Seven awards for outstanding contributions were given during the June 27 Professional Staff annual meeting. Congratulations to the following clinicians and care teams:

• Miles Ellenby, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  Outstanding contribution to innovation in new models of clinical care
• Martin Schreiber, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery
  Outstanding contribution to development of interdisciplinary teams
• Brett Sheppard, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery; Chair, Professional Board
  Outstanding contribution in clinical care quality
• Palliative Care Team
  Outstanding contribution to professionalism
• Matt Slater, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
  Outstanding contribution to systems based clinical care
• Eric Orwoll, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine; Director, Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute
  Outstanding contribution to missions of education and research in the clinical setting
• Tom Yackel, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology
  Outstanding contribution to improving the culture of service excellence

During the meeting, the Professional Staff also approved a number of committee reports and heard executive summaries of the Informatics Executive Council; Quality Executive Council; Safety Executive Council; and Professional Staff Assistance Committee. Information was presented on the nomination of at-large Professional Board members, and Chief Medical Officer Chuck Kilo presented the five-year vision for quality.


Pictured: Dr. Sheppard and Palliative Care Team: Paul Bascom, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Mary Denise Smith, RN, CNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist; Amy Guthrie, RN, CNS, MSN, Palliative Care Nurse; Robert Hugo Richardson, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine