Quality Improvement

Nicklaus Children's Hospital GME Department has a structured Quality Improvement (QI) Curriculum for Residents, Fellows, and faculty development for faculty mentors. Trainees are expected to engaged in a self-generated and designed QI project during their training. The QI projects may follow PDSA, LEAN, Six Sigma, or other widely established QI methodologies. Trainees document their projects on a QI Project Documentation Form. Projects are presented in a QI forum using a QI Reporting Template and at the end of the academic year in the Annual Residents' and Fellows' Scholarship Day.

Below is a listing of our fellows' completed 2023-2024 QI projects:

TITLE FELLOWS & COLLABORATORS FACULTY MENTORS
Increasing Confidence in Managing Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) Among Pediatric Residents Jennifer Thompson, MD
Adolescent Medicine Fellow
Salina Mostajabian, MD
 
Increasing Early Hospital Discharges Magi Dickinson, MD
Ped Hospital Medicine Fellow
Melissa Clemente, MD
Veronica Etinger, MD
Decreasing HFNC Duration & Length of Stay in Patients with Bronchiolitis Ali Byrne, MD
Ped Hospital Medicine Fellow
Veronica Etinger, MD
Evaluation of Neonatal Seizures S/P Cardiac Bypass Najveen Alvi, MD
Jenna Schermerhorn, DO
Ped Cardiology Fellows
Bhavi Patel, DO
Anuj Jayakar, MD
Reducing Benzodiazepine Drips in the ICU Tikki Dulitz, MD
Ped Critical Care Fellow
Kaitlin Kobaitri, DO
Hugh Ladd, MD
Improving Compliance with Sleep Hygiene Measures to Decrease Delirium Incidence in Critically Ill Children Less than 2 Year of Age Camila De Avila, MD
Ped Critical Care Fellow
Kaitlin Kobaitri, DO
Monique Taurrau, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CPN
Bala Totapally, MD
Improving the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit’s EEG Technicians’ Ability to Interpret EEG Patterns in Critical Care Patients Ana M. Iglesias Rodriguez, MD
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow
Marytery Fajardo, MD
24-Hour-Release Project Leisha Quinones, MD
Nicole Redondo
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Americo Padilla, MD
Antibiotic Stewardship PICU QIMOC part 4 credit. Caleb Murray, DO
Ped Critical Care Fellow
Kaitlin Kobaitri, DO
Appropriate Thromboembolic Prophylaxis Therapy in IBD Patients Admitted to the Hospital: Risk Stratification Algorithm Maria Susana Lopez Gonzalez, MD
Ped Gastroenterology Fellow
Lina M Felipez, MD
Revise II (Reducing Excessive Variability in Infant Sepsis Evaluation) Freddy Martin, MD
Ped Emergency Medicine Fellow
Alison Payson, MD
Melissa Clemente, MD
Veronica Etinger, MD
Michael Rizkalla, MD
Evaluation of Blood Loss After Posterior Spinal Fusion (PSF) and Instrumentation for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Taghi Ramazanian, MD
Ped Ortho Spine Fellow
Subaraman Ramchandran,MD
Stephen George, MD
Protocolization of Blunt Pancreatic Injury in the Pediatric Population Victoria Ko, MD
Ameer Al-Hadidi, MD
Pediatric Surgery Fellows
Patricio Lau, MD
Connecting Care: Enhancing Parents’ Preparedness and Comfort Post-Surgery Through Phone Calls Guilherme Santos Piedade, MD
Ped Neurosurgery Fellow
Toba Niazi, MD
Kristen Stabingas, MD
Bilateral Myringotomy with Tube Placement on Children with Cleft Lip and Palate Rohan Policherla, MD
Craniofacial Plastic Surgery Fellow
Jordan Steinberg, MD, PhD