The Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research

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2026 Medical Education Research

ePoster Session Award Winners

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UME/Student Education

 

• Student Led winner: Cindy Won, BS (for the project:  Navigating Uncertainty in Clinical Settings: The Development, Pilot Implementation, and Evaluation of an Interactive Workshop for Medical Students)

 

• Resident or Fellow Led winner: Emanuelle Rizk, MD (for the project: Medicine in Minutes (MiM): A Digital Whiteboard Mini Lecture Curriculum for Internal Medicine Clerkship Students)

 

• Faculty Led winner: Daniele Olveczky, MD, MS (for the project: Cultivating Compassionate Physicians: A Three-Year Evaluation of a Curriculum on Spirituality and Accompaniment in Undergraduate Medical Education)

 

• Faculty Led Honorable Mention: Taylor Brown, MD (for the project: From Task to Trust: Teaching Trauma-Informed Procedural Skills)

 

GME/Resident Education

 

• Faculty Led winner: Partha Sinha, MD, PhD (for the project: Just In Time Teaching in the Ambulatory Setting: An Educational Intervention Using a Branched Chain Learning Module to Enhance Osteoporosis Teaching in Endocrine Clinics)

 

• Faculty Led Honorable Mention: Ryan E. Nelson, MD (for the project: The Optimizing Whiteboard Lectures (OWL) Curriculum: Elevating "Chalk Talks" in Graduate Medical Education)

 

• Resident or Fellow Led winner 1: Laura McNamara, MD (for the project: Defining Core Learning Objectives in Pulmonary Vascular Disease for Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows: A National Modified Delphi Study)

 

• Resident or Fellow Led winner 2: Oussama Metrouh, MD (for the project: Correlation Between Residency Rank List Placement and Clinical Performance in Interventional Radiology Trainees)

 

• Resident or Fellow Led Honorable Mention: Joshua Katz, MD (for the project: Diagnostic Radiology Resident wRVU Productivity Over Two Decades – A Single Institution Retrospective Review)

 

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Simulation Education

 

• Faculty Led winner: Sudipta Mohanty, MD (for the project: Error Counting: A Novel Approach to Evaluating Procedural Performance)

 

• Faculty Led honorable mention: Jacqueline Hannan, PhD (for the project: Virtual Reality Training for Anesthesiologists in Invasive Procedures (VR TAIP) - a Single Center Randomized Controlled Trial)

 

• Resident or Fellow Led winner: Kamila Moskowitzova, MD (for the project: Comprehensive Ultrasound-Guided Breast Aspiration Curriculum Utilizing Over-the-Counter Realistic Breast Model Improves Trainees’ Procedural Confidence and Technical Performance)

 

• Simulation – Resident or Fellow Led Honorable Mention: Wonjun Ji, MD, PhD (for the project: Simulation-Based Trainings for Bronchoscopy and Chest Tube Insertion in Pulmonary Fellows: Program Development and Initial Outcomes)
   

 

Interprofessional Education winner: Jenna Sarruda BSN, RN, CPAN and Chrystal Maki MSN, RN, CNL, CPAN (for the project: Improving PACU Emergency Response Using AI-Enhanced Simulation for Bedside Emergencies in a Postoperative Adult Patient)

 

Quality Improvement winner: Conceição Pires, MPH, BSN, RN, CCM, and Ijeoma Julie Eche-Ugwu, PhD, MPH, FNP-C (for the project: A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Medical Supply Waste in a Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit: A Single Institution Experience)

 

Quality Improvement Honorable Mention: Ann Marie Feinstein, RN, BSN, CWOCN (for the project: Shining Light on Dark Skin Tones Through Education)

 

Patient Education winner: Gabriel Cojuc-Konigsberg, MD and Divya Randhawa, MD (for the project: Perspectives on the Implementation of a Peer Mentoring Program for Kidney Transplant Recipients from Underrepresented Groups: A Mixed-Methods Study)

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The Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research
Congratulates the 2025-2026 Foundations Program Graduates!

Foundations in Medical Education

Austin Adams, MD - Laith Ayasa, MD - Roopa Balachandar, MD
Meghavi Mashar, MD - Catherine Matthys, MD - Katiuska Ramirez, MD Ramon Reddick, MD - Christine Rehr, MD - Emily Rosenzweig, MD
Pooja Sarkar, DO

Foundations in Clinical Trials

Sanam Alilou, MD - Arora Mansi, PhD - Jennifer Cluett, MD
Alper Gulluoglu, MD - Masumeh Hatami, MD
Yanqin Huang, MD, PhD, MBA - Chanmi Lee, MD, PhD
Yafeng Li, MD, PhD - Christopher Lucas, MD, FACP - Om Biju Panta, MD
Thomas Quinn, MD - Bruna Wafae, MD, MMSc - Yelu Zhang, MD

Foundations in Digital Education

Adolf-Ubokudom, MD, FACR, FACP
Carolina Fonseca Valencia, MD, FACP - Megha Gupta, MD, MS
Whidul Hasan, PhD - Vinay Kadiyala MD - Martin Kaminski, MD Mudasir Khanday, PhD - David Liu, MD
Maria Lopez-Giron, MD, DESAIC
Robbin Miraglia, PhD, RN - Juan Ramos-Ayes, PsyD
Val Rangasamy, MD, DESAIC - Sukhman Shergill, MD
Kuan-Yan Wang, MD, PhD - Charles Wu, MD

Foundations in Performance Mindset in Medicine

Emem Adolf-Ubokudom, MD, FACR, FACP - Keerthi Bandi, MD
Jessica Cassavaugh, MD - Katja DePaepe, MD, PhD
Jessica Hoy, MD - John Sharp, MD - Carrie Tibbles, MD

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