Therapeutic Areas

Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
Devices
Endocrinology
Sleep

Center Overview

Fox Valley Clinical Research Center is a dedicated multi-therapeutic research facility located in the western suburbs of the greater Chicago area. Fox Valley Clinical Research Center was founded by Dr. Santosh K. Gill, Board Certified Cardiologist, to provide cutting-edge therapies for patients at a local level. Area residents have access to new and existing therapies without the inconvenience of traveling long distances.

Clinical Research Experience

Fox Valley Clinical Research Center has been involved in research for nearly ten years. We consistently meet enrollment goals and sponsor deadlines. Our primary focus has been phase II and III studies. We participate in both drug and device out-patient and in-patient studies.

Our primary areas of clinical expertise include cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia, acute coronary syndrome, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, peripheral vascular disease, atrial fibrillation, anti-coagulation, anti-thrombosis, stroke, congestive heart failure, sleep disorders, osteoporosis, obesity, dyspepsia, and arthritis.

We also have the ability to participate in studies requiring procedures such as cardiac catheterization, angioplasty, stent placement, pacemaker, ICD, biventricular devices, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

Some of our past and current sponsors and CRO’s include Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck, Sanofi Synthelabo, Novartis, Glaxo Smith Kline, King Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cardium, Regeneron, Takeda, Roche, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, PPD, ICON, Parexel, Target Research, Duke Clinical Research Institute, and DP Clinical.

Facility Description

We are located within the newly opened Rush-Copley Heart Institute which also houses a Diabetic Center, Sleep Lab, Cardiovascular out-patient Diagnostic Center, Women’s Health Diagnostic Center, Women’s Heart Center, cardiac rehab facility, Endocrinology practice, and Cardiovascular practice. We offer both in-patient and out-patient study opportunities and access to two full-service cardiac diagnostic and interventional hospitals.

We are located in the far southwest Chicago suburbs and are easily accessible from major highway corridors. We are located 40 minutes from the two major Chicago airports.

We provide quiet, comfortable waiting areas in our newly constructed building and a monitor room complete with fax and high-speed internet capability. We have onsite access to lab, ECG, ABI, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, stress testing, peripheral vascular ultrasound, nuclear medicine, sleep lab, bone densitometry, and mammography.

Investigator Experience

Principle Investigator:

Santosh K. Gill, MD, MBA, FACC, CCRI
Areas of Expertise: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Devices, IVUS, Dyslipidemia, Diabetes Mellitus, Metabolic Syndrome, Hypertension, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Echocardiography, Sleep Disorders, Osteoporosis, Over-Active Bladder, Anti-coagulation, Trial Management. Dr. Gill has been the P.I. for more than 60 studies.

Edward Lipman, MD
Areas of Expertise: Electrophysiology, pacemakers, ICD, Bi-ventricular devices, arrhythmia management.

Vijay Shah, MD, FACC
Areas of Expertise: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac CT, Nuclear Cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Disease and Intervention, Pacemaker, Hypertension, Anti-coagulation, Congestive Heart Failure, Dyslipidemia, Trial Management.

K. G. Chua, MD, FACC
Areas of Expertise: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, echocardiography, Cardiac CT, Hypertension, Anti-coagulation, Congestive Heart Failure, Trial management.

Jaweed Sayeed, MD, FACC
Areas of Expertise: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Disease and Intervention, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia.

Staff Expertise

Bonnie M. Resch, RN, BS, CCRC
Executive Director
Certified clinical Research coordinator with more than eight years experience in clinical research and regulatory document preparation. Twenty years experience as cardiovascular and critical care nursing. Experienced in Disease Management Development and grant writing.

Ann E. Perkins, RN, CCRC
Lead Coordinator with five years experience in clinical research. Areas of expertise as study coordinator include Acute Coronary Syndrome, Congestive Heart Failure, Sleep Studies, Diabetes mellitus, Osteoporosis and Metabolic Syndrome. Twenty years experience as cardiac rehab, critical care nurse, and hospital based collection of quality assurance and clinical data.

Rebekah Cyncar, MA, CRC (certification pending)
Lead coordinator with three years research experience and previous experience in cardiovascular diseases. Study coordinator expertise includes Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, Diabetes, Over-active bladder, and anti-coagulation studies.

Susan Elliott, RN, CRC
Lead Coordinator with two years experience in clinical research. Previous nursing experience in critical care, cardiac rehab, anti-coagulation clinic, lipid clinic, and Women’s cardiovascular health. Areas of research coordination include anti-coagulation, stroke, dyslipidemia, and auto-immune disease.

Rhonda Darby, RN, CRC
Study coordinator expertise includes anti-coagulation, metabolic syndrome and acute coronary syndrome studies. Previous nursing experience includes family practice and cardiovascular nursing and anticoagulation clinic management.

Patient Demographics

Our patient population is 18 and older.

Other Information

Our mission is to provide the highest quality of care and cutting-edge therapies to our patients in a local setting. We believe that the most effective and highest quality of care must also include socioeconomic considerations. We believe that participation in clinical research is one of the ways to provide innovative and quality care to all our patients.

Contact Center

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