Clinical Trials Network (IMPACT)
This award was established by leaders of academic anesthesiology organizations that recognized there was a need to conduct large pragmatic trials in order to answer important questions in anesthesiology-related research
Although there are several successful anesthesiology clinical trial networks around the world, there is no collaborative network in the United States. In an initial attempt to address this important opportunity, a consortium of academic anesthesiology organizations launched an initiative in 2018 to stimulate pragmatic research in the US. in collaboration with our colleagues in Canada (PACT) and elsewhere.
This effort was conceptualized and endorsed by organizations, which have as a common goal the advancement of knowledge in anesthesiology and the enhancement of care in perioperative medicine, critical care, pain management, and peri- and post-partum care. These organizations included:
- Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA)
- Early-Stage Anesthesiology Scholars (eSAS)
- Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER)
- International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)
- Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA)
- Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG)
- Canadian Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials Group (PACT)
Please join us for the second Initiative for Multicenter Pragmatic Anesthesiology Clinical Trials (IMPACT) program in Montreal on Sunday, May 19, 2019 during the IARS, AUA, and SOCCA Annual meetings.
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Past Recipients
2019
2018
2019
Karim Ladha, MD
The Comparison of Analgesic Regimen Effectiveness for Surgery (CARES) Trial
Assistant Professor & Staff Anesthesiologist
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital
David Mazer, MD
TRICS IV-Restrictive versus Liberal Transfusion in Younger Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Associate Scientist & Professor
St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
Robert Schonberger, MD, MHS
Improving population health via the surgical encounter: Targeting underuse of statins
Associate Professor
Yale University – School of Medicine
2018
Michael Aziz, MD
Optimized Opioid Management or Usual Treatment to Reduce Persistent Opioid Use Following Surgery (OPT-OUT).
Professor
Anesthesiology & Preoperative Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Randall Blank, MD, PhD
Individualized Intraoperative Protective Ventilation using an Open Lung Approach with Driving Pressure Limitation.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Thoracic Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Virginia Health System
Frederic T. (Josh) Billings IV, MD, MSc
Intraoperative Normoxia versus Hyperoxia during Maintenance Anesthesia to Reduce Postoperative Complications.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine
Co-director, BH Robbins Scholars Physician-Scientist Development Program
Vanderbilt University