Grantees 1997-1998
Center of Excellence
Mark G. Angelos, MD, FACEP
Ohio State University
$250,000 over 3 years
Studies in Myocardial Metabolism During Ischemia and Reperfusion
Underwriter: Genentech, Inc.
Career Development
Jonathon M. Sullivan, MD
Wayne State University
$25,000
Effects of Insulin on Suppressed Cerebral Protein Synthesis During Post-Ischemic Reperfusion
Underwriter: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc.
Research Fellowship
Frederick Beddingfield, MD
UCLA Emergency Medicine Center
$25,000
Evaluation of Appropriateness and Outcomes of Delayed Care of Emergency Department Patients - A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial
Underwriter: Team Health
James M. Leaming, MD
SUNY Health Science Center
$25,000
Influence of Prenatal Nicotine or Cocaine on Early Postnatal Cardiorespiratory Responses to Hypoxia:
Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Underwriter: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals
Mark D. Scheatzle, MD
Center for Emergency Medicine
$25,000
The Evaluation of Biphasic Transthoracic Defibrillation in an Animal Model of Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation
Underwriter: Whitehall-Robins
Resident Research
Kelly Abbrescia, DO
Albert Einstein Medical Center
$4,772
Effects of Adenosine Antagonism on Hemorrhagic Shock
Underwriter: Emergency Medicine Residents' Association
Brent R. Asplin, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
$4,721
Capnographic Trend Analysis as an Early Predictor of Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Underwriter: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Kelly Bookman, MD and Krystaleah Lindsay, MD
Cook County Hospital
$4,950
Creatine Phosphokinase Predicts Ectopic Pregnancy
Underwriter: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Po Huang, MD
University of Pittsburgh
$5,000
Characterizing the Effects of 21-Aminosteroid Antioxidants on HSP70 and AP-1 Gene Expression After Neuronal Stress
Underwriter: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Paul T. Ishimine, MD
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania
$3,300
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Finger Chest Compressions Versus Two Thumb Compressions with Thoracic Squeeze in a Swine Model of Infant Cardiac Arrest
Underwriter: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
EMF/SAEM Medical Student Research
Jason Byers
University of Pittsburgh
$2,400
How Does the Antagonism of Glucocorticoid Receptors with Mifepristone Affect the Expression of hsp-70 in GT 1-7 Cells Exposed to Oxidative Stress?
Underwriter: Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Nathan C. Hall, PhD
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
$2,400
Protection from Loss of Enzyme Activity and Cell Necrosis Following Treatment with a Phenylnitrone Spin Trap in Experimental Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Underwriter: Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Christopher Hogan
Georgetown University Medical Center
$2,400
Value of Thoracic Bioimpedance in Acute Pulmonary Edema in Comparison to Chest Radiographs
Underwriter: Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
EMF/SAEM Innovation in Medical Education
William P. Burdick, MD, FACEP
Allegheny University
$4,973
Longitudinal Clinical Skills Assessment of Emergency Medicine Residents
Andrew D. Perron, MD and Jeffrey A. Kline, MD
Carolinas Medical Center
$4,983
Blood Can Be Very Bad: A Mnemonic to Improve the Accuracy of Cranial CT Interpretation by the Emergency Physician
Jeffrey A. Tabas, MD
UCLA - Olive Medical Center
$4,950
A Curriculum to Enhance Evaluation of Cervical Spine Radiography
Underwriter: Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
EMF/ENAF Team
Gregory L. Larkin, MD, MS, MPH, FACEP and Susan Mathias, BSN, RN
Emergency Medical Association of Pittsburgh
$9,970
Effect of Multimedia Patient Discharge Instructions on Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients with Acute Lower Extremity Injuries: A Prospective, Randomized, Experimental Trial
Bernard L. Lopez, MD, FACEP and Linda Davis-Moon, BSN
Thomas Jefferson University
$10,000
The Evaluation of Nitric Oxide During the ED Treatment of Acute Vasoocclusive Sickle Cell Crisis
Creativity & Innovation in Emergency Medicine
Mary Ann Cooper MD, FACEP
University of Illinois at Chicago
$4,950
Lightning Injury - Development of an Animal Model
Community Hospital in Emergency Medicine
Eliot Jekowsky, PhD, MD, FACEP
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
$5,000
Simulation Based Design of Emergency Department Operations
David P. Milzman, MD, FACEP
Providence Hospital
$4,840
The Use of Noninvasive Continuous Hemodynamic Monitoring in the Resuscitation of Patients with Acute Congestive Heart Failure Throughout Hospitalization