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Part of the mission of the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine is to advance emergency medicine knowledge and patient care through research. The residency promotes and supports basic science and clinical research through strong faculty and staff support.
All residents are required to complete a research project before graduation. This can be a basic science project or a clinical project, and emergency medicine faculty serve as advisors. The residency program has its own Director of Research, David Hostler, PhD. and co-directors, Jon Rittenberger, MD, Frank Guyette, MD, and Brian Suffoletto, MD. The Residency Research Panel (RRP), which meets monthly, assists residents with the development of their project from the planning stage, through IRB approval, data collection, analysis and presentation or publication. The Department ranks among the top three emergency medicine academic programs nationwide in terms of federal research funding. Active faculty researchers include Donald Yealy, MD, Clifton Callaway, MD, Vincent Mosesso, Jr, MD. Jon Rittenberger, MD, Frank Guyette, MD, David Hostler, PhD, and James Menegazzi, PhD.
Basic Science Research: A full-time Director of Research for the Center for Emergency Medicine, Daniel Patterson, Ph.D., coordinates basic science research. The Department of Emergency Medicine has its own fully equipped basic science lab under the direction of Clif Callaway, MD, PhD. In addition to these labs, we also have access to the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research. For more information, go to the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research.
Clinical Research: Residency faculty have played leading roles in federally-funded multi-center trials, including multi-center clinical trials, such as the CHF study, the NEXUS cervical spine x-ray study and the NEXUS head CT study. In addition to their own individual clinical research projects, residents have had the opportunity to take part in these trials as well. Most resident research projects, however, are funded by the residency program, with some external funding provided through EMF Resident Research Grants, grants from the Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Foundation, and other sources.
GRANTS
Over the past 20 years, the residency has been awarded many grants from the Emergency Medicine Foundation. The most recent include:
Tracy Vogrin: Effect of Induced Mild Hypothermia via Peripheral IV Fluids on Core Body Temperature in Normal Subjects.
The University of Pittsburgh is currently ranked sixth in total funding support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and is ranked first in NIH funding within the specialty of Emergency Medicine. The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh maintains a dedicated large animal (swine) laboratory under the direction of Dr. Menegazzi (PI, mentor), and dedicated small animal (rodent) and wet laboratories under the direction of Dr. Callaway (Co-PI, sub-mentor).
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*The Quality of CPR with different airways (Aaron Brown)
*Recognizing Hazmat Responders at High Risk for Secondary Injury Utilizing a Pre-screening Protocol (Micha Campbell)
*How much Force is Required to Dislodge An Alternate Airway (Jestin Carlson)
*QT Prolongation in Hypothermic Patients (Michael Gerber)
*MRSA Incidence in EMS Providers (Angus Jameson)
*Creatinine Pre/Post Trauma Scan (Becky McNutt)
*Incidence of Rebound Effect Following Short-Course Corticosteroid Treatment of Toxicodendron Dermatitis: an Observational Study (Linda Morrison)
*Incidence of HIV Testing in the ED (Bryn Mumma)
*Complications of King LT on Portable Vents (Peter Protell)
*Effect of Intralipid on Colchicine Toxicity in Rats (Matt Rivenburgh)
*Prognostic Accuracy of Levy and Booth Algorithms in Hypothermia (John Sangl, Matt Wheeler)
*IV Success Rates in EMS (Shayla Cammarata, Adam Frisch)
*Time to Symptom onset after Fentanyl Patch Ingestion (Alex Feuchter)
*Email vs Phone Follow-up for ED Patients (Rebecca Fox)
*Chronic Pain Survey (David Gerber)
*STAT MedEvac Transports of Post-Arrest Patients (Amy Hartke)
*Correlation of NIRS with BP and CO2 in Post-Arrest Patients (Jennifer Hickey)
*Venous vs Capillary Lactate in pre/post exercise states (Jaime Jordan)
*Predictors of MRSA Cultures Obtained in the ED (Andy King)
*Repeated Studies in Transferred Trauma Patients (Audrey McCandless, Clare Wallner)
*CT Abnormalities in Post Arrest b> (John Peoples)
RECENT RESIDENT PROJECTS
*Implementation of an Effective Strategy for Obtaining Telephone Contact Information for Follow-up in Discharged ED Patients (Maria Koenig)
*Safety and Effectiveness of Acetadote for Acetaminophen Toxicity (Tom Kehrl & Allyson Whyte)
*Why By-Stander CPR is not Performed (Alex Mangili)
*The Effect of Crew Size on Objective Measures of Prehospital Resuscitation (Chris Martin-Gill)
*Compliance with an ALS-based protocol for Prehospital Seizure Patients (Chris Martin-Gill)
*Physician Scene Response in an Emergency Medicine Residency (Chris Martin-Gill)
*Metabolic Demands of CPR on the Rescuer (Stacy Reynolds)
*The Forensic Exam: A Skilled Procedure or Assault? (Robert Sanders)
*Prevalence of the use of Routine Labs in US Level One Trauma Centers (Anna Schwartz)
*The Incidence & Factors Associated with QTc Prolongation among ED Patients (Mike Seftchick & Peter Adler)
*Estimating Pediatric Weights for Medication Dosing (Bryan Yurek)
*Keppra Use in ICH and Incidence of Seizures (Mike Abesamis)
*Incidence of Poor Quality CT Scans in the ED (Peter Adler)
*Work of CPR during two Different Compression Ratios (Amy Betz)
*Bedside DVD Presentations Improve ED Satisfaction and Perceived Length of Stay (Brianna Garrett)
* Hypothermia in Post Cardiac Arrest (Meidad Goldman)
*Effect of Acetadote on Prothrombin time in plasma samples from healthy subjects (David Jang)
*Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose (David Jang)
*Risk Profile of Three Different Methods of Airway Management in the Tactical Environment (Matthew Larsen)
*Chest X-ray Interpretation by ED Staff vs Radiologist (David Shellenbarger)
*Myoclonus after Etomidate Administration (Leo Shum)
*Cognitive Deficits in residents after shift work (Ramzi Sidani)
*The Local Prevalence of Nasal Colonization of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in ED Personnel (Eliot Cannon & Brian Suffoletto)
*A Retrospective Analysis of Syphilis in Allegheny County (Susan Caslow & Beth Peterson)
*Physiologic Effects of Air Medical Rescue Airways (David Hirsch)
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