With decades of experience in the field of medicine, Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD, is a well published anesthesiologist. Since 2015, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero has worked in Stony Brook University’s (SBU) school of medicine, where he serves as professor of anesthesiology and vice chair for clinical research and innovation with the department of anesthesiology.
SBU has seen many of its programs rise in grad school rankings in the past few years, with U.S. News and World Report highlighting its school of medicine, which now places 56th in the overall Best Medical School research category, one position above where it was ranked in 2018. The rankings looked at a variety of graduate programs across the country, and highlighted several of SBU’s degrees, explicitly noting its Physician Assistant Program, which placed 15th in its specific category. SBU also received praise for its engineering faculty, with its mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering programs each jumping several spaces alongside its materials science degree. The university’s school of social welfare is placed 51st, 8 places higher than the previous year.
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The work of professor and researcher Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero has been published in a number of top journals, including Transfusion and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero teaches anesthesiology at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Practice Greenhealth, an organization that promotes environmental sustainability in the medical field, has given Stony Brook University Hospital an award for “Greening the Operating Room.” One of the Environmental Excellence Awards given by Practice Greenhealth, Greening the Operating Room recognizes an organization that has succeeded in mitigating its surgical suites’ environmental footprint. To reduce its environmental impact, Stony Brook University Hospital has installed LED surgical lighting and implemented a program to lower the temperature at night in unoccupied rooms. In addition, the hospital cut back on its use of disposable basins in favor of reusable metal basins. In 2017, the operating room teams used and reprocessed 10,000 reusable basins. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero possesses more than 25 years of medical experience and serves as a professor and vice chair for clinical research at Stony Brook School of Medicine in New York State. Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero’s expertise lies in cardiac anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and his interest in blood transfusions has resulted in the publication of multiple studies on the topic. Dr. Bennett-Guerrero coauthored a study titled, “No association between donor age and recipient outcomes: transfusion of plasma in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.” The study was published in the journal Transfusion in April 2016. The study was based on animal research that indicated a notable additional benefit of using blood from young donors in transfusions for recipients of more advanced age. The research suggested pairing these donors and recipients could reverse age-related changes affecting the older recipients, specifically neurological and cardiac concerns. Prompted by this evidence, the authors of the Transfusion study examined, through the lens of donor versus patient age, the results of patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. In a review of more than 1,300 cases, however, the authors found that while patient mortality appeared to be linked to the amount of blood transfused, the age of the donor was not a significant factor. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero serves as a professor and vice chair of clinical research at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. A physician and anesthesiologist with two decades of experience in anesthesiology and critical care, Elliott Bennett-Guerrero previously carried out research at Duke University (where he received grant funding) and holds membership with a number of professional organizations, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). The largest nonprofit association of its kind, the SCCM is made up of members who span more than 100 countries around the world. The organization enhances critical care practice through educational, research, and advocacy activities. The SCCM provides a wide range of programs that further the teaching efforts of medical institutions, ensuring students and residents receive the best possible education. The organization’s “Fundamentals” initiative includes the following: -Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS): This training for medical professionals who do not specialize in critical care equips individuals with the skills necessary to keep a critical patient alive for the first 24 hours until a critical care specialist arrives. -Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS): A similar training program to FCCS, PFCCS imparts the knowledge required to manage young patients (children and adolescents) following resuscitation. Students learn to prioritize essential treatment and identify life-threatening conditions. -Fundamental Disaster Management (FDM): This course enables medical personnel to deal with mass casualty situations stemming from major disasters. In addition to training on the types of events that can result in such a situation, trainees learn triage principles and the steps to assembling emergency ventilators. A professor of anesthesiology at Duke University, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero has nearly 20 years of experience as a medical educator. A presenter of many lectures on subjects related to blood storage and transfusions since 2007, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero also takes a special interest in the state of the nation’s blood supply. While donations from all blood types are helpful in preventing supply shortages, the donation of certain rare blood types is extremely important to hospitals and the patients that they treat.
Within the last few years, the American Red Cross has faced some of its most significant blood shortages to-date. This year, medical professionals continue to voice concern over a potential shortage of type O negative, A negative, and B negative blood. Since O negative blood can be given to patients of any blood type, it is frequently used in medical emergencies, allowing professionals to take quick action before a patient’s blood type can be identified. In addition, rare blood types like AB positive and negative are universal donors of plasma, and are also useful in emergency situations. Those interested in giving blood can locate a nearby donation center on the American Red Cross’ website, www.redcrossblood.org. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero has been practicing cardiac anesthesiology in North Carolina for over two decades. Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero currently serves as a tenured professor and is the Director of Perioperative Clinical Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Despite the fact that a new report from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recently reversed its long-standing stance on cholesterol as a “nutrient of concern for overconsumption,” blood cholesterol levels are still a health concern. In fact, new research from the Duke Clinical Research Institute found that even slightly elevated levels of blood cholesterol in early age can have a profound impact on long-term heart health. The study, which was published in the AHA’s Circulation medical journal, compared consistently elevated cholesterol levels to smoking. The findings concluded that individuals who experienced at least 10 years of high cholesterol were nearly four times more likely to develop heart disease than those who did not. Additionally, the study determined that each year of elevated cholesterol levels increased heart disease risk by 39 percent. Although blood cholesterol levels are a known factor of heart disease risk, the recent findings emphasize the importance of speaking with doctors about heart health at an early age, before symptoms appear. |
AuthorDr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is both an educator and a vice chairman at Stony Brook Medicine. Archives
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