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Center Overview
The Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is a 200-acre campus, one mile south of the state capitol in Oklahoma City. Two hospitals, Everett Tower (Women's and Children's Services) and Presbyterian Tower are collectively referred to as OU Medical Center. There is a close cooperative relationship between the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City Veterans Administration Medical Center that permits the educational programs and the faculty to train, provide medial care, and to occupy administrative positions. Together these two institutions provide an 804 bed primary, secondary and tertiary care academic center with 85 adult ICU beds. www.oumedicalcenter.com
The Divisions of the General, Cardiothoracics, and Trauma & Critical Care, are actively pursuing clinical research protocols and are staffed by six, three, and two full time board certified surgeons, respectively. The Department of Surgery is directly responsible for the surgical services at OU Medical Center and VA Medical Center. OU Medical Center is Oklahoma's only Level One Trauma Center. Dr. Russell Postier is the Chairman of Surgery and has been a general surgeon for 22 years. He and other members of the Department of Surgery faculty have been actively involved in sponsored clinical research for over 12 years.
Clinical Research Experience
The Research Program of the Department of Surgery has been active in pharmaceutical clinical trials since 1990, during this time we have been the high enrollers on several of the types of trials below. Our clinical research coordinators have 8 years experience in General Surgery and Trauma research.
We have been involved in phases II-IV trials in the following therapeutic areas:
- Sepsis
- Post operative pain
- Pre operative anitbiotics
- Nosocomial pneumonia
- Post-operative ileus
- Post-operative nausea/vomiting
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia
- Traumatic bleeding
- Central line infection/prevention
- Intra-abdominal infections
- Complicated skin infections
- DVT/vascular
- General surgery studies
The faculty and staff of our Clinical Research Program have worked with a variety of sponsor companies and CRO's including:
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Facility Description
OU Medical Center, the new name of Oklahoma City's largest and most diverse hospital system features a winning team of world-class academic and private physicians, nurses and health care specialists. The specialists at OUMC have a reputation for excellence from Dr. Roxie Albrecht, Director of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, and her trauma team managing Oklahoma's only Level One Trauma Center to Dr. Russell Postier's expertise in complex pancreatic surgeries.
OU Medical Center is perfectly located for regional access. In fact, the center is situated in one of the best hospital locations in Oklahoma. It is in the geographic center of the state, Oklahoma City, and sits at the crossroads of Interstates I-40, I-35 and I-44 with close proximity to the airport. In addition, it is located on the campus of the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the largest concentration of medical education and research care in Oklahoma.
Some features of our physical office are: large separate work space to accommodate study monitors with dedicated phone lines along with copy and fax machine; newly renovated research floor in March of 2004; and easily accessible and adjoining covered parking.
Investigator Experience
Russell G. Postier, MD:
Professor and Chairman of Surgery
Has been involved in research for 15 years and has participated in over 50 clinical trials.
Therapeutic areas: GI, biliary and pancreatic surgery.
Roxie M. Albrecht, MD:
Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Has been involved in research for 15 years.
Therapeutic areas: Trauma and Critical Care.
Larry R. Pennington, MD:
Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief of Transplant Surgery
Has been involved in research for 15 years.
Therapeutic areas: Transplantation and liver ablation.
Marvin D. Peyton, MD:
Professor of Surgery, Chief of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Board certified in Surgery and Thoracic Surgery and has been a Thoracic Surgeon for 25 years.
Therapeutic areas: Myocardial preservation, failing heart, cardiopulmonary bypass and inflammatory response.
Ronald A. Squires, MD:
Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Surgical Intensive Care Unit at VA Medical Center
Has participated in research for 13 years with over 35 clinical trials.
Therapeutic areas: Breast, Outpatient surgeries and transplantation.
Ciaran M. O'Hare, MD:
Assistant Professor and Chief of Surgery VA Medical Center
Involved in research for 11 years with over 30 clinical trials.
Therapeutic areas: General Surgery.
M. Alex Jacocks, MD:
Professor of Surgery
Involved in research for 35 years.
Therapeutic area: vascular surgery.
Jeffrey S. Bender, MD:
Involved in research for 3 years.
Professor of Surgery, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Therapeutic areas: laparoscopic surgery, colorectal surgery, GI surgery and complex hernias.
Narong Kulvatunyou, MD:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Involved in research for 5 years. He is a General Surgeon and Anesthesiologist.
Therapeutic areas: Trauma and Critical Care.
Jason Lees, MD:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Involved in research for 5 years. He is a General Surgeon and Anesthesiologist.
Therapeutic areas: Trauma and Critical Care.
Staff Expertise
Daniel Brackett
Professor and Director of Research
Over 25 years experience in clinical research.
Sallye Carter, RN
Clinical Research Coordinator
1 year experience in clinical research
Stephanie Mitchell, RN
Clinical Research Coordinator
Over 8 years experience in clinical research, 5 with General Surgery.
Theresa Lander
Institutional Review Board / Regulatory Affairs Coordinator
Over 15 years experience in clinical research all with General Surgery.
Deborah Kumm, Pharm. D.
Clinical Coordinator Investigational Drug Services
Dedicated pharmacist with 8 years experience in clinical research.
Patient Demographics
The OU Medical Center is located in Oklahoma City, which has a population of approximately 1.1 million people, and serves as a referral center for all of Oklahoma and is the only hospital of its kind in the state. The state's only Level One Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center is located at the OU Medical Center. We have a diverse population including Caucasian (75.7%), African-American (10.6%), Native American (4.20%), Hispanic (6.7%), and Asian (2.5%). All are equally recruited for participation in clinical trials at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Other Information
The Institutional Review Board system of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is composed of four individual boards to facilitate review and assure rapid protocol processing. Two of these review boards are accessible by the Department of Surgery for review of sponsored pharmaceutical research protocols. These boards meet every 2 weeks with an average protocol turn around time of a month. We also have a dedicated IRB/regulatory affairs coordinator.
Currently Enrolling Trials
CenterWatch is listing the following trials that are actively recruiting patients at this center.
Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Stephanie Mitchell, RN
Clinical Research Coordinator
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
920 Stanton L. Young Blvd.
WP2140
Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA
Phone: 405-271-2128 ext. 2
Fax: 405-271-1194
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.
