Research Week 2022
Research Week presents an opportunity to celebrate and showcase the research and scholarly activities of NGHS investigators.
“Through research, NGMC is able to offer cutting-edge treatment options to our patients. In addition to providing outstanding care, improving access to clinical trials and supporting research helps us to improve the health of our community in all we do.”
Carol Burrell, President & CEO of Northeast Georgia Health System
Carol Healan Burrell Professor in Medical Education; Vice President for Medical Education,
Office of Medical Education; Designated Institutional Official
Director of Research
Keynote Speakers & Presentations
Recruitment Optimization for Cancer Treatment Trials
Monday, October 10
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Gainesville Campus
GME Suite 1400, Classroom 7 & Virtual
Keynote Speaker:
Teresa Knoop, MSN, RN, AOCN
CME & CE credits awarded
Lunch for registrants
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Research
Monday, October 10
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Gainesville Campus
GME Suite 1400, Classroom 7 & Virtual
Panel Discussion
Cheryl Bittel, MSN, APRN, NP-C, CCNS, CCRN
Joanna Carrega, PhD, RN
Celene Fadel, MD
Parker Long, DO
Melissa Rouse, PhD, APRN, CNS-BC, NEA-BC, CENP, CPHQ
Bridgette Schulman, MSNEd, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CPPS
CME & CE credits awarded
Ethics in Research
Tuesday, October 11
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Walters Auditorium and Virtual
Panel Discussion
Jason Budde, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Angie Caton, MSN, Assistant Nurse Manager
Louise Jones, PhD, Director of GME Research & Scholarly Activity
Charles Nash, MD, Medical Director of Oncology Services & Research Administration
Hellen Ransom, PhD, Clinical Ethicist
Melissa Rouse, PhD, Executive Director of Nursing Excellence & Research
Lunch for registrants
Multidisciplinary Research Poster Session
Friday, October 14
10:00 AM – Noon
Gainesville Campus
GME Suite 1400, Classroom 7
Poster Session
Lunch for registrants
Analyzing Patient-Specific Coronary Arteries With & Without Stents Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
Friday, October 14
12:00 – 12:40 PM
Gainesville Campus
GME Suite 1400, Classroom 7 & Virtual
Keynote Speaker:
Amir Lotfi, MD, FRCPC, FSCAI
Chief of the Division of Cardiology, Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Baystate Health
CME credits awarded
How Will Advancements in Simulations & Artificial Intelligence Augment Cardiology Practice
Friday, October 14
12:40 – 1:30 PM
Gainesville Campus
GME Suite 1400, Classroom 7 & Virtual
Keynote Speaker:
David Molony, PhD
Co-Director of the Georgia Heart Institute, Georgia Center for Cardiovascular Biometrics & Data Modeling
Seminar followed by Panel Discussion
CME credits awarded
The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this online activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Northeast Georgia Health System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Alabama State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Research Week 2022
Learn about highlighted research and scholarly activities happening across our organization. Research Week is a Showcase of how curiosity leads to ways to improve patient care; of how ideas spark collaboration; and how results foster innovation.
Mission Statement
The Office of Research at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is responsible for overseeing the quality, scientific integrity, academic impact, regulatory compliance and financial responsibility of clinical research conducted throughout the health system.
The mission of the Office of Research is to support, oversee, and serve as the organizational home for all clinical research conducted within the NGHS system. Our physicians serve as principal investigators on a number of cutting-edge clinical research studies that have the potential to impact standard of care and to improve the care that patients receive. Through our high patient enrollments and high-impact study participation, research at NGMC offers patients and nationally recognized physicians the opportunity to improve the health of our community and beyond.
Research Team
- Holly Jones, PhD, Director of Research
- Cynthia Jackson, Research Business Operations Coordinator
- Calvin Robinson Jr., Research Finance Specialist
- Jennifer Williams, Research Regulatory Specialist
- G. Brandon Powers, Research Regulatory Specialist
- Heidi Ehrenreich, PhD, CRP, Multidisciplinary Research Coordinator
Cardiology Research Team
- Donna Patrick, RN CCRC Research Nurse Manager
- Terri Tolar, RN, Research Nurse Coordinator
- Toni Mundy, RN, Research Nurse Coordinator
- Amanda Dang, RN, Research Nurse Coordinator
- Sharon Davidson, Research Medical Assistant
Oncology Research Team
- Trena Davis, RN, CCRC Research Nurse Manager
- Danielle Newman, Clinical Research Coordinator
- S. Melissa Shaw, NP-C, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
- Marcia Bradley, RN, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
- Orianna Borrelli, Research Data Coordinator
- Natalie Macy, Research Data Coordinator
Resources
Educational Pre-Recorded Videos
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known”
Carl Sagan
Our mission is to improve the health of our community through an engaged community of physician researchers who actively build evidence for the practices and processes of medicine.
GME Research at Northeast Georgia Medical Center aligns our departmental values to the system Core Values. Building on these institutional values, GME research values guide our responses and processes:
- Research Must Matter to Our Community
We advance our knowledge of patient care through compassionate identification of the most pressing health, social and economic concerns of our constituents. This situates our research goals and evidence of scientific merit. - Perspective Matters
We strive to understand our research through the lens of all stakeholders through open dialogue, peer review, ethical recruitment of participants and consideration of research impact on our community. This acknowledgement of understanding how we make meaning of knowledge as a social construct enriches our research agenda. - Intentional Focus Matters
We focus our resources and scholarship intentionally, building expertise in areas which honor our patients, our residents and the community-based focus of our health-system. Together, we will progress toward our community goals. - Ethical Rigor is Critical
We focus on quality not quantity of scholarship. We pursue rigorous design and implementation as more impactful on our community than number of publications, and more advantageous to our residents as they learn foundational research skills.
Posters & Articles
- Anderson, R. Boerhaave Syndrome Complicated by Undiagnosed Gastroesophageal Junction Outlet Obstruction: A Case Report; NGHS; 7/12/2022. Read Abstract.
- Ghosh A, Bhushan S, Lopez LDR, Sampat D, Salah Z, Hatoum C; BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccine Induced Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura; NGHS; July 22, 2022. View Article. Poster Presentation.
- Iqbal A., Sulley S., Egolum U, Hypertension is Associated with High Risk of Heart Failure Mortality; NGHS; July 30, 2021. Poster Presentation.
- Iqbal A., Cho, Young Min., Mahmood R., Ghasemzadeh N, Massive Pulmonary Embolism Management Beyond Thrombolytic Therapy; NGHS; July 30, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Mahmood R, Shah C, and Kumar G. Does early PCI (within 48 hours) improve outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients when compared to late PCI (48-96 hours) in NSTEMI: Analysis from Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Database (2013–2014); NGHS; October 14, 2022.
- Mahmood R, Asreb A, Joy P, and Kumar G. Examination Of Regional Variations For In-Hospital Mortality For Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndrome – Analysis From Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Database; NGHS; October 14, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Mahmood R, Asreb A, Joy P, and Kumar G. Which Measure Of Right Ventricle Assessment Should Be Used In COVID-19 To Predict In-hospital Mortality?; NGHS; October 14, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Mahmood R, Ahmad M, Ling H, and Egolum U. A case of initiating dapagliflozin in a patient with ventricular assistance device; NGHS; October 14, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Mahmood R, Asreb A, Alaws H, Setzer A, Thompson K, Winston D, Ghasemzadeh N, and Kansara P. Correlation of Aortic Valve Gradient Obtained by Catheterization and Echocardiogram Post Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; NGHS; October 14, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Mariam Anwar MD, To Care and Not to Cure, in a Hearty Blast Crisis; NGHS; August 2022. Read Abstract.
- Niver H. Axillary Solid-papillary carcinoma: A case report on presentation and management; NGHS; 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Niver H, KEYNOTE-522 and Male Spindle Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report; NGHS; July 10, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Rana S, Mahmood R, Anwar M, and Johnson A. Renal Cell Carcinoma with Metastasis to the Right Atrium; NGHS; October 14, 2022. Poster Presentation.
Research Team
- Louise Jones, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Director of GME Research & Scholarly Activity
Resources
Videos
“Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement bring research to the point of care to ensure that we are providing the very best care possible to our patients – and that we are working as efficiently and respectfully as possible with our entire team.”
Melissa Rouse, PhD, APRN, CNS-BC, NEA-BC, CENP, CPHQ
Executive Director Nursing Excellence & Research
Videos
Posters & Articles
- Bittel C, Schulman B, and Dono S. The lived experience for nurses during Covid-19; NGHS; July 14th, 2022. Poster Presentation. Video Presentation.
- Bittel C, The Impact of a Back to Basics Campaign to Improve Patient Care Outcomes; NGHS; July 14th, 2022. Poster Presentation. Video Presentation.
- Carillo A, Caton A, and Tyner-Meeks K. Evolving an Experiential Learning Experience for Oncology Nurses at NGMC. NGHS; August 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Caton, A., & Baskin, M. (July 2022). Virtual head and neck cancer screenings. American College of SurgeonsCancer Accreditation Programs: Continually Advancing Quality Cancer Care. Poster Presentation.
- Caton, A., Fadel, C., & Danak, S. (May 2022). Return to Breast Cancer Screening Learning Collaborative and Study. Oncology Nursing Society Congress, Anaheim, CA.
- Gelderman, CA., Schaub, B., Earnest, W., Mendoza, C. The Impact of a Dedicated ADT RN on Discharge Outcomes; NGMC; October 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Gelderman, CA., Giraldo, E., Sizemore, V., Williams, J. The Impact of EMS Sepsis Alert on Time to Antibiotics in Patients with Bacterial Infections. NGMC; October 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Rouse, M., & Tinman, R. (October 2022). Professional Nursing Governance – Revisions that Empower Nurses. Georgia Nurses Association Conference 2022, Atlanta, GA.
- Schulman, B., Williams A. and Chambers, R. Simulation Training to Improve Skill Proficiency and Confidence in Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP). NGHS; 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Tinman, R., & Rouse, M. Professional Nursing Governance: Revisions that Empower Nurses. NGHS: October 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Williamson B, Rouse M, and Adams C. Give Me Some Warning! A Tool to Recognize if Patients May Become Violent; NGHS; 2022. Poster Presentation. Video Presentation.
- Williamson, B., & Rouse, M. (October 2022). Is This the Right Number? Evaluating Falls and Corresponding Morse Fall Scales Scores. Georgia Nurses Association Conference 2022, Atlanta Georgia. Poster Presentation.
Publications
- Rouse, M.D., Shoemaker, L.K., Kyle, P., Tenold, C, Anthony, W., & White, J. (2022). Caring for the Caregiver During COVID-19 Suspended Visitation. Patient Experience Journal.
- Rouse, M., & Christy, L. (2022). Meeting the Environmental and Staffing Demands of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 10.1097/NND.0000000000000839.
- Rouse, M., Fischer, M., Jordan, J., Britt, J., Pipkins, T., Bundage, D., Bordelon, J, & Al Mohajer, M., (2022). Implementing Immediate Hospital-wide Personal Protective Equipment Training & Validation – A Multidisciplinary Approach to Quality Improvement. Journal of Nursing Professional Development.
“Zora Neale Hurston once said, Research is formalized curiosity; It is poking and prying with a purpose. As librarian, it is my job to support that informational and educational purpose of discovery. The library serves as a purposeful avenue to research and life-long learning.”
Shannon Glover, MLIS, AHIP, Coordinator of Health Sciences Library
“When I used to work with first-year college students, I explained that it’s called REsearch because you need to keep asking, searching, evaluating, and revisiting the matter over and over again. Librarians are primarily involved in the searching phase–connecting researchers to the highest quality evidence available–but we also perform original research, and I look forward to engaging the process more.”
Tanisha Mills, MLIS, AHIP, Medical Librarian
Library Team
- Shannon Glover, MLIS, AHIP
- Tanisha N. Mills, MLIS, AHIP
Publications
- Mills, T. N. (2022). Research Capacity of Hospital Librarians Serving Graduate Medical Education Programs: An Initial Report. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 22(3), 179-189.
Resources
Videos
For over 15 years, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has been a leading location for The Foothills AHEC Pathway to Med School (PTMS) program provides undergraduate pre-med students with early exposure to primary care and community medicine, establishing a network of physicians to support students as advisors and future colleagues, over a month-long timeframe.
The goal of the program is to enhance students’ candidacy for medical school through clinical shadowing, research projects, and instructional sessions. The practice-based research component of the PTMS program is structured to examine health care processes and patient populations in community-based, primary care clinical settings to ultimately improve care and patient outcomes. While research experience is not required of all medical school applicants, it is being considered imperative for students that desire to be competitive applicants.
Under the mentorship of primary care physicians, PTMS students elevate their understanding of the timeline, processes, and elements needed to launch and complete a constructive research study.
Posters & Articles
- Fix S., Lemon B., Evaluating Health Literacy in Spanish Speaking Diabetic Populations; NGMC GME, June, 30, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Monteiro S., Nobles H., Medication or Therapy: Evaluating Depression Treatment Plans for Women with Obesity; NGMC GME, June, 30, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Nguyen N., Steele E., Turn on the Webcam: An Innovative Approach to Telemedicine Curriculum; PAR GME, June, 30, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Pearson E., Racine M., Impact of Tobacco Use and Gender on Myocardial Infarction Risk within the Young Adult Population with BMI > 30; NGMC GME, June, 30, 2022. Poster Presentation.
Research Team
- Omari Hodge, MD | Associate Program Director, NGMC Family Medicine, GME
- Monica Newton, DO | Program Director, NGMC Family Medicine, GME
- Zahraa Rabeeah, MD | Associate Program Director, Piedmont Athens Regional Internal Medicine
- Louise Jones, PhD, M.Ed. | NGMC Director of GME Research and Scholarly Activity
Foothills AHEC Leadership & Staff
- Missy Lochstampfor | Foothills AHEC Center Director
- Jenn Dunahoo, Special Projects Director
- Lana Brand, MLIS | Foothills AHEC Special Projects Consultant
Resources & Links
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) provides outstanding care to patients in our community. NGHS actively supports research that provides cutting-edge treatment options as new therapies become available and seeks to answer important questions surrounding COVID-19 and its impact on the physical and psychological health of our patients, staff, and community members. Please see a list below outlining several research studies and clinical trials that address key issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Clinical Trials
- Expanded Access to Convalescent Plasma for the Treatment of Patients with COVID-19
PI: Multiple - NCI COVID-19 in Cancer Patients, NCCAPS Study
PI: Charles Nash, III, MD - North American COVID-19 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NACMI) Registry
PI: Nima Ghasemzadeh, MD - A Pilot Study Investigating the Detection of Episodes of Severe Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony
PI: Gagan Kumar, MD
Lead Respiratory Educator: Stephen Graham, BSRT-RRT
Active Research Studies
- Does Providing Live Therapeutic Music Decrease Stress for Clinicians Working in COVID-19 Critical Care Units?
PI: Cheryl Bittel, MSN, RN - How COVID-91 Affects the Boston Scientific HeartLogicTM Heart Failure Diagnostic Parameters in Patients with Heart Failure
PI: Ugochukwu Egolum, MD - COVID-19 Perinatal Population Surveillance
PI: Cynthia Cabrara, MD; Wendy Coto-Puckett, MD; Bridgette Schulman, MSN-Ed, RN - National Registry for Surveillance and Epidemiology of Perinatal COVID-19 Infection
PI: Bridgette Schulman, MSN-Ed, RN - Role of Tocilizumab on Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients
PI: Gagan Kumar, MD - Developing a Registry of COVID-19 Patients who are Admitted to Hospitals
PI: Gagan Kumar, MD - Emergency Use of Remdesivir
PI: Erine Raybon-Rojas, MD: Barry Barns, PharmD
For over 15 years, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has been a leading location for high-impact clinical trials in cardiology. Having completed over 100 cardiac research Phase II – IV pharmaceutical and Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trials, our research team of highly qualified registered nurses, professional staff and nationally recognized physicians is focused on patient enrollment and timely start-up of research studies in addition to excellent patient care.
Our board-certified cardiologists, heart surgeons and vascular surgeons at Georgia Heart Institute provide a range of treatments and services with our state-of-the-art technology and research — from diagnostic procedures to life-saving angioplasty to minimally-invasive valve surgery.
Posters
- Komilian K, Computation of wall shear stress from 3D reconstructions of coronary arteries from optical coherence tomography images; GHI; July 31st, 2022. Poster Presentation.
Publications
Dr. Ghasemzadeh
- Ghasemzadeh, N. Trends And Final Results Of The North American Covid-19 Myocardial Infarction (NACMI) Registry. Presentation at: American College of Cardiology (ACC) 22: April 4, 2022, Washington, D.C.
- Dehghani P, Schmidt C, Garberich R, Garcia S, Grines C, Patel R, et al. TCT-63 North American COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction (NACMI) Risk Score for Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021;78(19_Supplement_S):B26-B.
Dr. Giugliano
- Ambesh P, Sawalha K, Groudan K, Lotfi A, Giugliano G. Coronary subclavian steal syndrome causing myocardial Infarction. Ann Card Anaesth. 2021 Apr-Jun;24(2):256-259. doi: 10.4103/aca.ACA_83_20. PMID: 33884990; PMCID: PMC8253040.
Dr. Molony
- Lefieux A, Bridio S, Molony D, Piccinelli M, Chiastra C, Samady H, Migliavacca F, Veneziani A. Semi-Automatic Reconstruction of Patient-Specific Stented Coronaries based on Data Assimilation and Computer Aided Design. Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2022 Jan 7. doi: 10.1007/s13239-021-00570-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34993928.
Dr. Samady
- Patel MR, Jeremias A, Maehara A, Matsumura M, Zhang Z, Schneider J, Tang K, Talwar S, Marques K, Shammas NW, Gruberg L, Seto A, Samady H, Sharp ASP, Ali ZA, Mintz G, Davies J, Stone GW. 1-Year Outcomes of Blinded Physiological Assessment of Residual Ischemia After Successful PCI: DEFINE PCI Trial. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Jan 10;15(1):52-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.09.042. PMID: 34991824.
- Lefieux A, Bridio S, Molony D, Piccinelli M, Chiastra C, Samady H, Migliavacca F, Veneziani A. Semi-Automatic Reconstruction of Patient-Specific Stented Coronaries based on Data Assimilation and Computer Aided Design. Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2022 Jan 7. doi: 10.1007/s13239-021-00570-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34993928.
- Han D, Lin A, Kuronuma K, Tzolos E, Kwan AC, Klein E, Andreini D, Bax JJ, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Chow BJW, Conte E, Cury RC, Feuchtner G, Hadamitzky M, Kim YJ, Leipsic JA, Maffei E, Marques H, Plank F, Pontone G, Villines TC, Al-Mallah MH, de Araújo Gonçalves P, Danad I, Gransar H, Lu Y, Lee JH, Lee SE, Baskaran L, Al’Aref SJ, Yoon YE, Van Rosendael A, Budoff MJ, Samady H, Stone PH, Virmani R, Achenbach S, Narula J, Chang HJ, Min JK, Lin FY, Shaw LJ, Slomka PJ, Dey D, Berman DS. Association of Plaque Location and Vessel Geometry Determined by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography With Future Acute Coronary Syndrome-Causing Culprit Lesions. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Jan 26:e215705. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.5705. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35080587; PMCID: PMC8792800.
- Jin HY, Weir-McCall JR, Leipsic JA, Son JW, Sellers SL, Shao M, Blanke P, Ahmadi A, Hadamitzky M, Kim YJ, Conte E, Andreini D, Pontone G, Budoff MJ, Gottlieb I, Lee BK, Chun EJ, Cademartiri F, Maffei E, Marques H, de Araujo Goncalves P, Shin S, Choi JH, Virmani R, Samady H, Stone PH, Berman DS, Narula J, Shaw LJ, Bax JJ, Chinnaiyan K, Raff G, Al-Mallah MH, Lin FY, Min JK, Sung JM, Lee SE, Chang HJ. The Relationship Between Coronary Calcification and the Natural History of Coronary Artery Disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Jan;14(1):233-242. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.08.036. Epub 2020 Nov 18. PMID: 33221216.
Resources
Research Team
- Donna Patrick, RN, CCRC
Research Nurse Manager - Terri Tolar, RN
Research Nurse Coordinator - Toni Mundy, RN
Research Nurse Coordinator - Amanda Dang, RN
Research Nurse Coordinator - Sharon Davidson
Research Medical Assistant
Videos
The Cancer Center at NGMC has been participating in cancer clinical trials since 1996, and we partner with a variety of nationally recognized research networks across the U.S. Our oncology research program was recognized in 2018 as a Top 5 Accruing Site for numbers of patients enrolled in clinical trials by SWOG (the Southwest Cancer Chemotherapy Study Group).
Our expert physicians specialize in medical, surgical, radiation and gynecologic oncology and offer cutting-edge clinical trial opportunities to our patients. Our portfolio includes trials for chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery for virtually all tumor sites including breast, lung and prostate cancers, three of the cancer types most often diagnosed. By offering clinical trials to patients, physicians and clinical staff in the Cancer Center are able to provide a variety of treatment options using state-of-the-art technology and resources.
Posters
- Caton, A. & Baskin, R., Virtual Head and Neck Cancer Screenings; July 27, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Carillo A, Caton A, and Tyner-Meeks K. Evolving an Experiential Learning Experience for Oncology Nurses at NGMC. NGHS; August 2022. Poster Presentation.
Videos
Resources
Research Team
- Trena Davis, RN, CCRC Research Nurse Manager
- Danielle Newman, Clinical Research Coordinator
- S. Melissa Shaw, NP-C, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
- Marcia Bradley, RN, Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
- Orianna Borrelli, Research Data Coordinator
- Natalie Macy, Research Data Coordinator
Emory Winship Affiliation
“Research in pharmacy practice is important for many reasons! The research conducted in pharmacy over the years has highlighted novel pharmacotherapeutic ideas, formulary management practices, validation of pharmacy services, and quality/safety improvements, just to name a few. This information has been presented at the local, state, and national levels in an effort to share work from which others may benefit. The Department of Pharmacy is delighted to showcase the great work that is done by our team! ”
Melissa Frank, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy
Posters
- Peyton Kurtz, PharmD; Sophia Braun, PharmD, BCPS; Jennifer Parker, PharmD, BCPS. Potential Cost Savings of Implementing a Standardized, Pharmacist-Led Protocol for Levothyroxine Administration in the Treatment of Chronic Hypothyroidism. Poster Presentation.
- Macy Biddulph, PharmD; Amy Knauss, PharmD, BCPS. Efficacy and Safety of Accelerated Intravenous Iron Sucrose Administration for Heart Failure in an Inpatient Setting. Poster Presentation.
Videos
Research Team
- Tanya Glosson, PharmD
- Jason VanLandingham, PharmD
- Amy Goss, PharmD
- Ronik Saha, PharmD
- Kyle Whitley, PharmD
- Ryan Collier, Pharmacy Technician
“To our patients, having the opportunity to participate in research gives meaning to their experience. Trauma patients are often times here unexpectedly… so having that opportunity can help them heal.”
Jessica Mantooth, RN
Videos
Posters
- Lee, E, Collaborative Cribettes; NGHS; October 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Lee, D., Navigating Trauma Patients and Families through Unfamiliar Territory; TCAA; May 2, 2022. Poster Presentation.
- Krause, M., Mantooth, J., Gibson, J., Richart, C., Developing a Trauma Intermediate Care Unit at a Rural Level II Trauma Center; TraumaCon; March 26, 2021. Poster Presentation.
- Payne J, Gibson J, Vassy M, Rausch T, An Innovative Approach to Pre-Hospital Performance Improvement & Education; TQIP; November 15, 2021. Poster Presentation.
- Gibson, K., Gibson, J., Green, L., Filson, J., Richart, C., A Midline Shift -Streamlining Communication and Throughput Within Two Neurosurgical Practices In A Rural Verified Level-2 Trauma Center; TQIP; November 15, 2021. Poster Presentation.
- Gibson J, Gibson K, Creel N, A Collaborative Approach: Regional Prehospital Blood Pilot Project to Improve Trauma Care; TQIP; November 15, 2021. Poster Presentation.
Publications
- Krause M., Mantooth J., Gibson J. Developing a Trauma Intermediate Care Unit. Journal of Trauma Nursing. Accepted, pending publication.
- Lee, D. Navigating Trauma Patients and Families through Unfamiliar Territory. Journal of Trauma Nursing. Accepted, pending publication.
Research Team
- Jesse Gibson, MBA, BSN, RN, TCRN
- Jessica Mantooth, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN
- Kyle Gibson, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, TCRN
- Leigh Pack, RN, BSN
- Morgan Krause, MSN-Ed, RN, PCCN
- Emily Murdoch, BSRT, RRT
- Timothy Stevens, MD
- Nathan Creel, MD
- Brian Gibson, MD, FACS
- Jennifer Dodd, DNP
- Michael Cormican, MD
- Matthew Vassy, MD, FACS
- Jackie Payne, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN
- Elaina Lee, RN
- Donna Lee, MSN, RN, TCRN
- Joyce Bradford, RN
- Robert Poole, PA-C
- Bradley Kuhn, MD, FACS
Resources
Office of Research Administration
ResearchOffice@nghs.com
770-219-9010
www.nghs.com/research
GME Research Department
GMEResearch@nghs.com
770-219-8622
www.ngmcgme.org