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Center Overview
The Borgess Research Institute is a department of Borgess Medical Center and located on their main campus.
Mission Statement: The Borgess Research Institute is a strategic resource of Borgess Health Alliance to advance and complement the clinical strengths of Borgess Medical Center. Borgess Research Institute provides high-quality comprehensive and centralized research services to enable research-interested physicians and scientists to improve patient outcomes. Borgess Research institute will pursue its vision with the highest integrity and financial accountability.
Clinical Research Experience
Through BRI, inpatient and outpatient clinical research is conducted in many specialty areas: cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, trauma, surgery and emergency medicine. Our nationally recognized cardiac and neuroscience programs have been engaged in both clinical (Phases II, III and IV) and basic research for approximately 10 years.
Sponsor List:
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CRO List:
- Concepts in Pharmaceutical Research
- Cubist
- Duke Clinical Research
- Icon Clinical Research
- J. Tyson & Assoc.
- Kendle
- Med Trials, Inc.
- Omnicare
- Parexel
- PPD Development
- Pharmacies, Inc.
- Quintiles
Facility Description
As a department of Borgess Medical Center, the Research Institute has access to inpatient and outpatient facilities. Services include a certified laboratory and pharmacy, as well as a radiology department with CT scan and MRI equipment. These departments strongly support research studies.
The Research Institute has patient exam rooms and easy access to the Principal and Sub-Investigators. A large conference room is available for study meetings and workstations are available for monitoring visits.
Kalamazoo, Michigan is nearly equal distance from Chicago and Detroit. The Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport is served directly from both cities, as well as from Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and others. Public busses are available on the grounds of the hospital as well as many taxi and car services to choose from.
Investigator Experience
Phillip M. Green, MD, MPA, FAAN, FAES, FAHA. Dr. Green is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is board qualified in EEG and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Electroencephalographer's Society. He is also a fellow of the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association. Dr. Green has been an active researcher for 10 years, participating in nearly 50 Phase II, III and IV clinical trials.
Rashmi Kothari, MD, ACEP chairs the Stroke Task Force of the American Heart Association National ACLS Subcommittee. He is currently a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Neuron Therapeutics, Inc. Dr Kothari has published numerous articles, book chapters and abstracts as well as serving as a reviewer for several journals. Dr. Kothari is also a board examiner of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He has participated in 11 stroke research grants totaling more than $7 million dollars. The NIH has made five of these grants.
Jon Walsh, MD, MPH, FACS serves as the Chief of Trauma Services for Borgess Medical Center. He has participated in trials involving, Trauma, ARDS and Sepsis.
Richard Dirrenberger, MD is a board certified Neurosurgeon. His primary area of focus is brain tumor therapy. He has also participated in pharmacological and device-related neurosurgical studies for Parkinson's disease and spine surgery.
Alain, Y. Fabi, MD is a board certified Neurosurgeon. He has participated in neurosurgical device trials for Parkinson's disease (STN-DBS), Spasticity Associated with Stroke (ITB), Degenerative Disc Disease, and Spinal Fusion therapies. Dr. Fabi has also participated in pharmacological studies associated with spine surgery.
Mark J. Krinock, MD is a board certified Neurosurgeon. A spine specialist, Dr. Krinock has participated in device trials involving Degenerative Disc Disease and Spinal Fusion. He has also participated in pharmacological studies associated with spine surgery.
Tim A. Fischell, MD is the inventor or co-inventor of more than 40-patented medical devices. He has been the principal investigator for more than 20 device and drug studies. Dr. Fischell is board certified in internal medicine with a subspecialty in cardiology and board certified in interventional cardiology.
Michael A. Lauer, MD is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology. He has served as the Principal Investigator for four research grants addressing Coronary Artery Disease and treatment. He has also been a sub-investigator on several other studies.
Experienced medical directors guide research activities in each area. These medical experts are committed to the research that is conducted at BRI. Combined, Borgess' medical directors have nearly a century of experience in basic science research, device development and clinical trials. This team of professionals has received numerous research grants and awards, written hundreds of papers published in peer review journals, held several faculty positions, presented at conferences worldwide and authored multiple book chapters.
Staff Expertise
Susan Baskerville, RN, CCRC
4 years experience in clinical research
Sue Hendrick, RN, CCRC
3 years experience in clinical research
Julie Bouma, RN, CCRC
12 years experience in clinical research
Cheryl Ferree, RN
1 year experience in clinical research
Erin Hunt, CCRC
6 years experience in clinical research
Carol Moshier, RN, MSN, CCRC
4 years experience in clinical research
Ruth Rauch, BSN
1 year experience in clinical research
Jane Stauffer, BSN, NP, CCRC
3 years experience in clinical research
Jennifer West, CCRC
8 years experience in clinical research
Our clinical research coordinators are on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for investigators and patients. The majority of our clinical research coordinators are certified nurses with 5 or more years of experience, and we have had no turnover since the inception of BRI. You can rely on our staff stability. Coordinators are certified in the shipment of dangerous goods (SAF-T-PAK.)
Patient Demographics
Borgess Medical Center is a mainstay of health care in southwest Michigan. With a verified Level I trauma unit, this 426-bed tertiary care center serves a 12-county area with more than 40 medical/surgical specialties. As part of Borgess Health Alliance, the medical center contributes to a comprehensive integrated health system that included more that 160 care sites to the 1.7 million people living in 12 counties of southwest and south-central Michigan. Ascension Health, the nation's largest nonprofit Catholic Health Care system, sponsors Borgess Health Alliance.
Patients are recruited or referred from the emergency room, outpatient and inpatient services, private physician practices and if warranted advertisements.
Other Information
BRI has IRB, budgetary, regulatory and contract specialists who work together to deliver a 2-week turnaround time from receipt of CSA to initial submission to Sponsor/CRO. A central IRB may also be used.
Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Joan Sutherland
Business Development Specialist
Borgess Research Institute
1521 Gull Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49048 USA
Phone: 269-226-5407
Fax: 269-226-6696
E-mail:
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.
