CHEPS Students Fall 2014

Hassan Abbas

Program: Nursing Undergraduate
Project(s):

Pediatric Asthma Patient Flow

Hometown: Dearborn Heights, Michigan
Email: [email protected]

Sarah Bach

Program: HEPS Masters
Project(s):

Chemotherapy Infusion Outpatient Flow

Conference Presentations, Posters, & Papers:

ISERC 2014: “Scheduling and Patient Flow in an Outpatient Chemotherapy Infusion Center”
Health Systems Optimization Workshop 2014: “Improving Patient Flow in an Outpatient Infusion Center”
CHEPS Symposium 2014: “Improving Patient Flow in an Outpatient Infusion Center”
A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Symposium 2014: “Improving Patient Flow in an Outpatient Infusion Center”
INFORMS 2014: “Reducing Patient Delays in Outpatient Infusion Centers“
Engineering Graduate Symposium 2014: “Reducing Patient Delays in an Outpatient Infusion Center”

Hometown: Barrington, IL
Email: [email protected]

Jeremy Castaing

Program: IOE PhD
Project(s):

Chemotherapy Infusion Outpatient Flow

Conference Presentations, Posters, and Papers:

CHEPS Symposium 2014: “Stochastic Optimization to Reduce Patient Wait Times in an Outpatient Infusion Center” (Poster)
INFORMS 2014: “Stochastic Optimization to Reduce Patient Wait Times in an Outpatient Infusion Center” (Presentation)
Engineering Graduate Symposium 2014: “Stochastic Optimization to Reduce Patient Wait Times in an Outpatient Infusion Center” (Poster)

Awards:

IOE Bonder Fellowship (2013)
Honorable Mention to Frank J. Redd Student Paper Competition, AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites (08/2014)
IOE Poster Competition First Prize, Engineering Graduate Symposium (11/2014)

Hometown: Paris, France
Email: [email protected]

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Moses Chan

Program: IOE Masters
Project(s):

MEND Capacity Analysis

Conference Presentations, Posters, and Papers:

CHEPS Symposium 2014: “Comparison of Two Data Sources on Readmission after Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty”

Hometown: Hong Kong
Email: [email protected]

Aaron Cohen

Program: IOE Undergraduate
Project(s):

MEND Capacity Analysis

Email: [email protected]

Joseph East

Program: School of Public Health Masters
Project(s):

Pediatric Asthma Patient Flow

Conference Presentations, Posters, & Papers:

Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference 2014 (presentation)
Pediatric Academic Society conference 2013 (presentation)
Journal of Hospital Medicine, December 2013 (paper)

Awards:

Bonder Master’s Program Fellowship

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Email: [email protected]

Joanna Fleming

Program: IOE Masters
Project(s):

MEND Capacity Analysis

Conference Presentations, Posters, and Papers:

CHEPS Symposium 2014: “Weight Management Program Design and Process of Care”
INFORMS 2014: “Improving Patient Access for an Outpatient Endocrinology Clinic“

Hometown: Grand Haven, Michigan
Email: [email protected]

Mark Grum

Program: HEPS Masters
Project(s):

Pediatric Asthma Patient Flow

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Email: [email protected]

Daniel Hazlett

Program: HEPS Masters
Project(s):

Surgical Instrument Analysis

Conference Presentations, Posters, and Papers:

CHEPS Symposium 2014: “Improving UMHS Surgical Instrument Reprocessing and Delivery”
INFORMS 2014: “Using Optimization-Based Techniques to Reduce the Supply of Surgical Instruments“

Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Email: [email protected]

Young-Chae Hong

Program: IOE PhD
Project(s):

Pediatric Asthma Patient Flow
Pediatric Residency Scheduling

Conference Presentations, Posters, & Papers:

INFORMS 2014: “Shift Scheduling in Pediatric Emergency Medicine“
ISERC 2014: “Using Integer Programming to Improve the Scheduling of Medical Residents”
Poster session at Medical Education Day (June 4) 2013
Presentation at INFORMS Healthcare Conference(June 23-26) 2013
Presentation at INFORMS Annual Meeting(Oct.6-9) 2013
5-minute speech and Poster session at CHEPS Symposium(Nov.18) 2013
2nd Annual INFORMS Southeast Michigan Symposium (Oct 3) 2014
A Time-Constrained Vehicle Routing Problem with a Heterogeneous Fleet: Algorithms and Analysis, Computers & Operations Research (paper, under review)

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Email: [email protected]

Nate Janes

Program: IOE Undergraduate
Project(s):

Cardio Thoracic Transplant Training Simulation

Hometown: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Email: [email protected]

Jared Kott

Program: IOE Undergraduate
Project(s):

MEND Capacity Analysis

Hometown: Chesterfield, Michigan
Email: [email protected]

Brian Lemay

Program: IOE PhD
Project(s):

University of Colorado Block Scheduling

Conference Presentations, Posters, and Papers:

CHEPS Symposium 2014: “Operating Room and Ambulatory Clinic Scheduling Optimization” (Poster)
INFORMS 2014: “Coordination of Surgical Blocks and Ambulatory Clinics at a Large Teaching Hospital” (Presentation)

Email: [email protected]

Vera Lo

Program: IOE Masters
Project(s):

Chemotherapy Infusion Outpatient Flow

Awards:

IIE John L. Imhoff Scholarship

Hometown: Hong Kong
Email: [email protected]

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Pamela Martinez Villarreal

Program: HEPS Masters
Project(s):

Chemotherapy Infusion Outpatient Flow

Conference Presentations, Posters, and Papers:

ARVO 2014: “User Friendly Tool Using Kalman Filter Algorithms to Display Glaucoma Progression Indicators and Personalized Time to Next Test” (Poster)
SROP 2013 Symposium: “Improving Glaucoma Patient Records To Support Medical Decision Making Through Computer-based Tools” (Presentation)

Awards:

Bonder Master’s Program Fellowship
University of Michigan College of Engineering Master’s Fellowship Award (Sept. 2014 – April 2015)
UTEP IMSE Outstanding Senior Award (May 2014)
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges Award (May 2014)

Hometown: San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Email: [email protected]

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Peter Mayoros

Program: IOE Undergraduate

Conference Presentations, Posters, & Papers:

INFORMS 2014: “Block Scheduling for a Pediatric Residency Program“

Project(s):

Pediatric Residency Scheduling

Email: [email protected]

Vanessa Morales

Program: HEPS Masters
Project(s):

Pediatric Asthma Patient Flow

Conference Presentations, Posters, & Papers:

ISERC 2014: “Improving Patient Flow at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital”
CHEPS Symposium 2014: “Predictive Modeling and Patient Flow at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital”
UMHS Pediatric Research Symposium 2014: “Predictive Modeling and Patient Flow at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital”
INFORMS 2014: “Predictive Modeling at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital”

Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia (born); Tampa, Florida (raised)
Email: [email protected]

Rama Mwenesi

Program: HEPS Masters
Project(s):

Surgical Instrument Analysis

Conference Presentations, Posters, and Papers:

CHEPS Symposium 2014: “Optimizing Nurse Staffing with Absenteeism” (Poster)
Healthcare Value Leaders Network 2014: “Implementing LEAN at UMHS’s Central Sterile Processing Department” (Poster Presentation)
UMHS Surgical Services Value Stream Presentation 2014: “Analysis of LEAN Implementation across UH’s Central Sterile Processing Department” (Presentation)
HSPIC 2015: “Incorporating Nurse Absenteeism into Long Term Staffing with Demand Uncertainty” (Co-Author)

Awards:

Bonder Master’s Program Fellowship (2014)
UMHS Management Engineering Fellowship (2013 – 2015)
University of Michigan Men’s Boxing, National Team Champions (2014)
University of Michigan Student of the Year (2013)
University of Michigan Undergraduate World Leader of The Year (2013)
Central Student Government “Michigan Hero” Award (2013)
CEDO “Global Engineering Leader” Director’s Award (2013)
Michigan Difference “Innovation & Research” Award (2013)
SWE College of Engineering : Mr. Engineer (2013)
IOE Andrew S. Crawford Entrepreneurship Award (2012)
IOE Stellar Multicultural Achievement Award (2012)

Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya (born) Johannesburg, South Africa (raised)
Email: [email protected]

Elizabeth Olin

Program: IOE Undergraduate
Project(s):

Pediatric Asthma Patient Flow
University of Colorado Block Scheduling

Conference Presentations, Posters, and Papers:

CHEPS 2014 Symposium: “Predictive Modeling and Patient Flow at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital”
CHEPS 2014 Symposium: “Operating Room and Ambulatory Clinic Scheduling Optimization”
INFORMS 2014: “Predictive Modeling at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital”

Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Email: [email protected]

Asher Perlmutter

Program: IOE Undergraduate
Project(s):

Cardio Thoracic Transplant Training Simulation

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Email: [email protected]

Billy Pozehl

Program: HEPS Masters
Project(s):

Cardio Thoracic Transplant Training Simulation
University of Colorado Block Scheduling

Conference Presentations, Posters, & Papers:

INFORMS 2014: “Block Scheduling for a Surgical Residency Program“
CHEPS Symposium 2014: “Use of Simulation to Assess Surgical Training Opportunities” (Poster)
INFORMS Southeast Michigan 2014: “Block Scheduling for a Surgical Residency Program” (Presentation)
INFORMS Annual Conference 2014: “Scheduling Residents to Achieve Adequate Training on Procedures with Random Occurrences” (Presentation)
IIE-SHS Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference 2014: “A Simulation-Based Tool to Improve Matching of Fellows to Surgical Training Opportunities” (Poster)
MCubed Symposium 2013: “Improved Resident Rotation Scheduling to Maximize Training Opportunities” (Presentation)
CHEPS Symposium 2013: “Scheduling Fellows for Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgery” (Poster/Short Talk)
Engineering Graduate Symposium 2013: “Scheduling Surgical Fellows to Achieve Adequate Training on Procedures with Random Occurrences” (Poster)
Medical Education Day 2013: “Scheduling Surgical Fellows to Achieve Adequate Training on Procedures with Random Occurrences” (Poster)

Hometown: Sterling Heights, MI
Email: [email protected]

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Donald Richardson

Program: IOE PhD
Project(s):

Chemotherapy Infusion Outpatient Flow

Awards:

Rackham Merit Fellowship

Hometown: Bowie, Maryland
Email: [email protected]

Matt Rouhana

Program: IOE Undergraduate
Project(s):

Chemotherapy Infusion Outpatient Flow

Hometown: Plymouth, MI
Email: [email protected]

Roshun Sankaran

Program: Pre-Med
Project(s):

Cardio Thoracic Transplant Training Simulation
Mental Health Care Delivery in Primary Practice

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Email: [email protected]

Nina Scheinberg

Program: IOE Undergraduate
Project(s):

Surgical Instrument Analysis

Hometown: Northville, MI
Email: [email protected]

Brendan Schultz

Program: IOE Undergraduate
Project(s):

Cardio Thoracic Transplant Training Simulation

Email: [email protected]

Stephanie See

Program: Nursing Graduate
Project(s):

Chemotherapy Infusion Outpatient Flow
Pediatric Asthma Patient Flow
Mental Health Care Delivery in Primary Practice

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Email: [email protected]

Brooke Szymanski

Program: Nursing Undergraduate
Project(s):

Cardio Thoracic Transplant Training Simulation
Pediatric Asthma Patient Flow

Hometown: Chesterfield, Michigan
Email: [email protected]

George Tam

Program: IOE Masters
Project(s):

MEND Capacity Analysis

Awards:

College of Engineering Master’s Fellowship

Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Email: [email protected]

Zachary VerSchure

Program: IOE Undergraduate
Project(s):

Pediatric Residency Scheduling
University of Colorado Block Scheduling

Conference Presentations, Posters, & Papers:

2014 SHS Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference: “Automated Shift Scheduling Improves Schedule Quality for Residents in a Pediatric Emergency Department” (poster)

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Email: [email protected]

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