SOCC Award Winners

Congratulations SOCC 2023 Award Winners!  

Distinguished Career Award

Michael SD Agus, MD, FAAP
Award Presentation Video
Award Acceptance Video 
 

Abstract Awards 

Best Quality Improvement Abstract Award 
Suhasini Chico, MD, FAAP 
Implementation of an Order Set to Improve Post-Cardiac Arrest Care of Children in Pediatric Intensive Care 

Best Research Abstract Award 
Mary Pilarz, MD, FAAP 
Association of Medical Complexity and Language with Clinical Outcomes in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 

Best Advocacy Abstract Award 
Thomas Plagge, MD 
Influence of Social and Environmental Determinants of Health on Respiratory Outcomes in Pediatric Asthma 

Best Education Abstract Award 
Megan Blum, PA-C 
Implementation of a Novel Fresh Tracheostomy Program in a Community Pediatric Hospital 

Best Poster Award 
Nancy Chung, MD, FAAP 
COVID-19 with Streptococcal Infection, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis 

Best Poster Audience Choice Award 
Sarah Harris-Kober, DO 
Caring for Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Survivors: Perspective of Primary Care Pediatricians 

Advanced Practice Provider Abstract Travel Award 
Charlene Pringle, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM 
Terminal Extubation and Terminal Weaning: Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy in Children - Secondary Analysis of the DONATE Study 

Physician-in-Training Abstract Travel Award 
Elizabeth Havlicek, DO (Resident) 
Neighborhood Opportunity and Risk of Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism Among Critically Ill Children: 
A Multicenter, Retrospective Study 

Physician-in-Training Abstract Travel Award 
Ashley Elizabeth Sam, DO, FAAP (Fellowship Trainee) 
Compliance with Implementation of a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Specific Intrahospital Transport Checklist and Associated Decreased Rates of Adverse Events

Advocacy Awards 

Swati Chandhoke, MD, FAAP 
Dr Chandhoke is a Pediatric Critical Care Fellow, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory School of Medicine. 

Emily Kemper, MD, FAAP 
Dr Kemper is a Pediatric Critical Care Fellow, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. 

Christopher Monson, MD, FAAP 
Dr Monson is a Pediatric Intensivist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Golisano Children’s Hospital, University of Rochester. 

Maryam Gilpatrick, MD 
Dr Gilpatrick is a Pediatric Critical Care Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine. 

Kimberly Uchida, MD, FAAP 
Dr Uchida is a Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Course Scholarships

Trupti Ingle, MD, FAAP
Hugh Quach, MD, MBA, FAAP
Shyam Popat, MD, FAAP
Kaily Remien, DO
Joie Calvazos, MD, FAAP

Small Project Awards 

Katherine Hoops, MD, MPH, FAAP - Advocacy 
Dr Hoops is an Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore and Director, Clinical Programs and Practice, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. This award project is for research on “Anatomy and Physiology of Firearms: Developing Web-Based Firearms 
Safety Instruction for Clinicians.” 

Chinyere O’Connor, MD, FAAP – Education 
Dr O’Connor Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center. The award project is for research on “Case-based Ethics Education for Trainees in the Pediatric Critical Care Unit to Provide Competency in Managing the Complexities of Pediatric Ethical Dilemmas.” 

Dana Tower, MD, FAAP – Quality 
Dr Tower is a Pediatric Critical Care Fellow at the University of Utah. The award project is for research on “Family Engagement and Education on Delirium Prevention in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.”