |
| Implementing an ADHD Checklist to Standardize Practice in a Primary Pediatrics Office | Matthew Tirelli, M.S.N. NYP Nursing/Pediatrics |
| Development and Utilization of a Burn Sepsis Screening Tool (BSST) | Kaitlyn Libraro, M.S. NYP Nursing/Trauma, Burns, Acute and Critical Care |
| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| Identifying and Reducing Delays in Inpatient Endoscopy | Carl Crawford, M.D. Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Impact of a Novel Hospital-Based Opioid Stewardship Program on Non-surgical Acute Pain Management in the Hospital | Alexis Vien, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine (Hospital Medicine) |
| Improving Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Deactivation Discussions in Admitted Patients Made DNR and Comfort Care | Michael Wagner, M.D. Medicine/Chief Resident Quality and Safety |
| Community Paratelemedicine | Brock Daniels, M.D. Emergency Medicine |
| A Human Factors Approach to Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention and Safety Culture in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Pilot Report | Naomi Bishop, M.D. Pediatrics/PICU |
| Safety and Efficacy of a Post-Operative Pathway for Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation after Cardiac Surgery | Diana Brickman, R.N. NYP Nursing/CTICU |
| Addressing Barriers to Team Escalation In response to Patient deterioration Using the TEAMSTEPPS Approach | Inez Brandon, M.S.N. NYP Nursing/Hematology & Oncology |
| Improving Communication and Response to Clinical Deterioration to Increase Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit | Susan Liu, B.S.N. NYP Nursing/Surgery/SICU |
| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| Tai Chi for Enhanced Inpatient Mobilization: A Feasibility Study | George Bao, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine (Hospital Medicine) |
| Standardizing and Streamlining DKA Guidelines in the Weill Cornell Medical ICU and the Lower Manhattan Hospital ICU | Felicia Mendelsohn-Curanaj, M.D. & Jane Seley, D.N.P. Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism |
| Using "Pod-Cards" to Encourage Doctor-Patient Continuity in a Resident Primary Care Practice | Laura Gingras, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine (Adult Internal Medicine) |
| Feasibility of a Novel Real-Time Provider Teaching Intervention in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Meredith Turetz, M.D. Medicine/Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine |
| Project | Faculty |
|---|---|
| Impact of Hospitalist-Led Interdisciplinary Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions at an Academic Medical Center | Stephanie Tang MD & Renuka Gupta, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine (Hospital Medicine) |
| Decreased Rates of Inpatient Hypoglycemia Following Implementation of an Automated Tool in the Electronic Medical Record for Identifying Root Causes | Naina Sinha Gregory, M.D. & Jane Seley, D.N.P. Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism |
| What to expect that you're not expecting: A pilot video education intervention to improve patient self-efficacy surrounding discharge medication barriers | Sanjai Sinha, M.D. Medicine/General Internal Medicine (Adult Internal Medicine) |
| Quality Improvement Initiative Increases Total Paracentesis and Early Paracentesis Rates in Hospitalised Cirrhotics with Ascites | Arun Jesudian, M.D. Medicine/Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Dr. Jennifer I. Lee, Vice Chair
Ericka Fong, Program Manager
qia-wcm@med.cornell.edu
