Research Opportunities And Performance
If there is one word that captures the Tulane Team it is “exponential.” This
is a team of world-changers… whether it be through our clinical
mission statement, are teaching excellence or our research prowess… Tulane
changes the world. And one of our primary strategies for being exponential
is research.
Learning the Techniques
There are three cardinal features for great research during residency. Opportunity, Time and Mentorship. At Tulane, you’ll find all three…
Opportunities…
Research
is not required at Tulane… as requiring“intellectual curiosity” seems
counter-intuitive. But for those who have an interest, or think they might
have an interest, the opportunities for research abound. With some of the
leaders in general internal medicine, medical education, women’s
health, cultural competency and all nine of the subspecialties, virtually
any topic of interest can be researched at Tulane. In addition to the nine
fully-accredited and fully-functional subspecialty sections, Tulane offers
the added benefits of The
Tulane Cancer Center, The Tulane Abdominal Transplant Institute, The Tulane
Primate Center, The
Hayward Genetics Center, The
Center for Bioenvironmental Research, and over 15
other centers for research excellence. And with the undergraduate campus
in town, residents can also take advantage of the research and courses
offered at the Tulane undergraduate campus. As one of the largest NIH recipients
in the south, there is no question that you will have the opportunity to
pursue a research project of your choosing. In the past five years, Tulane’s
NIH-supported research has grown over 30%, one of the fastest growing research
institutions in the country. The K-award training series will teach you
the fundamentals of research right up to how to write a grant. Indeed,
one third of our intern class will use one of their three to four elective
months to start their research project. And then there is the world-renowned Tulane
School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. With research projects
occurring around the globe, this is a unique opportunity to be involved
in international research. The Tulane faculty is also engaged in health
services research, outcomes-based research, clinical effectiveness and
quality (our hospitalists research) and educational research. If you have
the interest, Tulane will take you there.
Time…
Anyone who knows research knows that it is an endeavor that you cannot do without having some time to devote. The flexibility of the Tulane schedules, including opportunities for elective months in the intern year, enables residents to devote the necessary time to get a project off the ground.
Mentorship…
The Tulane faculty are here to advance your research career. Nowhere will
you find the accessibility and collegiality of the Tulane Faculty. The
mentorship program at Tulane is built upon the principle that you will
need multiple mentors to be successful in all facets of your life….
A clinical mentor, a personal mentor, an educational mentor, and a research
mentor. To facilitate this, you will be paired with one of six “assistant
coaches.” These individuals are junior faculty in the department,
with the time, accessibility and visibility to facilitate meeting with
you at a moment’s notice. Their job is not to answer all of your
questions or to give advice on all aspects of your life. Instead, their
job is to be your personal matchmaker… serving as your concierge
in lining you up with faculty in the department who can give you the best
advice for each aspect of your life…. That personal mentor, or that
research mentor, or whatever you need. And if the mentorship relationship
doesn’t work out (i.e., though it looked good on paper, the chemistry
just wasn’t there… even “Match.com” isn’t
perfect…), don’t worry. Just go back to your personal coach,
and he/she will find you someone else. This smart and realistic approach
to mentorship is just another way that Tulane goes above and beyond in
insuring that every aspect of your life will progress.
Research Coaches…
No program offers the one-to-one research mentorship like Tulane….
These are just a few of the faculty with whom you might be paired (by your
personal coach) to facilitate your research interests/career goals.
Allergy,
Immunology and Rheumatology
Manuel
Lopez, M.D.
Mittie
Kelleher Doyle, M.D
Jane
Maroney El-Dahr, M.D.
Laurianne
G. Wild, M.D.
Samuel
B. Lehrer, Ph.D
Karen A. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Cardiology
Patrice Delafontaine,
MD
Asif Anwar, MD
Salman A. Arain,
MD
Drew Baldwin, MD,
MPH
Gerald Berenson,
MD
Mark Cassidy, MD
John Cook, MD
Michael Finn, MD
Thomas Giles, MD
Corey Goldman,
MD
M. Azam Hadi, MD
Albert L. Hyman,
MD
Stacy Ducombs-Isa,
ACNP
Anand M. Irimpen,
MD
Thierry H. Le Jemtel,
MD
Roberta McDuffie,
MSN
James J. McKinnie,
MD
Lawrence P. O'Meallie,
MD
John Pigott, MD
Gary Sander, MD
Michael Weaver,
MD
Eckhard U. Alt,
MD, PhD
Yusuke Higashi,
PhD
Reza Izadpanah,
PhD
Shaw-Yung Shai,
PhD
Sergiy Sukhanov,
PhD
Gastroenterology
Luis A. Balart, M.D.
Robert S. Bulat, M.D.
Virendra Joshi, M.D.
Jordan Karlitz, M.D.
Frederic G. Regenstein, M.D.
Rajesambhaji Borade, M.D.
Chaithanya Mallikarjun, M.D.
Abdominal Transplant Faculty
Sander S. Florman, M.D.
Mary T. Killackey, M.D.
Douglas P. Slakey, M.D., MPH
Anil S. Paramesh, M.D., FACS
Rubin Zhang, M.D.
General
Medicine
Lydia
Bazzano, MD, PhD
Karen
Desalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Timothy
Harlan, MD
Eboni
Price, MD
Jeff
Wiese, MD
Geriatrics
S.
Michal Jazwinski, PhD
Lumi
Kawasaki, MD, MBA
Infectious Disease
David M. Mushatt,
MD, MPH&TM
Rodrigo Hasbun,
MD
Vidya Mave, MD, MPH&TM
Susan McLellan,
MD, MPH
Richard S. Witzig,
MD, MPH
Pierre Dejace,
MD
Christiane Hadi,
MD, MPH&TM
Newton E. Hyslop,
Jr., MD
Shanker Japa, PhD
Nephrology
L. Lee
Hamm, MD
Eric
E. Simon, MD
Arnold
B. Alper, Jr., MD, MPH
Vecihi
Batuman, MD, FACP, FASN
Jing
Chen, MD
N.
Kevin Krane, MD, FACP
Ivo
Lukitsch, MD
Rubin
Zhang, MD
Kathleen Hering-Smith, Ph.D.
Min
Li, Ph.D.
Nazih Nakhoul, Ph.D
Neurology
Cola,
Monique, PhD
Colon,
Patricia, MD)
Martin-Schild,
Sheryl, MD
Nicholl,
Jeffrey, MD
Redmann,
Gregory, MD, PhD
Shamsnia,
Morteza, MD
Traylor,
Angela N, MD.
Pulmonary/Critical
Care
Joseph
A. Lasky, MD
Francesco
Simeone, MD
Robert
N. Jones, MD
Dean
Ellithorpe, MD
Nereida
Parada, MD
Supat
Thammasitboon, MD
Jaime
Palomino, MD
Ross
C. Klingsberg, MD
Henry
W. Glindmeyer, III, D.Engr
Jay
Shames, MD
Bin
Shan, PhD
Tinofa
Muskwe, MD
Women’s Health
Jeanette
H. Magnus, Md, PhD
Tulane Residents on their way to the National SGIM Conference in Toronto
Performance
Want proof? Check out our
publications….Over the past five years, The Tulane Residency
has had over 250 regional and national presentations by residents. Last
year, 32 residents made the trip to Pittsburgh for the National SGIM
meeting; this year 27 residents presented at the National SGIM meeting
in Miami, another 12 at the National SHM meeting in Chicago, and another
10 presenting at national subspecialty conferences. All made possible
by the opportunities to do research at Tulane, and the program’s
commitment to paying the way to the national meeting if you are accepted
for publication. If you are looking for a great academic career, or a
great fellowship, this is the key: you have to be well trained, you have
to have teaching skills, and you have to have shown that you can occupy
a place in the scientific conversation (i.e., research). Research is
the key, and with the strong research opportunities and mentorship at
Tulane, this can be yours.
Tulane Residents at the National SGIM Conference in Miami