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Section of General Surgery

Gastrointestinal Surgery

Interests:

  • Mechanotransduction

  • Computer-assisted mandibular fracture reduction and fixation

  • Ablation of cutaneous vascularity with electrocautery

  • Sutural morphogenesis

Current Projects:

  • Nutritional agents, access methods, and delivery

  • Antimicrobials

  • Advanced laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques

  • Surgical Education

  • Bariatric Surgery

    • Endocrine Collaboration

    • Metabolic effects of obesity

  • Gastric motility disorders

  • Biliary endoscopy

  • Transluminal surgery

Current Projects:

  • Chart reviews

  • Ventral Hernia Study

  • Endoscopic Equipment Evaluation

  • Simulation Laboratory

  • Several education-related projects

    • Mentoring Study (resident mentoring)

  • STP Grant for Dr. Ganapathy and Gail Cresci

  • Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic

Oncology Surgery

Interests:

  • Antineoplastic drug-resistant agents

  • Breast cancer/skin cancer

  • Chemotherapeutic regimens

  • Cryoablation techniques

  • Endocrine, gastrointestinal & hepatobiliary tumors

  • Education

Current Projects:

  • Chart reviews

  • Skin Cancer Prevention studies

  • Virtual Patient projects

  • FAK and other laboratory activities

Trauma Surgery/Critical Care

Interests:

  • Antimicrobial therapies

  • Nutrition

  • Sepsis

  • Wound healing

  • Trauma outcomes

  • Trauma patterns

  • Mechanical Ventilation of Acute & Chronic Lung Injury

  • Enterocutaneous fistulas

  • Reoperative abdonimal surgery

  • Abdominal compartment syndrome

  • Necrotizing faciatis

Current Projects:

  • Chart reviews

  • Long-term follow-up of the head injured patient

  • VAP & MRSA pneumonia drug studies

  • Use of Probiotics

  • Use of the MagnaFlow as an enteral feeding tube

Section of Plastic Surgery

Interests:

  • Mechanotransduction

  • Computer-assisted mandibular fracture reduction and fixation

  • Ablation of cutaneous vascularity with electrocautery

  • Sutural morphogenesis

Current Projects:

  • VAC application

  • Lateral septal preservation mammaplasty

  • Anatomic dissection of the face

  • High septal osteotomy

  • Management of metastatic breast and melanoma using transgenic stem cells

  • Interaction of tumor and bone marrow-derived stem cells

Section of Pediatric Surgery

Interests:

  • Minimally invasive surgery

  • ECMO

  • Neonatal surgery

  • Nuss procedure versus Ravitch

Current Projects:

  • Chart reviews

  • Porta-cath/chemoport disruption at time of surgery

  • Consequences of ingestion of magnets in children

Section of Transplantation Surgery

Interests:

  • Immunosuppressant agents

  • Organ rejection

Current Projects:

  • Collaboration with Nephrology on immunosuppressant drug trials

Section of Urology

  • Benign prostatic hypertrophy

  • FISH technology

  • Impotence

  • Neurogenic bladder with incontinence

  • Urologic malignancies

  • Prostate cancer and chemoprevention

Section of Vascular Surgery

  • Diabetic wounds and wound healing

  • Mechanisms of vascular contraction and relaxation

What Should I Submit to the HAC to Start a New Study?

  • •Too many forms – that’s what I do for you!

  • Local Description of Research Protocol

  • Outside protocol or grant application

  • Clinical Investigator Brochure (drug or device)

  • Informed Consent/Assent Documents

  • Questionnaires/Surveys/Diaries/Ads

  • CVs/Licenses

  • Confirmation of completion of mandatory research education, HIPAA training, CPR certification

Other Institutional Approvals.......

  • Clinical Investigative Services Review

  • MCGHI budget approval, if applicable - required when MCGHI personnel, supplies equipment, buildings, patients, medical records are used

  • Safety Approvals - Radiaion, Biosafety, Chemical Committees

  • VAMC R&D Committee, if to be conducted at VAMC

Ongoing Study Activities

  • Safety Reports/Adverse Event Reporting

  • Protocol Deviations/Violations

  • Amendments

  • Annual Continuations

  • Completion/Termination Reports

SURGICAL RESEARCH will assist you with all the submissions.

Education and Training

  • CITI Program required for Research Team Members at MCG and VAMC, but VAMC sign-in is different

  • Chemical, Biosafety, and Bloodborne Pathogen Right-to-Know Modules

  • On Line Safety Course

  • Attendance at 3 hour didactic safety course for anyone working in lab

  • Animal Training, Radiation Training, if applicable

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Surgical Research Service Ongoing Studies

Post Kidney Transplant Study
 Post kidney transplant recipients are invited to participate in a medical research study to evaluate long-term kidney function in patients transitioned from cyclosporine to Prograf. The goal is to evaluate renal function and the optimal dosage of Prograf in long-term maintenance of kidney transplant patients. Changes in risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and chronic graft dysfunction will be evaluated. Contact Dr. Laura Mulloy at 721-2863 or Kay Bailey at 721-7405.

Surgical Specimen Study
The Medical College of Georgia Surgical Research Service is seeking tissue samples from patients undergoing surgery for various intestinal disorders. These specimens will be used to study how different amino acids get into the cells of the intestine. All studies will be performed on surgically removed specimens that would normally be discarded after review by the Pathologist. Referrals may be made by calling the Surgical Research Service at (706) 721-0193.

For more information, contact:
MaryAnne Park, RN, MSN, CCRC
Director Clinical Research Services
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Medical College of Georgia
Room CJ-1117
Augusta, Georgia 30912-4005
Phone: 706-721-0193
Fax: 706-721-0626

     

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