Back to Bedside Project List (2024-2026)

The following resident/fellow teams have received grants as part of the fourth round of funding for Back to Bedside, a resident- and fellow-led initiative to empower medical residents and fellows to create innovative strategies for increasing time with patients, improving physician and patient well-being.

The ACGME will provide the grant recipients with funding, project management and collaboration skills training, and mentorship over the two-year grant cycle.

Open Innovation Projects:

Institution: Baptist Health – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Project Title: Minds Matter: Briefing Patients about the Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Team to Reduce Resistance
Team Leads: Alexander Malati, DO; Sahil Kapoor, MD

Institution: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Lifespan
Project Title: More than Coping with the Pediatric Mental Health Crisis: Basic Therapy and Reflective Tools for Pediatric Residents in the Primary Care Setting 
Team Lead: Stephanie Wagner, MD, MPH

Institution: Cleveland Clinic Foundation 
Project Title: Creating Art to Create Collaboration and Meaningful Practice 
Team Leads: Anthony Bernick, MD; Sarah Foley, DO; Emily Rembetski, DO 

Institution: Family Health Center of Harlem, The Institute for Family Health
Project Title: Delivering Change: Integrating Nutrition and Wellness into the Centering Pregnancy Care Model
Team Lead: Jessica Quinn, MD; Valerie Moscoso, DO, MS

Institution: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus 
Project Title: Peer-Led Palate: Cultivating Communication Skills in Internal Medicine Residents through Near-Peer Bedside Dietary Counseling
Team Leads: Jessica Darden, DO; Amir Hobson, MD; Ain R. Shajihan, MD

Institution: Louisiana State University Health New Orleans
Project Title: Grippy Sock Getaway from Stigma: Humanizing Patient Portraits
Team Leads: Anna Bianchi, DO; Mariely Mejorado, MD

Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Project Title: Proud to Practice Inclusive Care: A Residency-Focused LGBTQ+ Health Curriculum
Team Lead: Tay Boyd, MD, MMSc

Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Project Title: Improving Resident-Led Care for Hospitalized Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder
Team Leads: Christopher Garcia-Wilde, MD, MPH; Claire Garpestad, MD

Institution: NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Project Title: AI-Powered End-of-Life Care Training
Team Lead: Olivia Henry, MD

Institution: Piedmont Athens Regional
Project Title: Healing Harmonies: Harnessing the Universal Language of Music for Healing and Connection
Team Leads: Tayla Greene, MD; Walter Agyeman, MD

Institution: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Project Title: Innovating Medical Conferences: Patient Narratives as Educational Tools
Team Lead: Maham Vaqar, MD

Institution: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Project Title: Revitalizing Resident Bedside Procedural Competency – A Collaborative Effort between Internal Medicine and Interventional Radiology for Patient-Centered Care
Team Leads: Michael Dong, MD; Victor Rivera, MD

Institution: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Program
Project Title: VITAL [Veteran Inpatient Transformative Action and Learning] Resilience Project
Team Lead: Violeta Osegueda, MD, MA, MS; Nar Gulvartian, MD

Institution: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Project Title: Inpatient Med-Peds Consult Service
Team Leads: Akshara Malla, MD; Katherin (Kate) Halper, MD

Institution: University of Connecticut
Project Title: Bringing Residents, Fellows, and Nurses Back to the Bedside to Support a Mother’s Road to Recovery: Interdisciplinary Trauma-Informed Care Curriculum for Perinatal Care
Team Leads: Kristen Lee Moriarty, MD; Kelsey Manfredi, MD

Institution: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Project Title: A Modified Promoting Acknowledgement, Unity, and Sympathy at the End of Life (PAUSE) for Reducing Burnout among Pediatric Emergency Department Practitioners
Team Lead: Rachael Herriman, MD

Institution: University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Project Title: Inclusive Hair, Inclusive Care: Enhancing Patient Satisfaction and Resident Cultural Competency Through Diverse Hygiene Products
Team Leads: Miriam Robin, MD

Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch
Project Title: Bringing Medicine to the Ultimate Bedside: How Structured Home Visits Can Enhance Resident Physicians’ Connection with and Medical Management of Patients  
Team Leads: Jenna Reisler, MD; Elena Diller, MD; Alokika Patel, DO

Institution: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Project Title: Empathy Enhancement Initiative: Resident-Led Training for Enhanced Patient Satisfaction, Outcomes, and Physician Well-Being
Team Leads: Shreel Hitenkumar Patel, MD; Barbara Malaga-Espinoza, MD

Institution: University of Virginia (UVA)
Project Title: UVA Anesthesiology and Surgery SPAIN [Spanish Perioperative Augmentation Initiative]
Team Leads: Erik Scott, MD, MS; Bridgette Love, MD

Institution: Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Consortium
Project Title: Utilization of a Resident-Created, Patient-Friendly Autograph and Activity Book to Bring Residents Back to Bedside and Improve Meaning in Work
Team Leads: Kate Medcalf, MD; Jessie Smith, MD

Institution: Yale New Haven Hospital
Project Title: Standardizing Pediatric Resident Use of Shared Decision Making
Team Leads: Amanda R. Quijano, MD, PhD; Karen J. Campoverde Reyes, MD

Institution: Yale New Haven Hospital
Project Title: Enhancing Goal-Concordant Care: Integrating Palliative Performance Scale in Clinical Practice
Team Leads: Ramya Sampath, MD; Charles Marvil, MD

Projects In a Box:

Institution: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Project Title: Healthy Habits Bingo: Playing the Way to Better Health
Team Lead: Marwa Nabil Tarbaghia, MD

Institution: Jersey City Medical Center
Project Title: The Birth Bulletin: Encouraging Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Engagement and Job Satisfaction through Bedside Conversation
Team Lead: Alexa Walsh, DO; Caroline Heres, MD

Institution: Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Project Title: Diagrammatic Representation of Complex Congenital Heart Lesions for Improved Bedside Communication
Team Lead: Laura Smallcomb, MD; Janelle Buysse, DO

Institution: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, St. Joseph Program
Project Title: Health Care Team Cards: Utilizing Collecting Cards to Playfully Demystify Roles in Care and Rehumanize Inpatient Hospitalization
Team Lead: Christina Shawdy Sedaghat, DO

Institution: RUSH University Medical Center
Project Title: Aiding Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents to Remain Patient-Centered during In-Office Procedures: Teaching Residents How to Use Non-Pharmacologic Interventions to Support Their Patients and Optimize the Physician-Patient Relationship
Team Lead: Laura Catalina “Cathy” Garcia-Torres, MD; Allison Salk, MD

Institution: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Project Title: Empowering Patients: Improving Health Outcomes through Collaborative Education via Teaching Cards
Team Lead: Hanan Qaqish, MD; Lina Okar, MD

Institution: University of Maryland Medical Center
Project Title: Trading Confusion for Connection in the Patient-Resident Relationship
Team Lead: Jane Tong, MD