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.
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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. In 1987, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero agreed to be featured in a PBS NOVA
documentary project that has since spanned over two decades of his career. Over the course of the documentary series, PBS producers followed his progression from his medical education through various career milestones. In conjunction with the most recent of five serial installments, Dr. Bennett-Guerrero and his wife were interviewed about various issues and perspectives. The doctor thoughtfully responded to interviewer inquiries about career balance, his work as a researcher at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, and how his professional experiences have impacted his personality and point of view. He and his wife also shared retrospective insights about marriage and role decisions within their family dynamic. Currently the Director of Perioperative Clinical Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Dr. Bennett-Guerrero is pleased to make continuing contributions to his specialty of anesthesiology and critically care, as well as to the public’s perception of the challenges that physicians face in their daily personal and professional lives. |
AuthorDr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is both an educator and a vice chairman at Stony Brook Medicine. Archives
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