Date Completed: 2/5/08
Faculty Name: Robert Cerfolio, MD (contact Ayesha Bryant, MD)
UAB Department: Cardiothoracic Surgery
UAB School: Medicine
Campus Address: ZRB 739
Telephone: 996-7561
Email Address: abryant@uab.edu
Fax: 975-2815
Research Program Area: Cancer Control and Population Science
Project Title: Instituting Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) at an Academic Center
Project Status: About to begin
Proposed Start Date: Flexible
Proposed End Date: Flexible
Number of Weeks of Internship: 12
Number of Interns: 1
Other faculty, staff, or graduate students who may help supervise intern: Ayesha Bryant, MD; Mohammad Eloubeidi, MD
Expected Number of Work Hours Per Week: 30 hours
Expected Work Schedule for Intern: NOT very flexible, intern MUST be at work on certain days and times
Category of Research: Clinical (Patient Care) Research
Cancer Research: Esophagus; Lung and Bronchus
Project Description: The treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is dependant on accurate staging. Various pre-operative invasive staging modalities include mediastinoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), thoracotomy, and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). EBUS is a relatively new modality which allows tissue sampling of mediastinal lymphnodes to assist with staging. This study will evaluate the efficacy of EBUS in patients who have NSCLC.
Intern's Anticipated Duties:
Duty 1: Data collection and data entry - student will be required to work with the thoracic surgeon, pulmonologist, and gastroenterologist to capture various data points
Duty 2: Literature review and synopsis
Preceptor will provide intern with access to the following: office or desk space; computer and printer
Likelihood of authoring publications: Possible
Background, education, experience, or expertise preferred: Just the willingness to learn; Interest in clinical medicine, thoracic surgery, or pulmonology is a plus
This faculty member has been a CaRES Preceptor for three or more summers.
Intern 1: Paul Adam Frederick