Research during fellowship enhances scholarly development, provides a foundation for logical and critical thinking, and encourages lifelong habits of continuing scholarship post-training. The program’s goal is to provide ample opportunities to plan and perform research related to critical care, in order to present findings at research conferences, publish results in leading medical journal, and foster an interest in a career in academic medicine.
Beginning in the first year of training, fellows are mentored in the choosing of research projects. Research can be done at the Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, the Providence VAMC, and it is occasionally done off-site at affiliated labs. Our program’s broad connections through Brown University and the division of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine provide flexibility to help fellows pursue areas of interest at the clinical, translational, and basic science level during their training. Fellows are also frequently involved in case write-ups and review articles or book chapters, if interested.
In cases where fellows wish to stay on for additional years of research, funding can often be obtained through the division, which can offer a T32-funded research training fellowship when appropriate.
Areas of Active Research
Active Areas of Research Include:
- Sepsis (mechanisms and treatment)
- Knowledge translation
- Acute lung injury
- Pulmonary vascular disease (mechanisms and treatment)
- Pulmonary vascular permeability and endothelial dysfunction
- Extracorporeal life support
- End-of-life care in the ICU
- Ethical and practical aspects of rationing medical care
- Health-related quality of life
- Role of Stem Cells, progenitor cells and extracellular vesicles in lung injury repair”
Please refer to our Research Programs page for more in-depth information regarding the diverse and varied research opportunities available through our division.
Former Fellow’s Research Projects and Publications
Below are publications which one or more recent fellows worked on or completed during their fellowship at Brown.
Mareril Wheeler, MD – Graduated 2024
- Kim KW, Wheeler M, Schneider F, Carino G. Mechanical Thrombectomy for a Clot in Transit With Adherence to the Tricuspid Valve. Cureus. 2023 Oct 7;15(10):e46636. doi: 10.7759/cureus.46636. PMID: 37936985; PMCID: PMC10627110.
Sneha Lakshman, MD – Graduated 2023
- Banerjee D, Aijaz S, Nassikas NJ, Singh P, Lakshman S, Boyd C, Brown Q, Mathew A, Rosen RK, Lantini R, Andrea SB, Walsh SR, Gartman EJ, Levinson A, Carino G, Braun L. Perspectives on Using Race in Pulmonary Function Testing: A National Survey Fellows and Program Directors. Respir Care. 2024 Jun 25:respcare.11734. doi: 10.4187/respcare.11734. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38918025.
Ravi Sarpatwari, MD – Graduated 2022
- Snegovskikh D, Kendall MC, Levinson A, Sarpatwari R, Pisano D, Görlinger K, De Oliveira G. Thromboelastometry Predicts Thromboembolic Events, Hospital Length of Stay, and Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 Infection and Mild Hypoxemia: A Prospective Observational Study. J Blood Med. 2022;13:363-372
Channing Hui, DO – Graduated 2020
- Yee D, Fu D, Hui C, Dharmadhikari N, Carino G. A Rare Case of 4 Ps: Bilateral Pneumothoraces and Pneumomediastinum in Pneumocystis Pneumonia. R I Med J (2013). 2020;103(5):52-54. Published 2020 Jun 1.
- Hui C, Brodsky RA, Haines C. Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism With Right Heart Strain in a Patient With Immune Thrombocytopenia-A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020;36(4):e227-e228.
- McCoy, J. , Eisenstein, R. , Hui, C. , Corcoran, G. , Kilker, C. , Ohman-Strickland, P. , Merlin, M. and Lacy, C. (2019) Point-of-Care Testing vs. Laboratory Testing during High Patient Volume Situations. Open Journal of Emergency Medicine, 7, 49-56.
- Hui C, Cagle G, Carino G. Red Blood Cell Transfusions in the ICU. R I Med J (2013). 2019;102(10):26-29. Published 2019 Dec 2.
- Hui C, Dhakal A, Bauza GJ. Dumping Syndrome. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020.
- Hui C, Radbel JM. Diabetes Insipidus. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020.
- Hui C, Tadi P, Patti L. Ischemic Stroke. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020.
Muhammad Arabiat, MD – Graduated 2020
- DeCarli K, Arabiat M, Ward C, Levinson A, Carino G. A Case of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury in Rhode Island. R I Med J (2013). 2020;103(1):38-41. Published 2020 Feb 3.
- Arabiat M, Foderaro AE, Levinson AT. Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Patients with Severe Dyspnea and Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure. R I Med J (2013). 2019;102(10):34-38. Published 2019 Dec 2.
Adeel Abbasi – Graduated 2018
- Abbasi A, Devers C, Sodha NR, Ventetuolo CE. Extracorporeal Life Support in Adults with Acute Respiratory Failure: Current Evidence-Based Practices. R I Med J (2013). 2019;102(10):39-42. Published 2019 Dec 2.
- Abbasi A, Devers C, Muratore CS, Harrington C, Ventetuolo CE. Examining the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients following suspected or confirmed suicide attempts: A case series. J Crit Care. 2018;44:445-449.
- Abbasi A, Nayeemuddin M, Azab N, et al (Corl K). Respiratory Variation in Carotid Artery Peak Systolic Velocity Is Unable to Predict Fluid Responsiveness in Spontaneously Breathing Critically Ill Patients When Assessed by Novice Physician Sonologists [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 29]. J Intensive Care Med. 2020;885066620934392.
Nader Azab – Graduated 2018
- Corl KA, Dado C, Agarwal A, et al (Azab N). A modified Montpellier protocol for intubating intensive care unit patients is associated with an increase in first-pass intubation success and fewer complications. J Crit Care. 2018;44:191-195.
- Gerardo Carino, Anton Edwards, Nader Azab, Amanpreet Kaur, Andrew Levinson, Filipe Monteiro. Late Breaking Abstract – The impact of errors on members of the ERS Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly European Respiratory Journal Sep 2017, 50 (suppl 61) OA2892.
- Edwards, A, Azab N, and Carino, G. Thiamine Deficiency Mimicking Guillan-Barre Syndrome. CHEST, 2017, Volume 152, Issue 4, A287.
Keith Corl, MD – Graduated 2016
- Corl KA, Sears WN, Gregg SC, Lindquist DG. Resuscitative thoracotomy for nontraumatic pericardial tamponade: case reports and review of the literature. Am J Emerg Med. 2015;33(4).
- Corl KA, George NR, Romanoff J, et al. Inferior vena cava collapsibility detects fluid responsiveness among spontaneously breathing critically ill patients. J Crit Care. 2017;41:130-137.