SOCC Award Winners

Congratulations Section on Critical Care Award Winners!
2025

Distinguished Career Award

Derek S. Wheeler, MD, MMM, MBA, FAAP

Abstract Awards

Advanced Practice Provider Award
Jesse Michael Kay, MSN, MA, APRN, CPNP-AC, CCRN
“Facilitating the Transition to Adult Medicine for Admitted Medically Complex Pediatric Patients”

Best Abstract Advocacy Project Award
Kyle Barnack, MD FAAP
“Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis Readmission and Social Determinants of Health: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study”

Best Abstract Education Project Award
Karen Adkins, MD, FAAP
“From Hospital to Home – Increasing Caregiver Confidence and Skills in Order to Safely Manage Tracheostomy Emergencies with High Fidelity Simulation”
 
Best Abstract Quality Improvement Project Award
Dustin Armstrong, MD
“Use of Clinical Decision Support to Mitigate Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection Risk in High-Risk Patients”

Best Abstract Research Project Award
Angela Pluguez, DO
“Factors Associated with 7-day Hospital Readmission After Tracheostomy Associated Respiratory Infection: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study”

Best Poster Presentation
Sarah Pennebaker, BS
“Do Pediatric Sepsis Scores Accurately Predict Mortality? Prediction of Outcomes in Critically Ill Cancer Patients” 

Best Poster Presentation
Andie Blankenstein, MS
“Optimizing Malnutrition Screening as a Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury and ICU Outcomes in Critically Ill Children” 

Physicians in Training Awards

Bethany Murphy, MD
“Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment and Thromboprophylaxis in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients”

Austin Schatzman, DO, FAAP
“Hospital Acquired Fractures”

Minh Quan Le, BS
“Tissue Plasminogen Activator Administration for Restoration of Central Line Patency is Associated with Subsequent Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Single Center Cohort Study”

Advocacy Awards

Nour Gebara, MD, FAAP
Caitlyn Hodge, MD, FAAP
Ghallia Kaouk, MD, FAAP

Point-of-care Ultrasound Trainee Awards

Alexandra Bryant, MD, FAAP
Grisha Gurung, MBBS 
Maansi Malhotra, DO, FAAP
Julie Morin-Major, DO, FAAP

Small Project Awards

Alexandra Lucas, MD, FAAP
“Virtual Simulation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit"

James Perucho, MD, MLS, FAAP
“Caregivers of Medically Complex Patients' Lived Experiences"

Kelsea Smith, MD, FAAP
“Development of a Care Bundle to Improve Adherence to Oxygen Saturation Target Ranges in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit"