Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is a professor of anesthesiology currently serving Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Additionally, Elliott Bennett-Guerrero acts as director of perioperative clinical research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, where he leads extensive research projects examining issues regarding blood transfusion during coronary artery bypass surgery.
Patients diagnosed with severe coronary heart disease may be recommended for a type of open heart surgery known as coronary artery bypass graft, or CABG, surgery. During the procedure, the surgeon grafts a healthy artery from another location within the body, usually the chest or leg, and binds it to the blocked coronary artery, so as to bypass the blocked portion of it. This rerouting allows blood to flow freely to the heart. CABG surgery may be performed on more than one blocked coronary artery at a time. CABG is effective in reducing angina and strengthening the pumping action of a weakened heart. Although repeat surgery may be necessary over time for some patients, the majority report a reduction or elimination of symptoms and a significantly improved quality of life.
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For more than a decade, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero has served as director of perioperative clinical research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham, North Carolina. Outside of his work at Duke, Dr. Bennett-Guerrero funds a scholarship for future public defenders at the University of Colorado Law School.
Students and faculty at the University of Colorado Law School recently welcomed U.S. Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonin Scalia to their campus, where he delivered the law school’s annual John Paul Stevens Lecture on October 1, 2014. Scalia’s lecture, entitled “Constitutional Interpretation,” was presented to an in-house audience of hundreds of people at the Byron R. White Center and live video streamed to a number of area schools, including Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Fort Lewis College in Durango, and the University of Wyoming Law School in Laramie. Now in its fourth year, the Stevens Lecture brings prominent jurists to the school to explore current judiciary topics. Previous Stevens Lecture speakers include Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, John Paul Stevens, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. More information about the Stevens Lecture and other White Center events can be found at www.byronwhitecenter.org. A professor of anesthesiology at Duke University, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero has nearly two decades of experience. Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero also serves as the director of perioperative clinical research within the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
In October 2014, the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) announced its participation in a five-year project to study the effectiveness of various treatments for uterine fibroids in women. Collaborating with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, DCRI serves as the project coordinator and lead on the $20 million project. Their involvement falls in line with the institute’s existing fibroids treatment research that spans more than a decade. Evan Myers, MD, MPH, of the Duke University School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the DCRI, leads the initiative along with several others. He and the rest of the team members are responsible for reporting the demographics for female patients who received uterine fibroids treatments and recording their response to the medication. To learn more about the Duke Clinical Research Institute, visit www.dcri.org. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD, directs perioperative clinical research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute and is a professor of anesthesiology.
The Duke University School of Medicine announced in February 2013 that construction on the new Duke Medical Pavilion (DMP), begun in 2009, was nearing completion and would open for patients and families in July. The eight-story DMP will house 160 patient rooms as well as the Duke University Hospital’s pre-op/PACU and operating suites and the Duke Heart Center. DMP will also feature the hospital’s electronic health record system, Duke Maestro Care, which is set to be live when the pavilion opens. An innovative feature designed to minimize movement of patients from operating rooms is the intraoperative CT and MRI devices, which are being mounted on overhead tracks by the operating rooms. The mobile units will be moved into the operating rooms when necessary for imaging and stored overhead between ORs when not in use. The implementation of this new technology will enhance patient safety as well as surgical efficiency. The DMP has been designed not only as a high-tech medical facility oriented toward patient care, but also as a calm and comfortable workspace, featuring secure work areas and natural lighting even on lower floors. |
AuthorDr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is both an educator and a vice chairman at Stony Brook Medicine. Archives
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