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
• Anticoagulation in emergency general surgery: Who bleeds more? The ACES trial, Role: PI, University of Maryland, (02/2019) Status: Approved

For Profit Organization

• ACCUTE (AB103 Clinical Composite Endpoint Study in Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections), Role: Principal Investigator, AtoxBio Ltd., (09/2016 - 09/2019) Status: Closed
• LY333328 vs Vancomycin in skin/skin-structure infections, Role: Investigator, Eli Lilly & Co., (12/1999 - 12/2000) Status: Completed

Internal

• AAST vascular trauma registry: The prospective observational vascular injury trial (PROOVIT), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (05/2023 - 03/2024) Status: Completed
• Medical management of grade 1/2 splenic injuries with active extravasation, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (02/2020 - 09/2024) Status: Completed
• Appendicitis in North America: a prospective observational study of the demographics, presentation, and outcomes of acute, perforated, and gangrenous appendicitis, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (04/2019 - 04/2020) Status: Completed
• The effect of pre-hospital care on gunshot wound patient outcomes: A multicenter study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (11/2018 - 11/2019) Status: Completed
• AAST multicenter prospective observational study of trauma patients on novel oral anticoagulants, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (09/2018 - 09/2019) Status: Completed
• Optimal management of pancreatic trauma: A multi institutional study of the AAST, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (07/2018 - 07/2019) Status: Completed
• Small bowel perforation after blunt abdominal trauma: diagnosis, morbidity, and mortality, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (07/2018 - 07/2019) Status: Completed
• The economic impact of trauma, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (05/2018 - 05/2019) Status: Completed
• Colorectal resection in emergency general surgery- to anastomose, or not to anastomose, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (03/2018 - 03/2019) Status: Completed
• Thoracolumbar spine evaluation and screening after trauma, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (02/2018 - 02/2019) Status: Completed
• Perforated esophageal intervention focus (PERF) study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (02/2018 - 02/2019) Status: Completed
• Multi-institutional evaluation of the current management of traumatic pelvic fracture, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (12/2017 - 12/2018) Status: Completed
• Practice pattern variation in discontinuing mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults: An international prospective observational study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (12/2017 - 12/2018) Status: Completed
• The role of pre-hospital Tranexamic Acid (TXA) to improve traumatic hemorrhagic shock outcomes., Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (12/2017 - 12/2018) Status: Completed
• Management of pneumatosis intestinalis: A prospective multicenter study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (09/2017 - 09/2018) Status: Completed
• Presumptive antibiotics in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax: A prospective, multicenter American Association for the Surgery of Trauma study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (09/2017 - 09/2018) Status: Completed
• Stapled vs handsewn: A prospective emergency surgery study (SHAPES), Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (09/2017 - 09/2018) Status: Completed
• Ileostomy and washout for C. difficile associated disease, effectiveness in the acute phase, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (06/2017 - 06/2018) Status: Completed
• Triage and survival rates for pulseless trauma patients, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (02/2017 - 02/2018) Status: Completed
• Management of Pneumatosis Intestinalis: a multicenter study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (01/2013 - 01/2014) Status: Completed
• Hypotension and mortality in trauma, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (06/2012) Status: Completed
• Youth alternative sentencing program (YASP): incidence of recidivism and post program follow-up, Role: Investigator, LLU Trauma Support Services, (06/2006 - 06/2007) Status: Completed
• Trauma: the initial phase, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (05/2006 - 05/2007) Status: Completed
• The usefulness of chest screening for blunt aortic injury, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (09/1998) Status: Completed
• Magnetic resonance imaging of traumatic diaphragmatic injury: comparing T1, TSE T2 and TIR to CT and plain films, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (12/1997 - 12/1998) Status: Completed
• Duplex Scan of Carotid Arteries to Rule Out Blunt Carotid Injury, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (12/1995 - 12/1996) Status: Completed
• The role of urinary bladder in diagnosis of abdominal compartment syndrome. A prospective study in trauma patients, Role: Investigator, LLU School of Medicine, Status: Completed

Non-Profit Organization

• The PROspective Observational Vascular Injury Trial (PROOVIT), Role: Principal Investigator, National Trauma Institute, (12/2015 - 05/2018) Status: Closed