Center Overview
Atlantic Institute of Clinical Research (AICR) is a multi-specialty, professional research center with the facilities, equipment, and experience to handle phase II-IV clinical trials. AICR has four full-time CCRCs with extensive medical and clinical research experience, a full-time clinical lab technician, and an administrative assistant/regulatory specialist. All employees have had extensive training in HIPAA privacy policies and compliance. Established in 1991, AICR is a leader in conducting clinical research and has successfully taken a number of drugs through the research requirements essential to the new drug application. AICR has a tremendous patient recruitment potential, not only through its parent HMO (membership >60,000), but also through an excellent relationship with the local medical community (two-county population of >450,000). AICR's sophisticated, computerized data retrieval enhances patient recruitment and enables coordinators to implement studies in a timely and cost-efficient manner. AICR is part of Halifax Community Health System, affording access to the modern facilities of Halifax Medical Center.
At AICR, it's "Today's Research...Tomorrow's Cure."

Clinical Research Experience
Here is a partial list of pharmaceutical companies we have worked with since 1991:
- Abbott Laboratories
- Altana, Inc.
- Alza Corporation
- Amgen, Inc.
- Astra Zeneca
- Aventis Pharmaceuticals
- Bayer Pharmaceuticals
- Bertek Pharmaceuticals
- BioSante Pharmaceuticals
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Cellegy
- Daiichi
- ECR Pharmaceuticals
- Eli Lilly
- Galen Ltd.
- Glaxo-SmithKline
- Immunex Corp.
- Merck Research
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- Mylan
- Novartis
- Organon
- Ortho-McNeil
- Pfizer
- Pharmacia
- Procter & Gamble
- Reliant
- Sankyo USA
- Sanofi-Synthelabo
- Schering-Plough
- Sepracor
- Solvay
- Takeda
- TAP Holdings
- Watson Laboratories
- Wyeth Research
- Zycos, Inc.
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Therapeutic Areas of Expertise:
- CardioVascular
- OB/GYN
- Dental
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Infectious Diseases
- Musculoskeletal
- Pulmonary
- Neurology

Facility Description
Atlantic Institute of Clinical Research (AICR) was founded in Daytona Beach, FL in 1991. It is situated on the campus of Florida Health Care Plans, Florida's oldest and largest staff model HMO. The outpatient research-dedicated site is close to Daytona Beach International Airport, Rtes I-4 and I-95. Our affiliation with Halifax Medical Center allows us access to some of the most advanced equipment in the area.
Amenities include:
- ample free parking
- comfortable patient waiting area w/TV
- -20° freezer
- computerized ECG machine
- high speed internet access
- dedicated monitoring rooms w/internet connection
- refrigerated centrifuge
- ambient centrifuge
- colonoscopy & endoscopy suites
- mammography
- transvaginal ultrasound (with or without saline)
- registered dietitian consultant
- secure drug storage
- cystoscope suites
- uroflow machine w/PVU
- spirometry suite
- kitchen area
- conference room
- pulmonary function testing capabilities
- mercury sphygomanometers
- crash cart
- oxygen
- extensive ABPM experience
- x-ray onsit
- secure record storage
- dedicated phlebotomist
- regulatory specialist
- CLIA certified lab
- onsite research director
- extensive ABPM experience

Investigator Experience
Medical Director: David L. Williams, MD
Board Certified-Internal Medicine/Cardiology
Mario C. Cucchiarella, MD
Board Certified-Internal Medicine
Thomas G. Stavoy, MD
Board Certified-OB/GYN
George G. Telesh, MD
Board Certified-Orthopaedics
Ronald W. Sherman, DO
Board Certified- Dermatology
Mary J. Derbenwick, MD
Board Eligible, Neurology

Staff Expertise
Medical Director: David L. Willliams, MD
> 15 yrs clinical and research experience
Site Director: Patricia M. Smith, CCRC
20 yrs in clinical research
4 Study Coordinators all CCRCs
> 50 yrs cumulative research experience
1 Certified Phlebotomist
12 yrs experience
1 Administrative Asst/Regulatory Specialist
12 yrs experience in medical field

Other Information
IRBs we have worked with:
- Chesapeake
- Copernicus
- Essex
- Goodwyn
- Independent
- Institutional Review Board
- New England
- Quorum
- RCRC
- St. David's
- Schulman Associates
- Southern
- Sterling
- Western
Some CROs we have worked with:
- Bailer Research
- Celeris
- Covalent
- Covance
- Health Decisions
- IBAH
- Kendle
- MDS PharmaServices
- Omnicare
- Pharmanet
- Phoenix International
- PPD Development
- Quintiles
- Resource Solutions
- Scirex
- V&E Associates
Closest Major Airports
- Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB)
- Orlando-Sanford Airport (ORL)
- Orlando International Airport (MCO)

Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Patricia Smith
CCRC, Clinical Research Director
Atlantic Institute of Clinical Research (AICR)
350 N. Clyde Morris Blvd
Daytona Beach, FL 32114 USA
Phone: 386-238-3220
Fax: 386-238-3228
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.