Scholarly Activities

All critical care fellows are allotted ample time to pursue scholarly activities and the faculty are highly supportive of these endeavors.

Fellows have a professional development/education fund that can be used to attend meetings or to purchase educational materials.

Shock, Trauma, and Anesthesiology Research (STAR-ORC)

The Shock, Trauma, and Anesthesiology Research organized research center (STAR-ORC) is a world-class, multi-disciplinary research and educational center focusing on:

• Neurological injuries

• Critical care

• Organ support

• Resuscitation

• Surgical outcomes

• Injury prevention

It serves as the research umbrella for the Department of Anesthesiology and the Program in Trauma.

Each fellow will have an assigned mentor who is a member of the Critical Care Anesthesiology faculty. Fellows will have a defined project and will be expected to submit findings for presentation at grand rounds or at a national meeting, typically the annual Society of Critical Care Medicine or Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists meeting.

Areas of active investigation in the division include:

• Coagulation and hemostasis

• End points of resuscitation

• Aeromedical critical care

• Rescue therapy for vasoplegic shock