 Gordon R. Bernard, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Gordon R. Bernard, MD, is a subspecialist in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine whose areas of interest include sepsis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). As Director of the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Dr. Bernard oversees a multifaceted lung research center in addition to directing his own research programs. Dr. Bernard’s research has primarily focused on improving the care and outcomes of critically ill patients with sepsis and respiratory failure. Because of his expertise and integrity in this specialty,
Dr. Bernard has been called upon to serve in an advisory capacity by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. He has also testified before the state legislature regarding sepsis. Additionally, Dr. Bernard provides his expertise to physician scientists internationally via invited lectures and through his role as advisor to global companies and organizations involved in health care, which includes advisory board service to the non-profit International Sepsis Forum.
He was Primary Investigator for the Phase III PROWESS trial of rh-Activated Protein C for severe sepsis that eventually led to its becoming the first approved drug for this disease. Dr. Bernard is currently the chairman of the steering committee of the ARDS clinical trials network, a 10-year NIH-sponsored cohort investigation of acute respiratory distress syndrome in ICU patients.
Dr. Bernard graduated with a double major (biology and chemistry) from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha national honor society. Dr. Bernard has written or co-authored more than 150 articles, book chapters and editorials.
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Site Principal Investigators
Timothy D. Girard, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Medicine
James C. Jackson, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
E. Wesley Ely,MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Critical Care
Associate Director of Aging Research, VA GRECC
Senior Advisors
Gordon R. Bernard, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH
Div Chief Gen Medicine, Director GRECC
Research Coordinators
Leanne Boehm, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC
Critical Care Research Nurse
Joyce Okahashi, RN
Critical Care Research Nurse
Cayce Strength, RN, BSN
Critical Care Research Nurse
Brenda Truman Pun, RN, MSN, ACNP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Program Clinical Manager
Aimee Hoskins, RN, BSN
Research Nurse
Anesthesiology
Christopher G. Hughes, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Elizabeth Card, RN, CPAN, CCRP
Research Nurse IV
Neuropsychology
Sharon M. Gordon, PsyD
Geriatric Neuropsychology, GRECC
Amy Lipsey Kiehl, MA, LPC-MHSP
Research Coordinator
Hillary Warrington, MS
Research Analyst II
Lindsay Anderson, MSW
Research Analyst III
Sleep
Paula Watson, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Beth Malow, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology
Neuroimaging
John Gore, PhD
Neuroimaging, FMRI, Director of VUIIS
Baxter Rogers, PhD
Physicist
Psychiatry
Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc
Psychiatry Department Chair
D. Catherine Fuchs, MD
Pediatric Psychiatry
Emergency Department
Jin H. Han, MD, MSC
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Delirium
Ty Berutti, MD, MS, MS
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care
Heidi Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAP
Pediatric Intensive Care
Emily Brink, RN, BSN
Research Nurse III
Biostatisticians
Ayumi Shintani PhD, MPH
Chief ICU Delirium Biostatistician
Amy J. Graves, SM, MPH
Analyst, Biostatistics
Jennifer Thompson, MPH
Analyst, Biostatistics
Theodore Speroff, PhD
Psychometrics, Statistician, GRECC
Research Fellows
Alessandro Morandi, MD
Geriatrician & Research Fellow
Nathan E. Brummel, MD
Clinical Fellow in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Medicine
ICU Outcomes and Patient Safety
Eduard E. Vasilevskis, M.D.
Hospital Medicine and Center for Health Services Research
Laboratory
Gillian Sills, BS
Research Assistant
Pharmacy
Joanna L. Stollings, PharmD, BCPS
Medical Intensive Care Unit Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Administrative
Stephanie Hamilton, BA
Administrative Assistant
Bill Pojedinec, BS
Program Administrative Manager
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