Rhode Island Hospital serves as the Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England. Rhode Island Hospital is verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level I Trauma Center with both adult and pediatric capability. The mission of the Trauma/Critical Care Division is to provide the best trauma care to the injured patient. This includes both adult and pediatric burn patients. An equally important part of the Division's responsibility is the teaching of medical students, residents, and surgical critical care fellows, both at Rhode Island Hospital and at outside training programs.
Department of Surgery
Trauma/Critical Care
Our mission is to provide the best trauma care to the injured patient.
Trainees in this program will learn the specific content (knowledge and procedures) by direct patient care under the guidance of the faculty.
Trauma/Critical Care
Our mission is to provide the best trauma care to the injured patient.
Research
PI: Heffernan
Sepsis Induced Changes in iNKT-Cells and Their Effect on Phagocyte Function
Agency: NIH/NIGMS
Period: 9/2015-8/2019 TC: $785,808
PI: Monaghan
Immune Dysfunction in Critical Illness/Injury: Role of Alternative Splicing
Agency: American College of Surgeons
Period: 7/2016-12/2018 TC: $80,000
Alternative RNA Splicing of Endothelial Cell Adhesion Proteins in ARDS
Agency: CPVB COBRE/OSRI
Period 2/2018 - 5/2018 TC: $25,000
Trainees in this program will learn the specific content (knowledge and procedures) by direct patient care under the guidance of the faculty.