Congratulations to Damaris Ortiz, MD, on receiving a K23 Award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for her project, Trauma Medical Home 2.0! 🎉 Ortiz’s research will test a nurse-led care model designed to support the mental, physical, cognitive and sleep-related health of older adults recovering from traumatic injury at two Level 1 trauma centers. Her work will help lay the foundation for future research aimed at improving recovery and care for older trauma patients. Congrats to Ortiz and her mentors on this amazing achievement! #IUSurgery #TraumaResearch #Eskenazi

🎓Today, we celebrated the graduation of the first IU Surgery QI Leaders Program cohort! These leaders are driving meaningful change by tackling real-world quality initiatives and presenting their outcomes. Some of our faculty graduates couldn’t attend the celebration, but we snapped a great group photo with those who did. 👏Congratulations to all our graduates and welcome to the next cohort joining the journey. #QualityImprovement #IUSurgery @michelesaysana @kbilimoria @TonyYangMD @jonathanfridell

📢IU Surgery Chair, @kbilimoria and Vice Chair of Quality, @TonyYangMD, are set to lead a roundtable discussion at the @AmCollSurgeons Cancer Conference this week! Yang will moderate while Bilimoria joins as a panelist to explore strategies for engaging hospital and health system leaders in quality improvement initiatives. IU Surgery Quality | IU SOQIC | IU Surgery Leadership | ACS Cancer Conference 2025

📔Our IU Surgery QI Leaders gave their final project report-outs last night to our @IUHealthTeam leaders. They each led highly impactful projects to improve care @IU_Health and @EkenaziHealth. They are certified QI Leaders and will continue leading efforts to improve patient care! 👉Stay tuned for our IU Surgery QI Leaders Grand Rounds on April 16th! #IUSurgery #QI #QILeaders #IUSurgeryQuality

🔧Frustrated by patient care challenges that seem impossible to fix? The Department of Surgery QI Leaders Program is here to help! 🤝Join our eight-month program starting this spring to lead your own mentored quality improvement project. Gain the skills, support, and experience needed to drive meaningful change in healthcare processes and outcomes while earning CME credits. 📲To apply, please contact Vice Chair of Quality, Tony Yang, MD, by February 28! IU Surgery Quality | IU Surgery Research | IU Surgery QI Leaders Program |

This morning's state of the department meeting was a success! Thanks to all who joined us either online or in person in addition to those who attended a department social shortly after. We are excited for the future and all that we will accomplish together!🤝🌟 #IUSurgery #IUSurgeryWellness #IUSurgeryFaculty #IUSurgeryResidents #IUSurgeryStaff

📢We're excited to announce @CarlaFisherMD as the inaugural Chief of the Division of Breast Surgery--our newest division in the Department of Surgery! ⚕️As Division Chief, Dr. Fisher’s main goal is to support the faculty and staff that have allowed breast surgery to grow, advance services to Hoosiers across the state and establish breast surgery as a national leader among academic breast programs. 🙌We are thrilled to have Dr. Fisher lead our ninth and newest division and look forward to the division's future successes. #IUSurgery #IUBreastSurgery @kbilimoria