Research Center Profile:
Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
ProMedica works to improve clinical education and offer patients greater access to clinical trials. By increasing clinical research opportunities, we offer innovative new treatment options, and ultimately create a higher quality of health care for the region. The ProMedica Research Office successfully facilitates the conduct of research trials with the utmost integrity and with strict adherence to Good Clinical Practices. Our investigators and coordinators work closely together to ensure patient safety, and the collection of the high quality data. Our facility strives to facilitate the conduct of research trials with the utmost integrity and with strict adherence to Good Clinical Practice. Our investigators and coordinators work closely together to ensure patient safety, and the collection of the high quality data.
Our research program conducts inpatient and outpatient trials. The ProMedica Research Office is located on the campus of The Toledo Hospital and provides support for all clinical trials within the system.
We can provide:
Private monitoring area
Dedicated Research exam rooms
EKGs
Full laboratory services, including -70 freezers
Off-site overflow storage
Pharmacy services
Locked and alarmed drug storage refrigerator
Radiology services (DXA, CT scans, X-rays)
Many other additional testing services available
ProMedica has been conducting phase II-IV clinical research trials for more than 15 years. Some of our therapeutic specialties include cardiology, critical care, diabetes, family practice/internal medicine, hypertension, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, orthopedic/sports medicine, pulmonary, pediatrics and vascular.
We have worked with numerous pharmaceutical companies, including: Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Abbott, , Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, , Eli Lilly, Genentech, Genzyme, Glaxo, Guilford, Hoffman-LaRoche, Lorus, Merck, Merrem, Medimmune, Organon, Orthobiotech, Parke Davis, Pfizer, , Sanofi, Schering Plough, Takeda, The Medicine Company, Wyeth, along with numerous other CROs.
ProMedica , ranked among the Top 5 most integrated health systems in the U.S. for the fifth year, was formed in 1986 and is a Toledo, Ohio-based, not-for-profit health care organization with 15,000 employees, 71 corporations and joint ventures, 2,900 physicians and more than 283 facilities in Ohio and Michigan. The ProMedica system includes 10 hospitals which treat more than 2.4 million patients annually. The Toledo Hospital, a 774-bed hospital serves as the tertiary facility for the other nine hospitals. For more information, please visit www.promedica.org .
Currently Active Clinical Investigators with Specialties:
PROMEDICA:
Adil Karamali, MD
Cardiology
Ahed Nahhas, MD
Cardiology
Daniel Cassavar, MD
Cardiology
Gopinath Upamaka, MD, FACC
Cardiology
James Bingle, MD, FACC
Cardiology
Kamala Tamirisa, MD
Cardiology
Kesari Sarikonda, MD
Cardiology
Mark Richards, PhD, MD
Cardiology
Nasser Smiley, MD
Cardiology
P. Kasi Ramanathan, MD, FACC
Cardiology
David Epperson, MD
Critical Care/Anesthesiology
Ronald Wainz, MD
Critical Care/Pulmonary
Jamey Ruiz, MD
Critical Care/Pulmonary
David Lindstrom, MD
Emergency Medicine
Brian Kaminski, DO
Emergency Medicine
Paul Rega, MD, FACEP
Emergency Medicine
Eugene Izsak, MD, FAAP
Emergency Medicine - Pediatrics
Lakshmi Vermuru, MD
Emergency Medicine - Pediatrics
Aaron Benson, MD
ENT
Fredrick Bunge, MD
ENT
George Darah, DO
Family Practice
Judith Furlong, MD
Family Practice
Arlette T. Aouad, MD
Infectious Disease
Tanyanyiw Chinyadza, MD
Infectious Disease
Nelson P. Nicolasora, MD
Infectious Disease
Robert Zimmerman, MD
Internal Medicine
Zak Assi, MD
Interventional Radiology
Robert DiSalle, MD
Interventional Radiology
Shiraz Sunderji, MD
Maternal/Fetal Medicine
Barbara Chappell, MD
Neonatal
Vedagiri Mohan, MD
Neonatal
Howard Stein, MD
Neonatal
Allen Flickinger, MD, PhD
Nephrology
Kenneth Lempert, MD
Nephrology
Nina Al-Sabbagh, MD
Nephrology
Ramy Fayad, MD
Nephrology
James Sander, MD
Neurology
Terrence Horrigan, MD
Ob/Gyn
Terry Gibbs, DO
Ob/Gyn
Joseph Karnitis, MD
Ob/Gyn, Fertility
William L. Horvath, MD
Oncology, Adult
Timothy Kasunic, MD
Oncology, Adult
Rex Mowat, MD
Oncology, Adult
Michael McPhee, MD
Oncology, Adult Surgery
Garth Phibbs, MD
Oncology, GYN
Aaron Buerk, MD
Orthopedic Surgery
Gregory Georgiadis, MD
Orthopedic Surgery
Dagmar Stein, MD, PhD
Pediatric Oncology
Crawford Strunk, MD
Pediatric Oncology
Bruce Barnett, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary/Cystic Fibrosis
Pierre Vauthy, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary/Cystic Fibrosis
Steven Rubin, MD
Radiology Oncology
Craig Colville, MD
Reconstructive Surgery
C. Jeff Kesler, MD
Reconstructive Surgery
Roger Kruse, M.D.
Sports Care
Joseph Sferra, MD
General Surgery
Patrick White, MD
General Surgery
Lawrence Spetka, MD
Surgery, Neuro
Ahmad Zakeri, MD
Surgery, Neuro
Michael Moront, MD
Thoracic Surgery
Eric Ferguson, MD, PhD
Trauma/Surgery
Daniel Murtagh, MD
Urology
Timothy Schuster, MD
Urology
Anthony Comerota, MD
Vascular Surgery
Ralph Whalen, MD
Vascular Surgery
John Pigott, MD
Vascular Surgery
The combined staff has extensive experience in conducting and managing clinical research trials. Our research coordinators include Bachelor and Master of Science graduates, registered nurses and pharmacists, having experience in a variety of specialties and most have attained Clinical Research Coordinator certification. We provide a research coordinator on call 24/7.
Patients are drawn from hospital inpatients, including emergency room and out-patient clinic settings. Any patient may be approached; even non-investigator patients. We advertise in the community and private physician office settings for outpatient study candidates. The Toledo metropolitan population approximates 500,000.
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