Research Projects & Grants

College/University

• The small (14F) Percutaneous Catheter vs. Large (28-40F) open chest tube for traumatic Hemothorax (PCAT): A multi-center randomized clinical trial (NCT03546764), Role: Investigator, University of Arizona, (04/2020 - 04/2022) Status: Completed

County/Local

• Testing the effectiveness of a city and community based violence intervention program, Role: PI, City of San Bernardino, (03/2021) Status: Approved
• Subtotal Cholecystectomy for complicated acute cholecystitis: A multicenter prospective observational study, Role: PI, LAC+USC Medical Center, (03/2019) Status: Approved

Internal

• Retrospective and prospective analysis of trauma activations after legalization of marijuana, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (03/2023 - 02/2024) Status: Completed
• Outcomes after Violent Injuries in the Pediatric Community, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (09/2022) Status: Approved
• Safety evaluation of increased LMWH dosing in TBI patients based on anti-Xa levels, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (09/2022) Status: Approved
• Restraint usage evaluation in acute care surgery and trauma patients, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (06/2022) Status: Approved
• Obstetric Trauma: A Review of the Incidence, Risk Factors, and Maternal-fetal Outcomes, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (05/2022) Status: Approved
• Prospective Study of Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) Prophylaxis and Outcomes, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (10/2021) Status: Approved
• Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis in trauma and surgical critical care patients, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (07/2021) Status: Approved
• Pregnant trauma patients: Common injury patterns to guide CT imaging protocols, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (07/2021) Status: Approved
• Social Determinants of Acute Abdomen Outcomes, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (03/2021) Status: Approved
• Surgical Critical Care during COVID-19 Pandemic, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (02/2021) Status: Approved
• Management of Acute Appendicitis and Cholecystitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An EAST Multicenter Contemporaneous Cohort Study, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (02/2021) Status: Approved
• Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion (REBOA) and the use in placenta accreta to minimize blood loss, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (01/2021) Status: Approved
• Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Ketogenic Diet Effects on Functional Recovery in Traumatic Brain Injury as measured by MRI Spectroscopy, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehab, (07/2020) Status: Approved
• Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) Development and Progression after Trauma, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (07/2020) Status: Approved
• Severity of Illness and Outcomes in Emergency General Surgery before and after California Shelter-In-Place order, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (05/2020 - 07/2024) Status: Completed
• Testing the effectiveness of an innovative program to reduce juvenile justice and substance use involvement in youth living in an underserved community, Role: Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (04/2020) Status: Approved
• Mechanisms of Injury of Trauma Patients Before and After California Stay-at-Home Order for COVID-19, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (04/2020 - 07/2024) Status: Completed
• A study to quantify and describe gunshot wound victims’ recidivism (GVRC), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (04/2020 - 08/2021) Status: Completed
• Prospective, observational trial of blunt cerebrovascular injury management and stroke formation (BCVI), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (03/2020 - 03/2021) Status: Completed
• Youth Alternative Solutions Program: Developing and testing the effectiveness of an innovative program to reduce substance use involvement in youth living in an underserved community, Role: PD/PI, LLU - GRASP, (01/2020 - 06/2025) Status: Awarded
• Multi-Institutional validation of trauma specific frailty index, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (10/2019 - 03/2022) Status: Completed
• Spinal trauma and spinal cord injury: Operative and Non-operative cases, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Neurosurgery, (10/2019) Status: Approved
• Traumatic brain injury and neurological decline: Operative and non-operative cases, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Neurosurgery, (10/2019) Status: Approved
• Investigator initiated retrospective analysis of resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion (REBOA) use in placental disorder to minimize blood loss and other morbidities, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, (09/2019) Status: Approved
• Current management of suspected retained common bile duct stones in gallstone pancreatitis and choledocholithiasis, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (04/2019 - 04/2020) Status: Completed
• Multi-center trial examining pre-hospital procedures in penetrating trauma patients, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (03/2019) Status: Approved
• AAST multicenter prospective observational study of trauma patients on novel oral anticoagulants, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (09/2018 - 09/2019) Status: Completed
• Pre-hospital measurement of End-Title CO2 as a predictor of massive transfusion in trauma patients, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (02/2020 - 06/2020) Status: Completed
• Tattoo Removal Program for Trauma Prevention and Recidivism, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (04/2025) Status: Approved

State

• California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant Program, Role: PD/PI, State of California Board of State and Community Corrections, (07/2022 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
• Violence Intervention Program Evaluation, Role: PD/PI, State of California, (04/2021 - 12/2023) Status: Closed