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Dr. John T. Nagurney, Director
Blair Alden Parry
Clinical Research Coordinator
Department of Emergency Medicine
MGH, 5 Emerson Place, 154
Boston, MA 02114
Yuchiao Chang, Statistician
Dawn M. DeCosta,
Research Grants Administrator
Airway/Pulmonary Research: Carlos Camargo MD DrPH (PI) and Sunday Clark MPH are conducting several multicenter studies using th e Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration (MARC), one of three programs in the Emergency Medicine Network (EMNet, www.emnet-usa.org). MARC investigators focus their research on asthma, COPD, anaphylaxis, pneumonia, and other airway disorders.
Christopher Kabrhel MD is collaborating with cardiologist Samuel Goldhaber MD and Jeff Kline MD (PI) on a series of multi-center studies on pulmonary embolism.
N. Stuart Harris MD MFA (PI) is establishing the International High Altitude Pulmonary Edema Registry. Working in collaboration with researchers from across the United States and the world, the Registry is the first instrument of its kind to collect epidemiologic and outcomes data on HAPE cases.
Cardiology : David FM Brown MD is collaborating with John T. Nagurney MD MPH (PI) on a comparison of retrospective versus prospective data in chest pain patients, and is working on a Boston EMS-initiated study of triage of patients with acute MI.
Drs. David FM Brown and John T. Nagurney MPH are collaborating with Cardiologist (Ik-Kyung Jang MD (PI)), to evaluate the effectiveness of MCC-135 on chest pain patients.
David Tancredi MD, with Drs. David FM Brown and John T Nagurney MPH, is working with the MGH Department of Radiology (Udo Hoffman MD (PI), Tom Brady, MD) on a study using MDCT to diagnosis coronary artery disease.
Keith Marill MD (PI) is conducting multicenter retrospective studies examining the diagnosis, treatment, and electrophysiology of ventricular dysrhythmias.
Disaster Medicine: Paul Biddinger MD is working with Howard Koh MD (PI) on public health disaster planning and response at the Harvard School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness.
Education Research: Michelle A. Finkel MD (PI) is studying the confidence levels and well-being of emergency medicine residents nationally.
James Gordon MD MPA is working with Harvard Medical School's patient simulator on measuring its effect as a teaching technique. Dana Stearns MD, Jonathon Adler MD, and James K. Takayesu MD MS are performing research on both written and verbal educational techniques.
EM Administration: David F. M. Brown MD, in collaboration with Azita Hamedani MD MPH and Alasdair Conn MD, is leading a series of investigations on ED overcrowding and patient flow
EMS Research: Paul Biddinger MD and Stephen H. Thomas MD MPH are working on studies involving prehospital transport of patients to the emergency department, both by land and by air.
Forensic Emergency Medicine: Michelle A. Finkel MD is collaborating with Leslie Halpern MD DDS MPH (PI) of the Department of Oromaxillofacial Surgery in the investigation of domestic partner violence in female patients presenting with trauma. She is also collaborating with Monique Sellas MD to examine whether a standardized order sheet for medications for sexual assault patients presenting to the ED improves their likelihood of getting the correct (CDC recommended) post-sexual assault medications. Michelle A. Finkel MD along with Joyce McIntyre, RN, are collaborating to examine if an EM resident education program ,will improve residents knowledge of sexual assault patient care
Neurology Research : Theodore Benzer MD PhD, Pierre Borczuk MD, David FM Brown MD, Michael Filbin MD, James K. Takayesu MD MS and John T Nagurney MD MPH are working with Walter Koroshetz MD, Karen Furie MD, and Aneesh Singhal MD of the Department of Neurology on a study of patient outcome following stroke.
Pierre Borczuk MD is working with Neeraj Badjatia MD of the Department of Neurology on a study investigating the use of erythropoietin in patients with intracranial bleeds.
Pain Research: Stephen H. Thomas MD MPH is investigating the use of non-invasive techniques such as EEG monitoring to determine sedation levels of intubated patients and blood pressure monitoring via a non-invasive wrist cuff.
Dr. Stephen H. Thomas MPH is also conducting a multicenter study examining the use of opioid analgesia in patients with nontraumatic abdominal pain.
Physiologic Studies: Andrew Reisner MD is working as a visiting scientist at MIT on animal shock models and hemodynamic monitoring of pulmonary and cardiovascular physiology. This work includes the non-invasive measurement of cardiac output.
Public Health Research: James Gordon MD MPA (PI) and Carlos Camargo MD DrPH completed a multicenter trial of Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) outreach in the ED. This study was conducted with sites in the Emergency Medicine Network (EMNet, www.emnet-usa.org).
Carlos Camargo MD DrPH is conducting several other public health projects using EMNet (click here to see the EMNet organizational chart). Topics include the use of complementary and alternative medicines among ED patients, smoking cessation, obesity among ED patients, and language barriers to communication with healthcare personnel.
Technology Assessment: John T. Nagurney MD MPH (PI) and David FM Brown MD are studying the use of technology in the diagnosis of ED patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain.
Paul Biddinger MD is working with Thomas Stair MD (PI) investigating the use of surveillance technology for geomapping.
Ultrasound: Vicki Noble MD is conducting a study examining the ultrasound studies of long bone fractures. She is also recruiting patients with upper extremity DVTs to evaluate the ultrasound diagnosis of DVTs.
IRB WEBSITE
http://healthcare.partners.org/phsirb
RESOURCES FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH
http://crnet.mgh.harvard.edu
