Research & Quality Improvement Day: Harris Health & UTHealth Houston
On Tuesday, October 15, the Department of Surgery proudly participated in the second annual HH-UT Research and Quality Improvement Day at LBJ General Hospital. The event was a huge success and highlighted the outstanding research and quality improvement work taking place across our institutions.
The Department of Surgery was well represented, with 13 posters presented by medical students, residents, and faculty. Our team demonstrated excellence across a wide range of topics, including patient care improvement, outcomes, and advancements in surgical techniques. These efforts underscore the department’s commitment to innovation, quality improvement, and surgical excellence, for our patients and for each other, through collaboration and shared success.
Posters from our department included:
- Ananya Hari, medical student — “Rectus abdominis muscle changes following open retrorectus ventral hernia repair” — Mentor: Jonah J. Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
- Anne Jeckovich, MD, surgical resident — “ED to OC for LC: A fast track for LBJ gallbladder” — Mentor: Tamara Saunders, MD, FACS
- Brandon Blair, medical student — “Evaluating surgical performance through intraoperative video: A pilot study in robotic cholecystectomy” — Mentor: Jonah J. Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
- Cameron Wyatt, medical student — “The incidence of occult inguinal hernia during laparoscopic contralateral repair: A prospective study” — Mentor: Julie Holihan, MD, FACS
- Coleman Miller, MD, surgical resident — “Use of fish skin graft (FSG) to improve wound healing and expedite discharge at a county safety-net hospital” — Mentor: Jonah J. Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
- Dalya Ferguson, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine — “Development of a survey to quantify patient-reported costs in acute care surgery patients” — Mentor: Jonah J. Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
- Debbie Nguyen, program manager of research — “Development of the UTHealth hernia database” — Mentor: Jonah J. Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
- Edwin George Mathew, MD, research assistant — “Early observations from a prospective multiparametric hernia surgery database” — Mentor: Jonah J. Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
- James Dickey, MD, surgical resident — “Laying quality ground-work: Surgical opinions for a laparoscopic common bile duct exploration expansion program” — Mentor: Todd D. Wilson, MD, FACS
- Jasie Williams-Roberts, medical student — “Leveraging sports analytics and intraoperative video to improve surgical quality and outcomes” — Mentor: Jonah J. Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS
- Lindsey DeSplinter, medical student — “Discordance between surgeon and pathologist assessment of severity in acute appendicitis” — Mentor: Dalya Ferguson, MD, MS
- Mackenzie Joe, medical student — “Local adherence with society guidelines and postoperative outcomes in perforated appendicitis” — Mentor: Dalya Ferguson, MD, MS
- Srisha Jayakumar, medical student — “Predictors of failure during nonoperative management of simple acute appendicitis” — Mentor: Dalya Ferguson, MD, MS
Special thanks to all the mentors, coordinators, residents, students, and faculty whose dedication made this event a success. We look forward to even greater participation and exciting new projects at next year’s event.
View our photo gallery below to revisit some of the day’s best moments and the collaborative spirit that filled the event.
