General Information

Research Years

Research at University Hospitals - Dudley P. Allen Scholarship

• 2 years of fully funded research
• Includes animal research, basic science research and clinical research opportunities
• Extensive interaction with Case Western Reserve University researchers
• Biomedical engineering
• Case imaging center
• Department of Pathology & Microbiology
• Current research areas include
• Abdominal wall reconstruction
• Endoscopy & NOTES
• Colorectal outcomes research
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Surgical oncology
• Vascular Surgery

Research at MetroHealth Medical Center – Richard B. Fratianne Scholarship

• 2 years of fully funded research
• Trauma and critical care based outcomes research
• Surgical infections

Off site research

• Our residents have found funded opportunities at places such as
• The Cleveland Clinic (Colorectal basic science and vascular surgery)
• Loyola University – Burn & Shock Trauma Institute

Current Research Residents

• Jeffrey Blatnik, MD – Abdominal Wall Transplantation
• Jeffrey Carter, MD – Surgical Infections
• Karem Harth, MD – Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
• Matthew Hubbard, MD – Thoracic oncology outcomes research
• William Leukhardt, MD – Trauma Outcomes
• Joseph Posluszny, MD – Burn and basic science research