HonorHealth continually strives to be an academic center for excellence through world-class patient care, quality and safety, teaching and research. Below are some updates highlighting some of the recent achievements and other noteworthy events occurring in healthcare. Read the full updates HERE. 

Kudos:

Congratulations go to Ben Gifford, Sanah Ali, Rustan Sharer and Dana Sall for the acceptance of their quality improvement abstract! Their abstract will be included in the AMA 2022 edition of “Medical Students, Residents and Fellows Making an Impact.”

Congratulations to Tiffany Pankow, MD, for winning the Phoenix Business Journal’s 2022 Health Care Heroes award in the Mental Health category.

Adriana Castro, MD, won third place in the Resident Jeopardy at the AZ Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

Updates:

There have been three confirmed measles cases in Maricopa County. Please take this into consideration when unvaccinated individuals present with a fever and rash.

Call for abstracts, presentations, conferences, etc.:

AAMC is now accepting submissions for the Learn Serve Lead 2023: AAMC Annual Meeting. All submissions due by Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.

The 2023 Innovations in Medical Education Conference Planning Committee is seeking abstracts for innovations with at least pilot data and cool ideas or work-in progress. Submission deadline is Monday, Oct. 2, 2022.

SDOH updates:

Check out the 2022 Social Determinants of Health key system initiates.

ATSU medical student Ibraheim Ayub along with Priya Radhakrishnan, MD, submitted a poster presentation to the American Medical Informatics Association.

DEI Updates:

Read about the strategic plan in place for DEI.

Under the leadership of Priya Radhakrishnan, MD, HonorHealth was the recipient of the Building Trust and Equity in Internal Medicine Training grant for $20,000. These funds will be utilized to support additional People Resource Groups (PRGs) which includes Native American and LGBTQ employees.

Meet Julie Crichton, MD, FASA, and Tiffany Proffitt, DO, MABS, the new directors of the Women Physicians Leadership Council (WPLC) at HonorHealth.

Save the date for the next WPLC event at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022.