ORBIT Overview
The Office of Research, Biomedicine, Innovation and Technology—ORBIT—supports and promotes research, innovation and global surgical activities in the Department of Surgery at VCU School of Medicine. Through coordinated avenues of basic science research and translational research/clinical trials, ORBIT supports the development of true surgeon-scientists.
ORBIT facilitates multidisciplinary research by matching surgeons with like-minded scientists in fields such as engineering, biochemistry, pharmacology, arts, and outcomes research. These collaborations support academic surgeons to develop their ideas into testable hypotheses, experimental models, and tangible outcomes resulting in market-based discoveries.
See: Virginia Biotechnology Research Park
In addition, ORBIT contributes to improving opportunities and partnerships in the areas of global surgery education, mentorship, research, skills training, and clinical care. We feel this infrastructure will enable us to recruit the best researchers in the field of surgery, as well as support our current faculty to secure research funding.
See: VCU Office of Research and Innovation
As an emerging leader in surgical collaborations, ORBIT provides:
- Support and mentorship to junior faculty and researchers who are interested in pursuing external funding; connecting them with research mentors.
- Resources to assist with notification and distribution of internal and external funding opportunities and supplement competitive projects.
- "Start-to-finish" administrative support to improve communication and reduce duplication of tasks.
- Financial incentives such as our Internal Grant Program, Housestaff Research Award, or Faculty NIH Grant Submission Award.
Research by the Numbers
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in funded clinical trials
$0
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in grant-funded research awards
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publications
in peer-reviewed educational, medical, and research journals
$0
thousand
in total grants to support Global Surgery
Innovations in Surgery
Examples of interdisciplinary and collaborative research projects:
Christine B. & David E. Cottrell Surgical Innovation Laboratory
In gratitude for and acknowledgement of the generous gift from Christine and David Cottrell, VCU School of Medicine announces the new surgical innovation laboratory will be named in their honor.
About the Christine B. & David Cottrell Surgical Innovation Laboratory
Meet the Co-Chairs of ORBIT
ORBIT: Where team-based science can flourish.
Adam P. Klausner, M.D.
Associate Chair, Clinical and Translational Research
Eminent Scholar and Warren Koontz, M.D., III, Professor of Urology Research
Director, Neuro-Urology & Voiding Dysfunction
Program Director, Urology Residency
adam.klausner@vcuhealth.org
Martin J. Mangino, Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Basic Science Research
Professor, Departments of Surgery; Emergency Medicine; Physiology and Biophysics (joint appointments)
martin.mangino@vcuhealth.org
2019 Surgery Residents & Fellows Research Day
April 4, 2019 7:00 am–12:00 pm
Join the Department of Surgery on April 4 for Surgery Research Day at George Ben Johnston Auditorium. Our 2019 Visiting Professor and guest judge is Timothy Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Ohio State University College of Medicine and the Urban Meyer III and Shelly Meyer Chair of Cancer Research.
Program:
7:00 AM __ Grand Rounds, Guest Speaker, Timothy Pawlik, MD, Ph.D., MPH
George Ben Johnston Auditorium
305 N 12th St, Richmond, VA 23219
Moderator: Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MD, Stuart McGuire Professor and Chair, VCU Department of Surgery
8:00–8:50 __ Continental Breakfast, George Ben Johnston Foyer
9:00 __ Welcome & Introduction of Visiting Professor & Judges by Martin Mangino, Ph.D., Associate Chair for Basic Science Research
2019 Judges:
Timothy Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor of Surgery
Martin Mangino, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery
Kirsty Dixon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Stefano Toldo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cardiology
Presentations (7 minute presentations to be followed by 3-4 minutes Q&A)
BASIC SCIENCE PAPERS
9:05–9:15 Nina Wickramaratne: Low Volume Resuscitation with Polyethylene Glycol-20k Confers Survival after Severe Hemorrhagic Shock.
9:15–9:25 Ria Fyffe-Freil: Mechanisms of Hepatocyte Preservation Injury: Spingosine-1-phosphate Signaling
9:25–9:35 Jad Khoraki: Low Volume Resuscitation with Polyethylene Glycol-20k for Uncontrolled Severe Hemorrhagic Shock
9:35–9:45 Nina Wickramaratne: Molecular mechanism of Ischemic Cholangiopathy in cadaveric donor livers.
9:45–9:55 Naveen Nandanan: Quantification of Acute Dynamic Elasticity In An Ex Vivo Isolated Pig Bladder Model
9:55–10:05 Uzoma Anele: Urinary dysfunction in transgenic sickle cell mice: model of idiopathic overactive bladder syndrome
10:15–10:40 BREAK (view poster exhibits)
CLINICAL SCIENCE PAPERS
10:40–10:50 Ashley Rosenberg: Innovative mobile solutions for ambulances in low resource settings
10:50–11:00 Ben Rothstein: Predictive hemodynamic monitoring in cardiac surgery; an observational validation study of the Hypotension Prediction Index
11:00–11:10 Wayne Tse: Post-Operative Urinary Retention (POUR): A Common and Costly Complication in Hernia Repair
11:10–11:20 Jonathan DeAntonio: Providing Care to Children from Low and Middle-Income Countries with Complex Surgical Problems: An 18 Year Review
11:20–11:30 Bernardo Pessoa: Endoscopic Assisted Laparoscopic Repair of Distal Esophageal Perforation in Boerhaave’s Syndrome
11:30–11:40 Jeffrey Stern: Pre-transplant Recipient Blood Lipid Signature Predicts Rejection In First Year Post Kidney Transplant
11:40–11:50 Christine Bierema: Evaluation of Inhalation Injury: Is Higher Level of Care Always Beneficial?
11:50–12:00 Natalie Swavely: Multi-channel Urodynamics in Healthy Volunteers: Challenges in Defining “Normal”
12:00 Closing Remarks and Acknowledgement of Judges by Department of Surgery Chair, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, M.D.
POSTER DISPLAYS (George Ben Johnston)
- Yahya Alwatari: Racial Disparity in Access to Healthcare for Patients with Lung Cancer Observed in a Large National Database
- Isaiah Brown: Unresolved hyperparathyroidism due to mediastinal parathyroid adenoma
- Daniel Lima Galvez: Case Report: Unusual cause of a rapidly growing thyroid mass compressing the airway
- Ashley Rosenberg: Management of Traumatic Brain Injuries in the Prehospital Setting in Kigali, Rwanda
- Wayne Tse: Application of the Risk Analysis Index in Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair Procedures
- Naveen Nandanan: Surgical Delay for Radical Prostatectomy May Be Associated with Higher Positive Surgical Margin Rates and Increased Biochemical
- Jeffrey Stern: Pseudocyst of Pancreas Transplant Allograft, a Rare Complication