ED Research at Long Island Jewish Medical Center: Emergency Medicine
Senior Research Director: Mary Frances Ward, RN, MS, ANP
Research Director: Robert Silverman, MD, FACEP
The Clinical Research Program within the Emergency Department at Long Island Jewish Medical Center has expanded to include a wide breadth of emergency medicine topics; ranging from public health concerns and graduate medical education evaluation to NIH funded randomized clinical trials. The department was selected as a participating site for the “Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock (ProCESS) Trial”, PI- A. Sama, an NIH-funded clinical study that will assess three different treatments for emergency patients presenting with septic shock. In addition to the ProCESS Trial, the "Outcome of Patients Treated in the Emergency Department After Motor Vehicle Collision (CRASH)” study, a NIH-funded clinical study will assess whether information collected in the ED immediately following motor vehicle collision (MVC) can predict the development of chronic pain, or psychological sequelae, 6 months and 12 months following the MVC. The Program has also developed and participated in several registry studies. One of these studies is the Sexual Assault Victims in the Emergency Department (SAVED) study, PI-M. Ward. SAVED seeks to identify demographics and exam characteristics of sexual assault survivors who present to the ED and are seen by a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. Our physicians are continually encouraged to pursue their own intellectual interests and ideas for future research. These ideas are discussed in forums such as Research Committee, where peer advice allows for the development of sound methodologies, statistical analyses, and ultimate implementation.