2024 UI Physicians Clinical Awards winners
The winners of the 2024 University of Iowa Physicians (UIP) Clinical Awards were presented at a special ceremony held online and at the Urmila Sahai Auditorium in MERF.
The event was part of the annual UIP Members Meeting and Report, Iowa Medical Mutual Insurance Company (IMMIC) Annual Members Meeting, and the Annual Meeting of UI Health Care Medical Staff.
Our newest University of Iowa Physicians Clinical Award winners are:
Best Consulting Provider Award
Lukasz Weiner, MD
The Innovations in Clinical Care Award is given to an individual or team for implementation of an innovative new program or process that improves service to patients.
Advanced Practice Clinician of the Year Award
Rebecca Chuffo Davila, ARNP
This award is given to an advanced practice provider that most embodies those aspects of a truly great patient service provider, including technical skill, humanism to patients and families, collaboration with colleagues, and advocacy.
Clinician of the Year Award
Carly Theiler, MD
This award is given to a clinician who most embodies those aspects of a truly great patient service provider, including technical skill, humanism to patients and families, collaboration with colleagues, and advocacy.
Excellence in Our Workplace Award
Gina Lockwood, MD
This award is given to a medical director whose leadership and innovation demonstrably improves the “practice life” and satisfaction of providers in the delivery of clinical care.
Patient Satisfaction and Service Excellence Award
Patrick McGonagill, MD
This award is given to an individual or team in recognition of outstanding patient satisfaction. Metrics can include the Press Ganey Satisfaction Score, most improved score, or other patient feedback.
Excellence in Quality Award
Shannon Findlay, MD, and Terese Whipple, MD
This award is given to an individual or team in recognition of outstanding quality of care provided to patients. Recipients will have demonstrated excellence in reportable measures of quality, benchmarked patient outcomes, or improvements in internally measured outcomes.
Innovations in Clinical Care Award
James Blum, MD, and David Axelrod, MD, MBA
The implementation of Epic secure chat was a huge endeavor taken on by James Blum, MD; David Axelrod, MD, MBA; and the Epic Secure Chat team. Epic Secure Chat is an important new tool that has allowed schedule integration and easy chatting between providers, nurses, and ancillary staff.