The Critical Care Clinical Research Center at Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport was established in
1991, and provides comprehensive clinical research in Critical Care
Medicine and Emergency Medicine. The Center is a segment of the
Critical Care Medicine Division, and is affiliated with the
Department of Emergency Medicine and the Division of Trauma and
Surgical Critical Care. Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Center is a tertiary academic health sciences institution that
serves a high acuity urban/suburban community, and is a referral
center for the population of north Louisiana. The Center is also
affiliated with the Pediatric Critical Care Division of the
Department of Pediatrics.
The Center provides quality clinical research in a variety of
clinical areas that include sepsis, acute respiratory distress
syndrome, infectious diseases, gastrointestinal and hepatic
disorders, cardiac failure, neurological injury, trauma, acute
care, and many others.
The Clinical Research Center also participates as the clinical
arm of the Divisions basic science research program, including
functional genomics of sepsis and trauma, mechanisms of ischemic
cerebral injury, and development of extracorporeal therapies for
the support of organ failure.
The Center has experience in the conduct of Phase I, II, III and
IV trials for pharmaceutical firms, device manufacturers, and
contract research organizations, including Alliance
Pharmaceuticals, Astra-Zeneca, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Bayer
Pharmaceuticals, BYK Canada, CardioPulmonics, CareStat, Centocor,
Covance, Discovery Laboratories, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Glaxo Smith
Kline, ICOS, Inveresk Research, Knoll Laboratories, Liposome Co,
Miles Laboratories, Ortho-Biotech, Omnicare, Ortho-McNeil,
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Pharmacia, Rhone-Poulenc-Rorer,
Sanofi-Synthelabo, Santarua, SCIOS, Wyeth-Ayerst.
The Center focuses its research areas on the critical and acute
care aspects of a wide variety of fields, including:
- Cardiovascular
- CNS Disorders
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Infectious Disease and Sepsis
- Metabolic Disorders
- Pain and Sedation Management
- Pediatric Critical Care
- Pulmonary
- Renal
- Trauma
Louisiana State University Hospital Health Sciences Center is an
academic health science center serving North Louisiana with
referrals from all over the state. We have five intensive care
units staffed by board-certified intensivists, including a Level I
Medical/Coronary ICU, Surgical ICU, Burn ICU, and Pediatric ICU.
The hospital has the area's only Level I Trauma Center, and the
Emergency Department sees about 60,000 patients per year. The
Hospital and its outpatient centers are easily accessible by
personal or public transportation.
The Health Sciences Center also includes the School of Medicine,
School of Graduate Studies, and School of Allied Health
Professions, and is affiliated with the Biomedical Research
Institute of Northwest Louisiana.
Steven A. Conrad, MD PhD MBA, CCRI,
Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, is board
certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and
Emergency Medicine. He is a Certified Clinical Research
Investigator and has extensive clinical research experience. He has
served as Chairman of the Institutional Review Board for Human
Investigation, and on the institution's Clinical Research
Committee.
Laurie R. Grier, MD, Associate Professor of
Medicine and Emergency Medicine, is board certified in
Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. She is director of
the Medical Intensive Care Unit, and has been conducting trials in
critical illness as principal and sub-investigator since 1993.
L. Keith Scott, MD, Assistant Professor of
Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, is board
certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. He has
been conducting trials as principal and sub-investigator since
1999.
Richard H.Turnage, MD, FACS, Professor and
Chairman, Department of Surgery, is board certified in
Surgery. He has extensive experience conducting clinical trials in
trauma and surgical critical care.
Elizabeth I. Caskey, RN, BSN, CCRC is a
Clinical Research Coordinator with nine years experience
in critical care nursing. She has completed training courses in
clinical research through the Association of Clinical Research
Professionals and Louisiana State University and has attained
certification as a Clinical Research Coordinator with the ACRP.
Kim Hutchinson, RN, BSN,CCRN, is a Lead
Coordinator. Kim has 10 years of Intensive Care nursing
experience and 3 years as a clinical research coordinator in the
Critical Care research department at LSUHSC-Shreveport. She is an
ACLS and CPR instructor affiliated with the American Heart
Association and is nationally recognized as a Critical Care
Registered Nurse by the AACN and continues her education through
critical care and research seminars.
Stephanie Self, RN, BSN, is a Study
Coordinator. Stephanie has 10 years of Intensive Care nursing
experience and is currently working on her CCRN certification.
LSU Health Sciences Center is located in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Immediately adjacent and across the Red River is Bossier City. The
Shreveport-Bossier metropolitan area encompasses a population of
over 400,000. Referrals to the health sciences center come from
most regions of the state, covering approximately 3 million of the
states population. LSUHSC offers care to all segments of the
population, and also provides the areas indigent care.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center operates a
local Institutional Review Board, with review procedures completed
in 15 to 30 days after submission.
Kim Hutchinson, RN, BSN, CCRN
Clinical Research Coordinator
Critical Care Research Center at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
1541 Kings Highway
Shreveport LA 71103
USA
Phone: 318-675-6682
Fax: 318-675-4310
EMail: ksmit9@lsuhsc.edu
Web Site: http://www.ccm.lsuhsc-s.edu
If you are interested in contacting this center to discuss placing a clinical
trial there, please complete and send the E-mail form below. A representative from
the research center will then follow up with you.
