Senior Research Director: Mary Frances Ward, RN, MS, ANP
Research Director: David Lee, MD
Assistant Research Director: Jason D’Amore, MD

Senior Research Director: Mary Frances Ward, RN, MS, ANP

The Clinical Research Program within the Emergency Department at North Shore University Hospital 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.

Research Director: David Lee, MD

The Clinical Research Program also supports public health and Quality Improvement research initiatives. For the past two summers, the Academic Associate and Research Internship Programs have supported a Patient Advocate study and a Smoking Cessation study.  The Patient Advocate study sought to analyze the effectiveness of Patient Advocates (individuals who provide non-clinical assistance to patients) on emergency patient satisfaction while the Smoking Cessation study explored whether our patient population believed the ED to be an appropriate environment to receive smoking cessation interventions.

Assistant Research Director: Jason D’Amore, MD

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.  For any further information regarding the Clinical Research Program, please feel free to contact Mary Frances Ward, RN, MS, ANP (mward@nshs.edu) or Jason D’Amore, MD (jzd29@hotmail.com).