On November 12, 2020, we lost our colleague and friend, D. Lisa Bollman, MSN, RNC-NIC, CPHQ. Lisa was a leader in perinatal health who made an indelible impact on our organizations and on the lives of countless patients, families, and clinicians throughout the state of California and beyond. Lisa was Executive Director of the Community Perinatal Network and a skilled neonatal nurse.
In honor of Lisa's legacy, the D. Lisa Bollman NICU Transport QI Award is granted to a(n) Neonatologist, Registered Nurse (RN), advanced practice nurse (NNP, CNS), or NICU transport team (either an individual member or the entire team) who:
- has made significant contributions to NICU transport quality improvement within their unit and beyond or
- is an emerging QI leader in the neonatal community
Nominations are open from March 1st - January 31st every year. Awards are presented at CPQCC's annual Improvement Palooza event every March.
Submit a nomination for the Bollman Award
2026 Awardee
UCI-Health Transport Team
- The development and ongoing conduction of monthly multidisciplinary (RN/RT/MD) transport simulations centering on high-acuity scenarios and emphasizing structured team communication across the entire transport process.
- While capturing every phase of the neonatal transport, each simulation has been thoroughly documented and evaluated to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Assessing staff feedback around simulations and sharing the results of increased comfort level following transport situation experiences.
Previous Awardees:
2025: Jacqui Gerbracht, Thao Bianco, Allison Lagatta, Lindsay Chan and Alyssa Morgan (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Neonatal Critical Transport Team - NEOCCT)
2024: Laura Cooper, MSHA, RCP, RRT-NPS, C-NP, Radhika Narang, MD, and Leslie Williams, RNC-NIC-BSN (Valley Children's Medical Center's Transport Team)
2023: Lizette C. Sistoza, MD (Neonatologist, Kaiser Permanente-San Bernardino County Medical Center; Physician Lead, KP-SCAL NICU Regional Transport Team; Specialty Preceptor, Kaiser Permanent School of Medicine)
2022: Anaheim Regional Medical Center Transport Team