Research Opportunities
Research Overview
The Department of Surgery's Division of Surgical Research at Loyola Medicine is unique in many ways. Unlike many of research and clinical programs that operate independently of one another, there is a close coordination between the basic science and clinical programs allowing researchers and physicians to work closely together to investigate and attempt to solve clinical problems.
Additionally, residents interested in basic and clinical research are given the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of science, from digesting the literature to designing experiments in an environment in which they are mentored on a one-on-one basis.
Once applicants are accepted into the research program, they have the opportunity to choose from a set of departmental investigators to mentor them throughout their training. Most residents take academic time after second year of surgical training.
In collaboration with the Burn Shock Trauma Institute and the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Oncology Research Institute, our department has developed active research programs in burn, shock and trauma injury, health services research, inflammation, oncology and vascular biology.
Research funding is derived from a variety of sources including the NIH. Our department bears the distinction as one of the few surgery departments in the country with two T32 NIH-training grants.
Research Investigators
- Mashkoor A. Choudhry
- Michael Nishimura
- Wei Qiu
- Qun Sophia Zang
- John Kubasiak
- Frederick Luchette
- Vivian Gahtan
- Luis Fernandez
Labs & Centers
- Clinical Data Analytics and Applied Medical Informatics Research
- Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute
- Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
Resources
- Loyola Health Sciences Library
- Center For Health Outcomes and Informatics Research
- Clinical Research Office
- Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Funding
- Loyola's Research Funding Committee
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Center for Health Outcomes Funding
- Chief Resident in Quality and Safety at the VA