Stone Named UPMC MedEd LEAP Award Winner

Jeremy StonePittsburgh, August 18, 2020 -- Chief resident Jeremy Stone, MD, was named a winner of the 2020 UPMC Medical Education LEAP Award for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement for his paper “Improved Patient Satisfaction Through Adoption of the Transradial Approach Compared to the Transfemoral Approach for Diagnostic Angiography.”

According to UPMC, “the award honors resident and fellow physician trainees who devote their time to creating a culture of safety through continuous care improvement. This award is presented to teams of physicians-in-training and their peers for completing quality improvement projects that have made an impact in their clinical learning environments and the overall outcomes of care within a facility. Recipients of this award exemplify interdisciplinary team work that places the quality of patient care outcomes above all else in our environment."

This is the second time Dr. Stone has received the MedEd LEAP award. In 2017, he received the award for his paper, “Reduction in Ventriculostomy-Associated Infections Following Implementation of Novel Guidelines for External Ventricular Drain Placement and Cerebrospinal Fluid Sampling at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.”

The award will be presented at the Loren Roth Quality and Patient Safety Awards Reception, scheduled for August 24.