Quality, Safety, and Service Summit Awards

Each year during the Quality, Safety and Service (QSS) Summit, leaders across Johns Hopkins Medicine provide awards to individuals and groups that display exemplary commitment to patient safety, quality and service within healthcare.

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2025 | 2024

2025 Award Recipients

Star Awards

Hopkins Entity Presenter Recipient(s)
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Operating Room Nursing and Sterile Processing Bioburden Team - Ursula Nawab

Intentional Rounding Team – Ursula Nawab
Elisia Thomas
Steven Sladek
Kristin Beduhn
Victoria Agus
Kay Lawrence
Christi Lampton
Kirara Jiwani
Amy Tran
Doug DeRosa
Micayla Johnson
Dana Cooper
Patient Care Services Patient Safety and Quality Council
Johns Hopkins Ambulatory Bryan Barshick Shatawn Payano, R.N.
Sarah Cook, R.N.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Lisa Filbert Keshav Khanijow, M.D.
Ken Barnes, M.B.A.
Johns Hopkins Care at Home Home Health Services Team - Badia Faddoul Allie Madden, S.L.P.
Tracy Gellerman, O.T.
Maria Carmeli Dolorfino, P.T.
Jessica Jones, R.N.
Vondell Jackson
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Bryan Barshick Kathy Butler
Willow Blackmon, R.N.
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center Diane Scully
Emilie Thibeault
Emily Bendlin, M.S.
Robin Hof, R.N., B.S.N.
Johns Hopkins Medical Imaging Peg Cooper Bina Patel
Johns Hopkins Medicine International Iyad Eid
Saeed Yami
Razan Hamad
Jalal Alwan
Johns Hopkins Surgery Center Series Sam Bell Cassie Taraska
Greenspring Station Prep/PACU Staff- Sam Bell Christiana Casey, R.N.
Gretchen Townsend, R.N.
Nicole Hill, R.N.
Kim Lauterbach, R.N.
Gina Wagner, R.N.
Jenny Perl, R.N.
Sibley Memorial Hospital Sibley Memorial Emergency Department - Laura Hendricks Nadia Eltaki, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Cathryn Phillips, M.B.A., M.S.N., R.N.
Kim Anderson Carroll, M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N.
Amanda Roberson, M.S.N., R.N., C.H.E.P.
Pouya Gharahdaghi, M.D.
Sibley Memorial Perioperative Services - Laura Hendricks Ajith Varughese, M.B.A.
Hazel Darisse, D.N.P., R.N., N.E.A.-B.C., C.N.O.R.
Katherine Lamond, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.A.
Seth Akst, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.S.A.
Suburban Hospital Medical/Surgical Inpatient Units - George Cheely and/or Courtney Chornell Charlene Faku, M.S.N., R.N.
Yaa Adjekum, R.N., B.S., M.H.A., M.B.A.
Rakeisha Loyd, B.S.N., R.N.
Darshani Samaroo, M.S.N., R.N.
Gina Morales, B.S.N., R.N.
Mortality Reduction Leads - George Cheely and/or Courtney Chornell Atul Rohatgi, M.D.
Tara Roque, M.D.
Victoria May, M.B.A., R.N., N.E.-B.C.
Linda Simpson, B.S.N., R.N.
Steve Wilkes, M.D.
Celesta Ensley
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Linda Fair Kelly Williams, M.S.N., R.N.
Holley Farley, R.N.

The E. Robert Feroli Award for Excellence in Medication Safety

Presenter: Angela Green

Recipients: The Clinical Pharmacogenetics Program

  • Team Leader (accepting award)
    • Dr. James M. Stevenson, Pharm.D., M.S.
  • Team Members
    • James M. Stevenson, Pharm.D., M.S.
    • Mark Marzinke, Ph.D.
    • Jonathan Merran, M.S.
    • Isabel Snyder, M.S.
    • Julie Riddler, M.A., P.M.P.
    • Saba Jawhar
    • Alix Dabb, Pharm.D.
    • Ian Watt, Pharm.D.
    • Gary Roggin, M.D.
    • Brent Petty, M.D.
    • Celia Proctor, Pharm.D.
    • Craig Hendrix, M.D.

The Sean Berenholtz Award

Presenter: Allen Kachalia

Recipient: Sapna Kudchadkar, M.D., Ph.D.

2024 Award Recipients

Star Awards

Hopkins Entity Presenter Recipient(s)
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Ursula Mawab Kentlee Battick
Lisa Moore
Johns Hopkins Ambulatory Jenny Bailey Laura Eitel, Sibley Uro
Natasha Hilton, JHH
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Nicole Neisser
Nicole Oliver
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Lisa Filbert Ediberto (Eddie) DeLaCruz

Lifeline Team
Rodnie Matute
Anatoly Gunning
Rachel Bartock
Johns Hopkins Care at Home Mitra Gavgani
Nathan Thompson
James Davis

Employee Safety Committee
Donald Rouiller - Chair
Nathan Thompson & Dr. Branville Bard - Senior Executive Sponsors
Badia Faddoul & Jennifer Alexander - Executive Sponsors
Rama Abou-Seif - Facilitator/ Project Manager
Anita Stone - JHHS, Occupational and Environmental Safety
Danee Gatewood - Ambulatory
Dawn Workman - Home Support
Denise Walker - Home Care Coordination/Transition Guide
Donna Beck - Home Health Services
Jacob Scott - Home Medical Equipment
Kelly Kight - Infusion Services
Melissa Lantz-Garnish - JHOME/Remote Patient Monitoring
Megan Katauskas - Pediatrics at Home
Michelle Mason-Danglade - Home Medical Equipment
Mike Markowski - Home Health Services
Olivia Sharon Gifford - Pediatrics at Home
Rachel DeSantis - JHOME/Remote Patient Monitoring
Rama Abou-Seif - JHCH Project Manager
Rob Huber - Home Support
Sam Boston - Home Care Coordination/Transition Guide
Sandra Klein - Infusion Services
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center Ron Langlotz Marian Asiedu
Johns Hopkins Medicine International (Saudi Aramco) Iyad Eid
Saeed Yami
Iyad Eid
Saeed Yami
Johns Hopkins Surgery Center Series Samantha Bell Alfred Ebrado
Betsy Cefalu
Sibley Memorial Hospital Jennifer Abele Cindy Jordan

Maternal Health Access Team
Rita Diggers
Sarde Moody
Suburban Hospital George Cheely HRO Safety Coaches
David Goldsborough, Cath Lab
Joseph White, Surgery
La'Nya Borland, Clinical Support Services
Tiffanie Rosa, Nursing Informatics
Channise Smith, Patient Access
Ernesto Njango, IT & Clinical Engineering
Marcia St Clair, Lab
Bisrat Woldeyohanes, Micro-Lab
Yasaman Taheri, Pharmacy
Elizabeth Nelson, Physical Therapy
Pegah Pouryamehr, Radiology (US)
Mona Jenkins, 3800 Acute Medical
Marie Ann Flores, BH
Lauren Geiling, PCU (2400)
Meaghan Doherty, PCU (2400)
Chloe O'Baker, Patient Experience
Prutha Patel, 3200 Med Surg Tele
Marianne Del Rosario, PACU
Tracy Cowley, PACU
Angela Riggle, OR
Winifred M. Guthikonda, Presurgical Testing
Erica Hancock, Sterile Processing
Jane Marie Quiaroro, CDU
Idorenyin Bernice Ofori, CDU
Elizabeth Gabriel, Nursing Education
Kate McGrail, Community Health and Wellness
Ivory Randolph, Food and Nutrition Services
Stella Dhima, 3700
Pat Gabriel, ED
Renard (Renee) Petiangambo, Oncology 4400
Jessica Saltzman, Oncology 4400
Heather Phillips, ICU
Bridgette Tanner, ICU
Kelly McMurrer, ICU
Camila Magluyan, ICU
Michelle Tanner, ICU
Jennice Oriolo, ICU
Tamberlee Williams, Care Coordination
Sabine Hentrich, Care Coordination
Zachary Beavers, EVS

Shani Hamilton-Crawford
Michelle Young
Carlos Brizuela
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Lauren Stone Nancy Praglowski
Veronica Natale

The E. Robert Feroli Award for Excellence in Medication Safety

Presenter: Angela Green

Recipients: The CancelRx Evaluation and Implementation Team

  • Project Leader
    • Samantha Pitts, M.D., M.P.H.
  • Team Members
    • Noah Barash, M.Sc.
    • Allen R Chen, M.D., Ph.D., M.H.S.
    • Leo Dorissaint
    • Elaine Giletta, M.H.S.
    • Peter Green, M.D.
    • Joyce L. Jones, M.D., M.S.
    • Danny Lee, M.D.
    • Howard Levy, M.D.
    • Matthew Lengel, Pharm.D., M.S.
    • Andrew Maslen
    • Nicole Mollenkopf, Pharm.D., M.B.A.
    • Jessica Schwartz, M.D., M.H.S.
    • Bridgette A. Thomas, Pharm.D.
    • Taylor Woodruff, Pharm.D.
    • Yushi Yang, Ph.D.
    • Sadaf Kazi, Ph.D.

The Sean Berenholtz Award

Presenter: Allen Kachalia

Recipient: Steve Berry