Resident quality improvement research

14th Annual Henry Ford Rochester Hospital

Quality Improvement Research Day

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Noon - 4:30 pm (Zoom)

The Office of Graduate Medical Education and Henry Ford Rochester Hospital will hold the 14th Annual QI Research Day program on Tuesday, April 22, via Zoom. The QI Research Day provides residents and faculty in our Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Transitional Year programs with an opportunity to showcase their outstanding QI research projects.

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For the 2024 agenda, click here. For a recording of the 2024 event, click here.

For the 2024 keynote presentation, click here.

The top four scorers:

1^st place: Improving Obesity Outcomes in an Academic Clinic (presented by Anoopa Mathew)

Co-authors: David Samrah, Jahanavi Ramakrishna, Aman Saleemi, Emecheta Ajaero, Hasan Ilyas, Javaria Asif, Vesna Tegeltija,* Zain Kulairi*

2^nd place: Standardization of Inpatient Hypertension Management (presented by Dhairya Salvi)

Co-authors: Nour Aldaoud, Vamsi Krishna Lavu, Abdullah Yesilyaprak, Vesna Tegeltija*

3^rd place: Improving Sepsis Care in a Community Hospital (presented by Taha Alaa)

Co-Authors: Zachary Johnson,* Sarwan Kumar,* Vesna Tegeltija*

4^th place: Overutilization of Proton Pump Inhibitors (presented by Tripti Nagar)

Co-authors: Alaa Taha, Anthony Calabrese, Ayushi Garg, Vesna Tegeltija*

The top scorer conducted a slide presentation on the team's QI project at the 2024 SEMCME Research Forum & QIPS Summit, held jointly as a live event on Wednesday, May 22, in Lovett Hall at the Henry Ford. Internal Medicine resident Anoopa Mathew won First Place in the Poster Competition! For details, visit SEMCME or contact GME Research Manager Heidi Kenaga.

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Faculty advisors:

Sarwan Kumar, MD

Internal Medicine Program Director

Vesna Tegeltija, MD

Internal Medicine Associate Program Director

Zain Kulairi, MD

Internal Medicine clinical faculty

Joseph Vercellone, MD

Internal Medicine clinical faculty

Eleanor King, MD

Family Medicine Program Director

Andrea Milne, MD, PhD

Family Medicine Associate Program Director

Kathryn Cox, MD

Family Medicine clinical faculty

Heidi Hilton, DO

Family Medicine clinical faculty

Tess McCready, DO

Transitional Year Program Director