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Southeast Regional Research Group |
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Center Overview
Welcome to Southeast Regional Research Group, "A New Evolution in Site Performance". The physicians and staff at Southeast Regional Research Group would like to form a strong relationship with you. A partnership that is mutually beneficial. Our collaboration will not only benefit research & development within the pharmaceutical industry, it will benefit our patient population, the Principle Investigator and his or her practice as a whole.
From initial contact with the pharmaceutical sponsor, to the completion of the clinical trial, you will find that the physicians and staff at Southeast Regional Research Group will be available to you throughout the clinical research experience, including but not limited to:
- Excellence in patient care
- Completion of all regulatory documents (which include site demographics to fit the patient population)
- Budget and Contract negotiations
- Hosting of scheduled site visits from the sponsor or CRO and their staff, to include personally escorting all persons involved and acting as a liaison
- Maintaining all study documents onsite in our local offices
- Maintaining all study related material to include study drug, devices and lab kits
- Performing all study related ancillary services to include, but not limited to, ECG's, phlebotomy, specimen collection, testing and storage, drug infusion, radiology services, in-house pharmacist support, and study related home health nursing staff.
- Research Coordinators and Nursing staff
Clinical Research Experience
Southeast Regional Research Group is a service business, it exists to serve its customers including sponsors, monitors, principle investigators, and patients alike.
Southeast Regional Research Group provides a bridge between superior medical research and technology and the medical community including the patients we serve. This bridge provides quality medical care to our patients, increased total profits to our principle investigators in the medical community, and high quality, accurate, and unbiased study data for our sponsors.
Our company is dedicated to excellence, customer service, and the highest satisfaction scores attainable. We will provide medical care that, many times, would otherwise be unobtainable to our patients and will, therefore, see a better than 90% retention rate across all phases of study.
Our staff will be cheerful, courteous, and focused on pleasing our customers. Our customers will always be treated with importance, warmth, and respect.
Our sponsors, clients, and vendors will be treated with loyalty, and they will find their future with us to be fruitful.
Ethically balanced financial and emotional incentive plans will be offered to PIs, our staff, and patients alike to foster "Team", "Excellence", and "Success".
Our mission statement: Dedicated to providing superior medical research to better the lives of all those we serve.
Facility Description
Southeast Regional Research Group facilities are headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. We also have facilities in Savannah, Georgia and we are presently expanding into Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, South Carolina, and Kentucky. Additionally, we contract with institutions and principal investigators and provide SMO services within their existing facilities across the United States.
Columbus Facility
Investigator Experience
Staff / Consultants / Retained Consultants / Independent Contractors:
- Karen Browne, Savannah, Georgia Regional Operations Manager
- Toni Toledo, Savannah, Georgia Clinical Research Coordinator
- Michael Schaben, Savannah, Georgia Clinical Research Coordinator
- Traci Wilson, Director of Human Resources and Corporate Finance
- Amy Wilkerson, Director of Marketing
- Jennifer Hardrick, Corporate Project Manager
- Christine Senn, Clinical Operations Manager
- Kindal Klein, Research Assistant
- Barbara Drayton, Research Assistant
- Numerous PRN coordinators and nurses
Staff Expertise
Southeast Regional Research Group is led by Dr. Joseph G. Surber and Dr. Jeffrey K. Kingsley along with Dr. Daniel Green in our Savannah office. Drs Surber, Kingsley, and Green are each Board Certified Family Physicians with a wide array of contact in the medical community including principle investigator representation in all subspecialties. They have worked side by side for the past seven years in this and other ventures. They bring to the table a balanced portfolio creating astounding leverage opportunities for Southeast Regional Research Group.
Southeast Regional Research Group is enriched with a staff of talented and hard working individuals including clinical research coordinators, registered nurses, certified medical assistants, pharmacists, home health nurses, and management. They bring a combined 45 years experience in the management of medical research protocols. In their professional careers, they have a proven track record of success. Their reputation is immaculate and their network of research institutions and principle investigators provide a clear advantage to our success in clinical research.
Patient Demographics
Trial Management:
We offer staffing with trained and experienced clinical research coordinators; ethically aggressive subject recruitment; internal monitoring for adherence to protocol; the production of high quality, unbiased data; and accurate data management.
Site Management:
For each medical specialty we guarantee quality assurance. This is achieved with internal auditing and monitoring, Standard Operating Procedures, and well trained and experienced staffing.
Education:
We provide training for investigators and staff including compliance with FDA and HIPPA standards, ethical considerations in the protection of human subjects in medical research, and industry standards of GCP.
Performance Benchmarks:
We assess our Principle Investigators and sites for the following performance parameters:
- Speed of budget and contract turnaround
- Adherence to protocol
- Numbers of queries
- Patient enrollment results
- Patient retention percentages
Other Information
Therapeutic Areas
- Cardiology
- Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General Surgery
- Gerontology
- Gynecology
- Hematology
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Devices
- Musculoskeletal
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Obstetrics
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Otolaryngology
- Pain Management
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Plastic Surgery
- Podiatry
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Pulmonology
- Respiratory Therapies
- Rheumatology
- Trauma Medicine
- Urology
- Vascular Diseases
- Women’s Health
Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Joe Surber
Chief Medical Officer
Southeast Regional Research Group
5210 Armour Road, Suite 300 B
Columbus, GA 31904 USA
Phone: 1-888-737-7408 (1-888-SERRG08)
Fax: 706-320-0629
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.
