Researchers
Discovery Leading to Innovation
Over the past three years, physicians have initiated 63 projects at LBJ Hospital. The LBJ Clinical Research Unit has assisted investigators with the development of research and approval processes.
Two competitions are held each year, one for residents and one for faculty, that allow the physicians at LBJ Hospital to showcase the quality initiatives that they are implementing in order to improve patient care.
Research Initiatives at LBJ Hospital
| Principal Investigator | Study Title | Grantor |
|---|---|---|
| Rosa M. Estrada-y-Martin, MD | Cocaine Use among Patients Admitted to LBJ MICU with DKA and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemia | UTHealth |
| Raymond Cho, MD, MSc | A Cluster Randomized, Multi-Center, Parallel-Group, Rater-Blind Study Comparing Treatment with Aripiprazole Once Monthly and Treatment as Usual on Effectiveness in First Episode and Early Phase Illness in Schizophrenia | Otsuka Pharmaceuticals |
| Mike Liang, MD | Modifying Risk in Ventral Hernia Patients | Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences |
| Mike Liang, MD | Prospective Observational Trial of Initial Non-Operative Management of Ventral Hernia Repair | Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences |
| Mike Liang, MD | Practice Methods, Outcomes, and the Results of Ventral Hernia Management: LBJ Retrospective and Prospective Database on Ventral Hernia Outcomes and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Ventral Hernia Management | UTHealth |
| Mike Liang, MD | Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: The Design of a Randomized Trial to Compare Bridged and Transcutaneous Closure of Central Defect Surgical Techniques | UTHealth |
| Mike Liang, MD | Practice Methods, Outcomes, and Results of Ventral Hernia Management: LBJ Retrospective Database on Ventral Hernia Outcomes and Patient-Reported Outcomes following Ventral Hernia Management | UTHealth |
| Muhammad Zare, MD | Retrospective Cohort Study of Multidisciplinary Diabetes Care in a Safety Net System | UTHealth |
| Lillian Kao, MD, FACS | Patient-Reported Outcomes and Shared Decision-Making in Diverticular Disease | American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons |
| Lillian Kao, MD, FACS | Risk Factors for a Positive Colonoscopy | UTHealth |
| Lillian Kao, MD, FACS | A Randomized Trial of the Effect of Timing of Cholecystectomy during Initial Admission for Mild Gallstone Pancreatitis | UTHealth |
| Lillian Kao, MD, FACS | Improving Outcomes in Benign Biliary Disease | UTHealth |
| Lillian Kao, MD, FACS | Shared Decision Making in Gallstone Disease | UTHealth |
| Lillian Kao, MD, FACS | Outcomes in Medically Underserved Patients with Diverticular Disease | UTHealth |
| Ibrahim Alava III, MD | Head and Neck Cancer Patient Navigation Intervention and Medical Home Project | UTHealth |
| John Riggs, MD | Trends of Postpartum Bilateral Tubal Ligation after Initiation of Immediate Postpartum Placement of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception | UTHealth |
| Curtis Wray, MD | Breast Cancer for Harris County Hospital District (HCHD) | UTHealth |
| Curtis Wray, MD | GI and Genitourinary (GU) Cancer (Urinary bladder, Kidney/Renal, Adrenal, Ureter, Urethra, Testicular, Prostate) Database for Harris County Hospital District (HCHD) | UTHealth |
| Gabriel Aisenberg, MD | Duration of Hypoxemia in Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia | UTHealth |
| Lois Ramondetta, MD | A Prospective Study Examining the Barriers to Care for Harris County Cervical Cancer Patients | MD Anderson |
| Alyssa Rieber, MD | Characteristics, Findings and, Outcomes of Referred Patients to a Symptom Control and Palliative Care Team in a Public General Hospital and a Comprehensive Cancer Center | MD Anderson |
| Alyssa Rieber, MD | Patient History Database and Repository of Biological Samples - LBJ General Hospital | MD Anderson |
| Alyssa Rieber, MD | LBJ Patient History Database - Serum/DNA Bank | MD Anderson |
| Arlene Nazario, MD | Collection and Banking of Data on Patients seen by the Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital Oncology Service | MD Anderson |