Congratulations to Stephen A. Esper, MD, MBA, who will receive funding from the American Heart Association for a two year GRA Winter 2016 Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award titled “A Pilot Study in Feasibility and Safety: Point of Care Testing with Thromboelastography for Blood Product Transfusion.”
Mentored by Drs. Darrell Triulzi and Jonathan Waters, this feasibility and safety study will explore whether the use of thromboelastography for patients requiring veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation status post-surgical intervention, specifically in post-cardiotomy, thoraco-abdominal, and trauma surgical patients, reduces transfusions, bleeding, and major complications.