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:
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Neurological injuries
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Critical care
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Organ support
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Resuscitation
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Surgical outcomes
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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:
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Coagulation and hemostasis
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End points of resuscitation
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Aeromedical critical care
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Rescue therapy for vasoplegic shock