Shock Research Fellowship

The Fellowship in Shock Research is a one-year training program offered by Cooper Graduate Medical Education (GME). The Fellowship provides a focused educational program in conducting clinical research in circulatory shock. The goals of the Fellowship are (1) to develop a focused area of research expertise for the trainee and (2) to help launch the trainee’s career in academic emergency medicine. The program director is Stephen Trzeciak, M.D., M.P.H. who has joint faculty appointments in emergency medicine and critical care medicine.

Currently, the shock research program at Cooper is supported by research grants from the American Heart Association, U.S./North American Shock Society, Emergency Medicine Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. Cooper University Hospital is also one of the three founding sites of the Emergency Medicine Shock Research Network (EM-SHOCKNET). For more information on the EM-SHOCKNET clinical trials, please visit our website at www.emshocknet.com.

The Fellowship in Shock Research accepts one trainee per year. Candidates for the Fellowship must complete a primary residency program in emergency medicine. Prospective applicants should contact Dr. Trzeciak directly (trzeciak-stephen@cooperhealth.edu).

Our current shock fellow is an investigator on our MARS (Microcirculatory Alterations in Resuscitation and Shock) studies. The MARS studies utilize orthogonal polarization spectral (OPS) imaging and sidestream darkfield (SDF) imaging to study microcirculatory perfusion in shock states and resuscitation.

To view real-time video of microcirculatory perfusion in patients with septic shock, please click below for a 3-minute movie file:

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