MISHC 10th Anniversary Awards
MISHC is celebrating 10 years of continuous improvement in structural heart care.
MISHC Abstractor and Coordinator Mentoring Program mentors and mentees were recognized with certificates during the MISHC Coordinator Meeting in Novi on November 14th, 2025.
“Mentorship plays a crucial role in ensuring quality data collection, decreasing practice variables, promoting best practices, enhancing the quality of care of structural heart patients within the state of Michigan, and improving patient outcomes,” said MISHC Clinical Quality Improvement Lead, Sheryl Fielding, BSN, RN.
MISHC mentors’ and mentees’ commitment to fostering an environment of support and continuous learning has contributed to cultivating a collaborative, dedicated network. Their work exemplifies the transformative power of guidance and shared expertise.
“We are grateful for our mentors and mentees and look forward to their continued involvement in driving excellence and innovation in Michigan,” said MISHC Co-Program Director, P. Michael Grossman, MD.
Mentors
Sara Babcock, MSN, RN
Laura L. Carey, AGACNP-BC
Michele L. Mullin, BSN, RN
Ann Ostrander, BSN, RN
Brittany Powell, BS
Stephanie Serra, BSN, RN
Janet F. Wyman, DNP, ACNS-BC, RN-CS, FACC
Mentees
Linda Cummings, BSN, RN
Chris O’Dea, MSN, NP-C
Lindsey Hart, BSN, RN
Ann Ostrander, BSN, RN
Shannon Reaves-Anderson, NP
Kelsey Smith, BSN, RN
Several consortium members received awards during the November 15th Collaborative Meeting. Award criteria included publication impact, commitment to quality, consistent QI performance, and coordinator and physician champion engagement.
Frank Shannon Publication Impact Award
Devraj Sukul, MD, MSc
“Predictors and Variation in Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement”
JACC Advances, October 2023
Cited by 11 per Google Scholar, Cited by 7 per Scopus, FWCI per Scopus = 1.97
Commitment to Quality Award
McLaren Greater Lansing (Improved by 150% from 2020 - 2024
In evaluating 13 QI measures including:
- TAVR goals
- VBR goals
- CMS requirements (KCCQ completion)
Improved from meeting goals at 60% in 2020 to being one of two sites meeting goals at 100% in 2024
Consistent QI Performance Award
Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital (met 88% of all goals from 2020 – 2024. The highest in the collaborative.)
In evaluating the same 13 QI measures as the improvement award including:
- TAVR goals
- VBR goals
- CMS requirements (KCCQ completion)
Coordinator Engagement Award
Brittany Powell, BS
Structural Heart Clinical Quality Specialist, Michigan Medicine
Brittany has:
- been an overwhelming resource for TVT website functionality,
educating all MISHC coordinators on updates and features
- worked closely with the TVT registry in dashboard and report development with the new version and twice presented at national TVT Quality Summit meetings
- given educational and quality presentations at MISHC coordinator meetings nine times over the past ten years
- shared job descriptions and quality templates for QI tracking
- worked on KCCQ patient portals
- connected structural heart coordinators with Michigan Medicine pharmacy
These examples illustrate the many ways Brittany has fostered statewide collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Physician Champion Engagement Award
William Merhi, DO
Corewell Health
Engagement includes:
- 100% meeting participation
- Four MISHC meeting presentations
- MISHC meeting panel member
- Publication committee member from 2018 to present
- MISHC Mitral Workgroup member
Over the past decade, the care and dedication of these awardees – and all MISHC members – have improved quality of care and outcomes for patients locally and globally. Here’s to the next 10 years!